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Siraj Syed

Siraj Syed is the India Correspondent for FilmFestivals.com and a member of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. He is a Film Festival Correspondent since 1976, Film-critic since 1969 and a Feature-writer since 1970. He is also an acting and dialogue coach. 

 
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The Gift, Review: "Simon says watch this film" • Aug 23, 2015 at 02:07 PM
by Siraj Syed

The Gift, Review: Simon says watch this film There’s an old-world fluidity about The Gift. Unhurried narrative, under-the-skin performances, music as an essential component, naturally rich visuals,...

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Apoclaypse Now
Bheja Fry
Bill Robinson
Blue Tongue
Bojangles
Cape Fear
Jason Bateman
Joel Edgerton
Le cadeau
Nash Edgerton
Old Boy
psycho
Rebecca Hall
sammy davis jr.
stalker
Star Wars
Weirdo
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Mumbai Mantra-CineRise Screenwriting Programme 2015: It all begins with a story, and then … • Aug 18, 2015 at 06:18 PM
by Siraj Syed

Mumbai Mantra-CineRise Screenwriting Programme 2015: It all begins with a story, and then … Names, names and more names. And frankly, Anjum Rajabali, should consider an alternate career as a...

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Anil Kapoor
Anjum Rajabali
Audrey Wells
CineRise
Lab
Lonavla
mahindra
Masaan
Michael Radford
Mumbai Mantra
Neeraj Gheyvan
Rohit Khattar
Screenwriting
Sebastian Cordero
sundance
TI India
Varun Grover
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Gour Hari Dastaan/The Freedom File, Review: His-story • Aug 14, 2015 at 05:09 PM
by Siraj Syed

Gour Hari Dastaan/The Freedom File, Review: His-story Described in the press as a Kafkaesque black comedy when it was launched in 2011, Gour Hari Dastaan is based on a true story, of Gour Hari Das...

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Ananth Narayan Mahadevan
Asrani
Balasore
British
C.P. Surendran
colonial
freedom struggle
gandhi
Gour Hari Das
INDEPENDENCE
india
Jalasore
Kavitha Krishnamurthy
Konkona Sen Sharma
L. Subramaniam
Neena Kulkarni
Odisha
Orissa
Rajit Kapoor
Ranvir Shorey
Resul Pookutty
Saurabh Shukla
Sreekar Prasad
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Vanar Sena
Vikram Gokhale
Vinay Pathak
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Shaun the Sheep Movie, Review: Shaun is on • Aug 12, 2015 at 10:45 AM
by Siraj Syed

Shaun the Sheep Movie, Review: Shaun is on An animated comedy from a non Pixar/Disney/Dreamworks DNA, Shaun the Sheep could be the mouse that roared. Just above 80 minutes long, this Aardman...

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Shaun
Mark Burton
sheep
aardman
BBC
stop animation
Ilan Eshkeri
farmer
dog
Trumper
Pixar
Disney
dreamworks
Richard Starzak
Sean Connelly
John Sparkes
Justin Fletcher
Wallace and Gromit
Bitzer
Dhimant Vyas
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Jane the Virgin: Romedy Now imports American hit telenovela series to India • Aug 09, 2015 at 05:51 PM
by Siraj Syed

Jane the Virgin: Romedy Now imports American hit telenovela series to India Romedy Now, part of the Times Network group that includes Times Now, Movies Now, ET Now, MN+ and Zoom, has brought the...

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Adfactors
Brett Dier
EWwys
Gina Rodriguez
golden globe
Ivonne Coll
Juana le Virgen
Justin Baldoni
Pavan Chawla
Perla Farias Lombardini
Romedy Now
Sonal Khanduja
spanish
telenovela
Venezuelan
virgin
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