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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Leo, Review: The hyena trapper’s identity crisis

Leo, Review: The hyena trapper’s identity crisis When a film from the South is set in Himachal Pradesh, there must be a good reason. And when the same film has Sanjay Dutt in a pivotal role, you...

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Ghost, Review: Jailhouse Rock • Oct 19, 2023 at 01:55 PM
by Siraj Syed

Ghost, Review: Jailhouse Rock ‘The Warden threw a party in the county jail, The prison band was there and they began to wail’ wrote Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, for the legendary Elvis Presley to...

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Mahendra Simha
Deepu S. Kumar
Arjun Janya
Satya Prakash
H.G. Dattatreya
Prashant Narayanan
Shiva Rajkumar
Jayaram
Anupam Kher
Archana Jois
Jerry Leiber
Mike Stoller
Elvis Presley
Prasanna V.M.
M.G. Srinivas
Maasthi Upparahalli

Mission Raniganj-The Great Bharat Rescue, Review: The capsule that saved 65 lives

Mission Raniganj-The Great Bharat Rescue, Review: The capsule that saved 65 lives Few films have done as much disservice to their cause by having a misnomer as a title as Mission Raniganj. There is...


Thank You for Coming, Review: Desperately Seeking the Big O

Thank You for Coming, Review: Desperately Seeking the Big O Here’s a thumbs up for picking a taboo issue. And here’s a thumbs down for making a mess of it. Thank You for Coming deals with female...


800, Review: The numbers game

800, Review: The numbers game If you have not done your research already, you must be told that this film is about cricket, and, more specifically, about Mutthiah Muralitharan (also spelt...


Dono, Review: Between Dono and Donot

Dono, Review: Between Dono and Donot It takes two to get married. Three into two won’t go. So how about four? That’s a no-no. No, not four persons getting married ensemble, but the bride and the...


Mark Antony, Review: Mark and Tony and Telephony

Mark Antony, Review: Mark and Tony and Telephony Inspired by the works of Shakespeare’s prodigal cousin, Shake Speer, this assault on your senses is a tribute to the Emperors Brutius and Scissor...


The Vaccine War, Review: Vaccinema

The Vaccine War, Review: Vaccinema With a no brainer of a title, the docu-feature is indeed about the vaccine for Covid 19 Coronavirus, India’s first bio-science film. But what about the ‘war’?...

Tumse Na Ho Payega, Review: The taste of the pudding They have given it a negative title, which translates as You Will Not Be Able to Do it. Earlier, it was called Bas Karo Aunty (That’s Enough,...

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Chandrashekhar Prajapati
Abhishek Arora
Ananya Purkayastha.Navagat Prakash
Omkar Das Manikpuri
Parmeet Sethi
Firdaus Dadi
Amala Akkineni
Gaurav Pandey
Meghna Malik
Mahima Makwana
Karan Jotwani
Gurpreet Saini
Varun Agarwal
Nitesh Tiwari
Nikhil Mehrotra
Abhishek Sinha
Ishwak Singh

The Great Indian Family, Review: Pandit pop’s bhajan singing son is a Muslim

The Great Indian Family, Review: Pandit pop’s bhajan singing son is a Muslim What a roundabout route it has taken to emerge as The Great Indian Family! It began with the 2010 British film The...