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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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Zindagi Shatranj Hai, Review: Partly chess, partly mess • Jan 21, 2023 at 01:31 PM
by Siraj Syed

Zindagi Shatranj Hai, Review: Partly chess, partly mess With a title like Zindagi Shatranj Hai (Life is a game of chess), you are ready to watch some smart moves, and the film does offer a few such...

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Chandrashekhar
Chhotu Lohar
Anjjan Bhattacharya
Indrani Bhattarcharya
Neha Singh
Sunil Yadav
Arun Yadav
Suhas Rao
Kavita Tripathy
Ashutosh Kaushik
Bruna Abdullah
Arjuman Mughal
Hemant Pandey
Rajkumar Kanojiya
Ekta Jain
Pankaj Berry
Zahid Shaikh
Dushyant Pratap Singh
Daler Mehdi
Kumaar
Ajay Bawa
M. Salim
Hiten Tejwani
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RIFF, 09, 2023, 03: Festival director’s film screened at Dhaka International Film Festival • Jan 20, 2023 at 02:32 PM
by Siraj Syed

RIFF, 09, 2023, 03: Festival director’s film screened at Dhaka International Film Festival Rajasthani documentary film Dhinga Gavar, directed and produced by Somendra Harsh, was screened at the 21st...

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Dhinga Gavar
Somendra Harsh
Dr. Poonam Gupta
ICCR
Isar
Gangaur
Parvati
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It’s Almost Pyaar with Anurag Kashyap’s DJ Mohabbat team and its trailer • Jan 20, 2023 at 09:20 AM
by Siraj Syed

It’s Almost Pyaar with Anurag Kashyap’s DJ Mohabbat team and its trailer Anurag Kashyap’s much awaited movie Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat, his ode to modern love, had its trailer launch in Mumbai,...

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Gen Z
Shariq Patel
Aaliyah
Amit Trivedi
Good Bad Films
Anurag Kashyap
Alaya F
Karan Mehta
Ranjan Singh
Kabir Ahuja
Zee Studios
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Puss in Boots-The Last Wish, Review: It’s not yet the time to hang up your boots • Jan 20, 2023 at 10:38 AM
by Siraj Syed

Puss in Boots-The Last Wish, Review: It’s not yet the time to hang up your boots A cat-sized cat in boots, with a cat-sized sword, taking on mighty villains and evading arrest by a Sherriff and his...

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Antonio Banderas
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Florence Pugh
Giovanni Francesco Straparola
Goldilocks and the three Bears
Harvey Guillén
Heitor Pereira
James Ryan
Joel Crawford
John Mulaney
Little Jack Horner
Olivia Colman
Paul Fisher
Ray Winstone
Salma Hayek Pinault
Samson Kayo
Tom Wheeler
Tommy Swerdlow
Wagner Moura
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Broker, Review: Brokering a deal for heavy, serious, dark cinema • Jan 19, 2023 at 06:20 PM
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Broker, Review: Brokering a deal for heavy, serious, dark cinema A Japanese film won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or in 2018, titled Shoplifters. It was directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. The...

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Hirokazu Kore-eda
Song Kang-ho
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