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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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Mortdecai, Review: Mortal art • Jan 25, 2015 at 09:20 AM
by Siraj Syed

  Mortdecai, Review: Mortal art Directed by David Koepp and written by Eric Aronson (who co-wrote 2001’s On the Line, which nobody wants to remember), the film is inspired by the books of Kyril...

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David Koepp
Ewan McGregor
goya
Gwyneth Paltrow
Jeff Goldblum
Johhny Depp
John Bettany
Mortdecai
Olivia Munn
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Baby, Review: Premature • Jan 25, 2015 at 08:12 PM
by Siraj Syed

Baby, Review: Premature A Wednesday director Neeraj Pandey’s film Baby was previewed for the press on Thursday. It is made under his Friday Films banner and reunites Akshay Kumar with Pandey, after...

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A Wednesday
Akshay Kumar
Anupam Kher
baby
Counter espionage
Danny Denzongpa
Department
Hasan Noman
Madhurima Tuli
Mikaal Zulfiqar
Neeraj Pandey
Rasheed Naz
Taapsee
terrorism
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Dolly Ki Doli (Dolly’s bridal palanquin), Review: The Milky Way • Jan 23, 2015 at 11:15 AM
by Siraj Syed

Dolly Ki Doli (Dolly’s bridal palanquin), Review: The Milky Way Dolly Ki Doli is about a cheat called Dolly, and her support gang of confidence tricksters. Their modus operandi is that Dolly’s...

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Abhishek Dogra
Dolly Ki Doli
Mamta Sharma
Pulkit Samrat
Rajkummar Rao
Saif Ali Khan
Sajid-Wajid
Sonam Kapoor
Sunidhi Chauhan
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The Imitation Game, Review: Every spectator is a winner • Jan 18, 2015 at 12:30 AM
by Siraj Syed

  The Imitation Game, Review: Every spectator is a winner Before the publication of Oxford mathematician Andrew Hodges’ ground-breaking 1983 biography, Alan Turing: The Enigma, the British...

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Alan Turing
Andrew Hodges
Benedict Cumberbatch
Charles Dance
computer
Decoding
Enigma
Graham Moore
homosexuality
Keira Knightley
Morten Tyldum
The Imitation Game
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The Theory of Everything, Review: A Practical Treat for Everyone • Jan 16, 2015 at 01:31 PM
by Siraj Syed

   The Theory of Everything, Review: A Practical Treat for Everyone Among the most brilliant theoretical physicists of his era, and maybe since Einstein, Stephen Hawking turned 73 last week. From...

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A Theory of Everything
Black holes
Charlie Cox
Eddie Redmayne
Elaine Mason
Felicity Jones
James Marsh
Jane Hawking
Stephen Hawking
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