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 Doctor Strange: Surgery and sorcery go hand in hand

Siraj Syed reviews Doctor Strange: Surgery and sorcery go hand in hand Comics can be victims of overkill, especially when they traverse the distance from page to screen. Casting might be (mis)guided...


American Horizon on the Indian Kshitij, a month away from release

American Horizon on the Indian Kshitij, a month away from release Rare indeed. A Mumbai-based film professional named Navroz Prasla (no, not the Parsee or Irani Navroz, but a Khoja community member)...


Turkey--key country at Mumbai Film Festival, by Siraj Syed

(Ms. Alin Taşçiyan-President Fipresci, Ambassador of Turkey to India--H.E. Mr. Burak Akçapar and Leading Actor--Mr. Ali Sarp Levendoğlu) Turkey--key country at Mumbai Film Festival, by Siraj...


Siraj Syed on 18th Mumbai Film Festival: Godless, Madly, Red Turtle meets Barakah

Siraj Syed on 18th MFF: Godless, Madly, Red Turtle meets Barakah Far from catching up on film viewing shortfall, I could see fewer films in the second half of the 18th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival...


MAMI’s 18th MFF schedule had gaping holes

MAMI’s 18th MFF schedule had gaping holes Multiple venues spread far and wide, across the Western and Eastern, Southern and Northern tips of the linear city of Mumbai meant that persons living in...


Siraj Syed reviews Shivaay: She: Vaay? He: Vaay not?

Siraj Syed reviews Shivaay: She: Vaay? He: Vaay not? Shivaay is a balanced film, in a convoluted kind of way. There is a germ of a story and there is major plagiarism of tracks from both Hollywood...


MAMI inaugural screening: 104-minute wait for 104-minute film

MAMI inaugural screening: 104-minute wait for 104-minute film Organisers of the Jio MAMI’s 18th Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) with STAR chose actress Konkona Sen-Sharma’s directorial debut film, A...


Siraj Syed on how Jack Reacher 2: Never Go Back keeps running helter-skelter

Siraj Syed on how Jack Reacher 2: Never Go Back keeps running helter-skelter Produced by Tom Cruise himself, this second edition of the ex Military Police (MP) Major Jack Reacher (Cruise)’s exploits...


Le Reve in race against time for Jio MAMI’s 18th Mumbai FF with Star

Le Reve in race against time for Jio MAMI’s 18th Mumbai FF with Star A dream name alright: Le Reve. But beating the clock might be proving a nightmare to the workers who are preparing this renovated...


Bobby Sarma Baruah requests you to see her film The Golden Wing at Jio MAMI FF

Bobby Sarma Baruah requests you to see her film The Golden Wing at Jio MAMI FF “My 86-minute film on the legendary folk singer Pratima Baruah Pandey is being screened at the 18th Jio MAMI Film...