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Anish Mohanty

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Bholaa Movie Review

  • Anish Mohanty
Last year, it was being said that remaking films originally made in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam was no longer a feasible idea. Many films, from the different industries based…
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“Composers should work towards creating songs that have a long shelf life” – Sujeet Shetty

  • Anish Mohanty
When you speak to music composer, singer and lyricist Sujeet Shetty, the one thing you realize that he is somebody who is extremely passionate about his craft. He also has…
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“Making Potluck has been one of my best professional experiences” – Rajshree Ojha

  • Anish Mohanty
After directing films (‘Chaurahen’, ‘Aisha’ and X: Past Is Present’) and producing a TV show (‘Bin Kuch Kahe’), Rajshree Ojha made her foray into the digital space with ‘Potluck’, a…
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Book Review: Folk Tales From Bollywood – Adventures In Tinseltown

  • Anish Mohanty
When a senior film journalist makes her fiction debut with a book that features ten short stories inspired by the lives of the rich and famous who have been a…
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Trishna Music Review

  • Anish Mohanty
After participating in a bunch of popular music reality shows in the mid-2000s, Nihira Joshi-Deshpande went on to sing several popular numbers for Hindi and Marathi films. She did a…
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Sita: A compelling film that makes a strong statement in less than 20 minutes

  • Anish Mohanty
Even though we are living in an age where a large number of parents are encouraging their daughter to fulfill all the dreams and ambitions they have, issues like female…
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“Doing films is the end goal for me” – Saachi Bindra

  • Anish Mohanty
When an actor get a lot of appreciation for a four-minute long music video, you know there is something special about them. Saachi Bindra made a mark with her performance…
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“I believe in doing a lot of preparation before playing a character” – Umar Sharif

  • Anish Mohanty
After working as a model for years, Umar Sharif finally got to realize his dream of becoming an actor when Aneez Bazmee offered him the chance to play a brief…
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Chhatriwali Movie Review

  • Anish Mohanty
In the last few years, one has seen a few Hindi films that touched upon the subject of sex education either overtly or as a sub-plot. Films like ‘Janhit Mein…
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Cirkus Movie Review

  • Anish Mohanty
In 2011, there were reports suggesting that Rohit Shetty was keen to remake Gulzar’s ‘Angoor’ (1982), a film which was based on Shakespeare’s classic ‘The Comedy of Errors’. The film,…
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Blurr Movie Review

  • Anish Mohanty
After ‘Badla’ (2019)  and ‘Dobaaraa’ (2022), Taapsee Pannu stars in yet another film that happens to be the remake of a Spanish film written/co-written by Oriol Paulo. However, unlike these…
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“I am hoping the Hindi version of ‘DaMaN’ gets a lot of love from the audience” – Vishal Mourya

  • Anish Mohanty
The release of ‘DaMan’ on November 4, 2022 proved to be a turning point for Odia cinema. There haven’t been too many instances of an Odia film resonating with a…
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“The kind of love Roop Nagar Ke Cheetey has received at the festivals has been overwhelming” – Mannan Shaah

  • Anish Mohanty
The Indo-French International Film Festival is one of the many festivals in which the Marathi language feature film ‘Roop Nagar Ke Cheetey’ has won multiple awards. The film has been…
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Book Review: Kishore Kumar The Ultimate Biography

  • Anish Mohanty
As a child, when I first heard Kishore Kumar’s songs on radio, television and old cassettes bought by my father, I got instantly drawn to his voice. Around the same…
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“I want to focus on singing original songs” – Shahid Mallya

  • Anish Mohanty
Shahid Mallya has an earthy voice that leaves you mesmerized every time you hear it on a soundtrack. The singer, who broke out with the Pritam composed mellifluous melody ‘Rabba…
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“It takes a lot of time for outsiders to get prominent parts in films or shows” – Samridhi Dewan

  • Anish Mohanty
Last year, Samridhi Dewan received praise from all quarters for her performance as Maya Ahuja in the SonyLIV series ‘Good Bad Girl’. While the show had its share of positive…
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“Imtiaz Ali has been one of my favourite collaborators” – Joi Barua

  • Anish Mohanty
Joi Barua is a musician whom you cannot put in a box. It’s impossible to predict the kind of music this artist, who doesn’t believe in boundaries, will come up…
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“An Action Hero is a film I feel proud to be associated with” – Parag Chhabra

  • Anish Mohanty
In 2022, Parag Chhabra left a mark with his compositions for the Jahnvi Kapoor starrer ‘Good Luck Jerry’. ‘An Action Hero’, his second release of the year which featured Ayushmann…
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“The success of Blurr proves that the audience is hungry for good thrillers” – Pawan Sony

  • Anish Mohanty
More than two decades ago, Pawan Sony started his journey as a journalist and documentary filmmaker. His goal was to write and direct films but there was limited scope for…
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Book Review: Kahaan Tum Chale Gaye – Daastaan – e – Jagjit

  • Anish Mohanty
If there is one person who should be credited for popularizing Ghazals among the masses in India, it has to be Jagjit Singh. The singer, with a velvety voice, left…
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