A Potpourri of Vestiges

Marlon Brando's 'One-Eyed Jacks': One of the greatest Westerns ever made

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Khan Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews B efore Clint Eastwood, there...

MVP Entertainment brings to India World’s first ever fully painted feature film ‘Loving Vincent’

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature L oving Vincent world’s first fully painted feature film showcasing the remarkable journey of Vinc...

India to Embark on Abu Dhabi Tourism Week 2017 in Nation’s Capital Delhi

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi – will shortly be commencing its first ever ABU D...

On the Beach at Night Alone (2017) – South Korean Auteur’s Most Personal Take on Insecurities about Life and Love

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Arun Kumar Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews “Persona...

Anaahat: Morality Not Sexuality

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Nataranjan Bohidar SEX AND THE PITY A mol Palekar fails to understand his own film. This i...

Best horror flicks on Netflix for a family-friendly Halloween

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature I n no mood to totter in to parties in fancy costumes? No stress. Include your family in your Halloween...

Reliance Entertainment launches exclusive Golmaal Again merchandise

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature W ith it’s foray into the licensing & merchandising Reliance Entertainment has launched exclusive ...

Excellent Reasons Why You Should Choose Travelling by Helicopter

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature M any people still have doubts when thinking about travelling by helicopter. Consider these top reason...

NewsX Connect: Film Critic Murtaza Ali Khan discusses the controversy surrounding the Tamil film Mersal

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he Tamil film Mersal has been in news ever since a controversy broke out revolving around one of ...

15 Amazing Facts About Bollywood

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15 Interesting Facts about Bollywood A Potpourri of Vestiges Review I n spite of dazzle and glamor of Hollywood, Bollywood can be c...

'The Walking Dead' (Season 8): How long will you last in a post-apocalyptic world?

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he much awaited Season 8 of ' The Walking Dead ' is upon us, and, with just a few more days ...

'Machines' Review: A thought-provoking film on the plight of laborers

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Tanmay Shukla Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews W hen Chotu (name change...

'Secret Superstar': Movie Review

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'Blade Runner 2049': Movie Review

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Aneek Chaudhari's 'White': A silent film that dares to talk about the consequences of rape

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature A fter a return from Cannes with his last feature film The Wife's Letter , director Aneek ...

British Council introduces digital dance experience in Indian through Mix the Body

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he British Council recently unveiled Mix the Body, an interactive digital dance experience across I...

Digital Transformation Summit '17: A Panel Discussion on the topic 'Digital Media & Online Journalism'

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature I was recently invited by New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM) as a panelist for its annual Digit...

Oscaritis 2015 aka Nose-bleed!

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature By Nataranjan Bohidar T he Oscars are back in the reckoning in the Indian mind, i.e. If they hav...

'Ranchi Diaries': Movie Review

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Anirban Lahiri Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews T hespian Anupam Kher makes a mix...

'Tumhari Sulu' Trailer: Vidya Balan back as a Radio Jockey a decade after Lage Raho Munna Bhai

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature H ere is a much awaited official trailer of Tumhari Sulu. It’s a comedy- drama directed by Suresh ...

'Arjun Reddy': A modern day ‘Devdas’ tale of love which neither provokes nor inspires but merely tells us a captivating story

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Rohith Raju Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews W ell, it's not the every year ...

Most anticipated films of the years (yet to release) - 2017 and 2018

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature W e are almost done with 2017 but looks like the rest of the 2017 as well as the coming year 2018 is ...

Sarkar 3 writer pays his tribute to Amitabh Bachchan on megastar's 75th birthday

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Exclusive By Murtaza Ali Khan O ver the last four decades Amitabh Bachchan has delivered some of the m...

Jio MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival: Movie Mela

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature G olmaal Again team booted the one day Movie Mela festival of Jio MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival with...

Junaid screened in front of a huge crowd gathering to unanimous applause

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature J unaid, a documentary by a group of four student filmmakers from AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia, Sara...

'Muavza' Review: An engaging film about people blinded by the lust for money and power

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Chef (2017): Movie Review

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About Author

Murtaza Ali Khan is an independent film critic / journalist based out of New Delhi, India. He has been writing on cinema for over 10 years. He runs the award-winning entertainment blog A Potpourri of Vestiges. He regularly contributes to The Hindu and The Sunday Guardian. He was previously a columnist at Huff Post. He has also contributed to publications like DailyO, Newslaundry, The Quint, Dear Cinema, Desimartini and Jamuura Blog. He regularly appears as a guest panelist on the various television channels and is also associated with radio.

His education spans science, technology, mass communication, and management. But cinema remains his first love. His all-time favorite movie-makers are Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Luis Bunuel, Andrei Tarkovsky, Charles Chaplin, Orson Welles, Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Satyajit Ray, Fritz Lang, Sergio Leone, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese. He can be reached at murtaza@apotpourriofvestiges.com / murtaza.jmi@gmail.com. He tweets at @MurtazaCritic.

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