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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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Sounds of The Kashmir Files: “Pray for all the oppressed people in the world” • May 16, 2022 at 09:51 AM
by Siraj Syed

Sounds of The Kashmir Files: “Pray for all the oppressed people in the world” Royal Opera House was a surprising choice for the event. Once a landmark for big-budget film releases, it remained shut...

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Zee Studios
Tej Narayan Agarwal
Abhishek Agarwal
Mithun Chakraborty
Anupam Kher
Chinmay Mandlekar
Symphony Orchestra
Rohit Sharma
National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA)
hindi
Tamil
telugu
Kannada
Indian Sign Language
Pallavi Joshi
Darshan Kumaar
Shiv Kumar Sharma
Royal Opera House
Kashmiri Pandits
Zee5
#IAmBuddha
Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri
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MIFF returns, with a budget of 4-5 crores; will be organised and held at Films Division • May 15, 2022 at 05:10 AM
by Siraj Syed

MIFF returns, with a budget of 4-5 crores; will be organised and held at Films Division Biennial since its inception in 1990, the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) of documentaries, short...

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oscar
Resul Pookutty
Rizwan Ahamd
Aesthetics of Sound in Cinema and Expanded Cinema; From Screens to OTT platforms: Cinema in post-Covid EraRegina Pessoa (Portugal)
Aleksandr Petrov (Russia)
Janet Perlman (Canada)
Dhaka International Film Festival
Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
Sheikh Hasina
Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale
East Pakistan
bangladesh
India @75
Nehru Centre
Worli
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Ravinder Bhakar
Director General
Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI)
Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF)
National Film Archive of India (NFAI)
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After Govinda, Varun Dhawan now launches another Dehati Disco song • May 14, 2022 at 06:31 AM
by Siraj Syed

After Govinda, Varun Dhawan now launches another Dehati Disco song Ganesh Acharya and Varun Dhawan share a great camaraderie and the duo have always given good hits. In fact, Acharya, who is...

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Bihar
David Dhawan
Drums Shivamani
Ganesh Acharya
Gitesh Chandrakar
Kamal Kishor
Manoj Sharma
One Entertainment Film Productions
Qureshi Productions
Saksham
Shivpur
Teesri Kasam
Uttar Pradesh
Varun Dhawan
Vaseem Qureshi
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Jayeshbhai Jordaar, Review: A ban on soap and kisses instead of foeticide • May 14, 2022 at 06:22 AM
by Siraj Syed

Jayeshbhai Jordaar, Review: A ban on soap and kisses instead of foeticide Even a relatively small budget film from Yash Raj Films (YRF), with only two known names to tout, succeeds to a large extent...

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Kumaar
Vayu
Vishal Dadlani
Shekhar (Sheykhar) Ravjiani
Jaideep Sahni
Priya Saraiya
Keerthi Sagathia
Katyayni
Jonita Gandhi.Siddharth Diwan
Namrata Rao
Sanchit Balhara
Ankit Balhara
Jia Vaidya
Deeksha Joshi
Puneet Issar
Boman Irani
Gujarati
Ratna Pathak-Shah
Shalini Pandey
ranveer singh
Mirch Masala
Gulaabi
Gulaabi Gang
Hellaro
Yash Raj Films (YRF)
Anckur Chaudhury
Divyang Thakkar
Haryana
Gujarat
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Three trailers of Prithviraj: On stage, on screen and off-screen • May 11, 2022 at 11:39 AM
by Siraj Syed

Three trailers of Prithviraj: On stage, on screen and off-screen This is what the invitation, received on Friday, 06 May 2022, by WhatsApp, from YashRaj Films read: “Hello, Yash Raj Films...

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