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. @SirajHSyed
Srilankan film The Other Half, Review: Death, despair and despondency
In the opening titles, the carries a long message about Srilankans dying of kidney failure, caused by the wide use of...
Saudi Nights, A Report: The ecstasy and the agony
If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain, goes the adage. Since Saudi Arabian films were not coming to India, I...
Deva, Overview: Different, not distinguished
It is different. Though the central character is an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), and a tough nut at that, the film has a modest littering of...
Ilu Ilu 1998, Review: Too many luse ends
A good 38 years ago, in a Hindustani hit film titled Saudagar, lyricist Anand Bakhshi coined a sensible nonsensical term in one of its songs, which began...
FICCI FRAMES 2025, 01: Ayushmann Khurrana appointed brand ambassador
Calling him the Face of the Media and Entertainment Industry of India, FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and...