A Potpourri of Vestiges

The Maestro, Ilaiyaraaja says Yes to #digitalindia

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature M usic unites. Music inspires. Ilaiyaraaja, Isaignani, as the master is called lovingly, has united...

Kumbhkaran defeated by Lord Ram and Meghnad by Laxman in the plot of LuvKush Ramleela

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature A s everyone knows that Ramleela is a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Rama according to the ...

'CRD' Review: A delectable orgy of excesses

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Khan Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews C o-written and dire...

Netflix Starts Production on its First Korean Original Variety Series

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature N etflix, the world’s leading internet entertainment service, announced that its first Korean origina...

Finally, justice for the writer of the upcoming film 'Muavza'

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he issue of plagiarism is not not new in India cinema. It has been plaguing the industry for a lo...

Cheer Haran, based on Jat reservation, gets applauded internationally

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature C heer Haran , an exact picture of Jat reservation agitation by Kuldeep Ruhil, is being prai...

NewsX Live: Film Critic Murtaza Ali Khan discusses the prospects of Newton at the 90th Academy Awards

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature D rishyam Films Newton is India's official entry for Oscar this year . The announcement came out ...

'Newton' Review: An engaging satire on power dynamics

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Marvel's The Punisher: Trailer

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature F rank is back. With a vengeance. They killed Frank Castle's family to get to him. Now, the Pun...

Bhoomi: Sanjay Dutt's comeback film with Aditi Rao Hydari

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature B hoomi is an upcoming Indian action thriller film directed and co-produced by Omung Kumar. It sta...

Planet Earth II, Episode 1: 'Islands' Review

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature By Murtaza Ali Khan A fter captivating the viewers globally, Planet Earth II has come to Indi...

'Simran' Review: A refreshing take on the everyday struggle of the 21st century Indian woman

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Khan Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews S imran is the lates...

Jio MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival - Star Press Conference

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature M umbai Academy of Moving Image, popularly known as MAMI, is back with the much awaited 19th Mumbai F...

'Lucknow Central' Review: A wasted opportunity

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I was approached to make a film on Dawood but destiny had other plans and I ended up making ‘Haseena Parkar' says Apoorva Lakhia

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature A poorva Lakhia, who is known for his slick thrillers, is gearing up for the release of his upcoming f...

Most iconic Star Trek characters of all times

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature O ver the years the Star Trek franchise has delivered some amazingly well-crafted sci-fi series, mov...

Emmy nominated shows available on Hotstar

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he nominees for the 2017 Emmy Awards were announced on July 13, 2017 by Shemar Moore and Anna ...

Saboteur (1942): An Essay on Alfred Hitchcock's Classic

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature By Aditi Mukund Prabhudesai O ne of my favorite sequences in the action-comedy thriller Baadsha...

Mughal-E-Azam: Feroz Abbas Khan’s audacious Broadway-style adaptation of the K. Asif classic

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Khan R ome wasn’t built in a day. This famous adage unpins the importance of time ...

Tips to Edit Your Student Application

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature S o you have made the large choice to attend college and even more your education. Right after some...

How to Study Economics and Tips to Improve Result

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature I rrespective of whether you happen to be majoring in economics, or are taking it as being a prere...

Netflix Boldly Goes Where No Man Has Gone Before, Revealing Star Trek Fans’ Favorite Episodes

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature S treaming...the final frontier! Ahead of the September 25 premiere of Star Trek: Discovery , Ne...

Logan Lucky (2017): Movie Review

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Tanmay Shukla Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews I t is a recent phenomeno...

'Timeless Asha': Zee Classic's tribute to the legendary Asha Bhosle on the occasion of her 84th birthday

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle is turning 84 on September 8, 2017. To mark the momentou...

Arjun Rampal plays gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli in Daddy, set to release on 8th September 2017

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature T he underbelly of society, yet again, finds space on the big screen with the release of the political...

Singapore Film Festival '17: A session on Boo Junfeng's celebrated film 'Apprentice' by Murtaza Ali Khan

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A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature I recently watched the 33-year-old renowned Singaporean filmmaker Boo Junfeng’s celebrated film A...

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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