Siraj Syed

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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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Siraj Syed reviews Allied: Two Allies, Both Spies, One Cries, One Dies

Siraj Syed reviews Allied: Two Allies, Both Spies, One Cries, One Dies There are a few things to like about Allied. Then there are a few things you don’t like so much. At the end f the report card,...


Aamir, Nasir, Tahir, Tariq, Mansoor, Amjad: Movies, Masti, Modernity, Flashback 1

To remind you, Aamir is indeed Aamir Khan, Amjad is definitely Gabbar Singh, and the triple M above is to acknowledge that it was Akshay Manwani’s biographical book on the cinema of Nasir Hussain...


Indian films’ greatest playback singer Mohammed Rafi: Tributes on his 92nd birthday

Indian films’ greatest playback singer Mohammed Rafi: Tributes on his 92nd birthday Rafi died in 1980. Among the singers who gave playback to songs picturised on Indian actors, he topped the list,...


2016 good year for Sony Pictures Networks India

2016 good year for Sony Pictures Networks India As 2016 fades out, Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) reveals that it has been a good year for the company. In 2007, the company had changed its name from...


Siraj Syed reviews Assassin’s Creed: As a sin’s breed

Siraj Syed reviews Assassin’s Creed: As a sin’s breed Where do we begin? In 2016 (technically, in most places), when the game has notched up more than 100 million copies in sales, and the film...


Siraj Syed reviews Incarnate: This Entity is an Omen for the Exorcist

Siraj Syed reviews Incarnate: This Entity is an Omen for the Exorcist In cinema, as in most other industries, if you don’t innovate, you are dead. Innovation is an essential part of the survival...


Siraj Syed reviews ‘The Cinema of Nasir Hussain’, by Akshay Manwani

Siraj Syed reviews ‘The Cinema of Nasir Hussain’, by Akshay Manwani ...and serialises his own recollections of the Indian writer-director, who was a rare blend of pithy penmanship and shimmering...


Digibooster sells 14 Punjabi films to leading Digital Platform

Digibooster sells 14 Punjabi films to leading Digital Platform                              Digibooster, the new content market for the media and entertainment industry and part of the Booster...


Siraj Syed reviews screenwriter Kirtida Gautam’s thought-provoking novel, #Iam16ICanRape

Siraj Syed reviews screenwriter Kirtida Gautam’s thought-provoking novel, #Iam16ICanRape If a title like this cannot provoke you, and arouse immense curiosity, very little else will. A #hashtag that...


Siraj Syed reviews Wajah Tum Ho: Rapists and therapists, aka Serial Killing on a News Channel

Siraj Syed reviews Wajah Tum Ho: Rapists and therapists, aka Serial Killing on a News Channel Some people just deserve to die. There must be a mistake. Are you talking to me? Are you suggesting...