Anish Mohanty, Author at Planet Bollywood

When you speak to Smriti Kalra, one of the things you notice about her immediately is that she is a very positive person. This aspect of her personality also reflects…

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“I will direct a film when I get the right opportunity” – Ashish Shrivastav

Anish Mohanty

Ashish Shrivastav started his career directing some of the most popular shows made in the history of Indian television like ‘Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii’ and ‘Kasamh Se’. Over the years,…

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“SRK elevated every dialogue with his charm” – Mayur Puri on 15 years of Om Shanti Om

Anish Mohanty

‘Om Shanti Om’ was the most successful Hindi language film released in the year 2007. The film also proved to be a turning point in the career of Mayur Puri,…

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Rewind Dor: One of the best soundtracks by Salim – Sulaiman has released on vinyl and it sounds as wonderful as ever

Anish Mohanty

In the ‘90s Salim – Sulaiman composed and produced songs for many popular non-film albums. Their journey as background score composers started with the Saif Ali Khan – Kajol starrer…

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Uunchai Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Whenever a Sooraj R. Barjatya directed film is about to release, one keenly looks forward to the kind of music it will have. The director has had a very good…

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Mili Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

For the Malayalam language film ‘Helen’ (2019), debutante director Mathukutty Xavier won the National Award for Best Debut Film of a Director. The film also won Ranjith Ambady the National…

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Double XL Music Review

Anish Mohanty

T-Series is one of the most proactive production houses in the Hindi film industry. As a music label, the company was always very active. However, in the last 5-6 years,…

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Phone Bhoot Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Horror comedies do have scope for music. This is a fact that has been exhibited by some of the films released in this genre. ‘Phone Bhoot’, the new horror comedy…

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“A.K.A is purely a work of passion” – Geetika Narang Abbasi

Anish Mohanty

A.K.A (also known as ‘Urf’), a documentary made by Delhi-based filmmaker Geetika Narang Abbasi won the award for the best long documentary at the 14th International Documentary and Short Film…

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“Theatre prepares you to make lesser mistakes as an actor” – Omkar Kulkarni

Anish Mohanty

In a short span of time, Omkar Kulkarni has played a variety of roles in web shows and films. The TVF-produced digital series ‘I’mMature’ helped Omkar earn widespread recognition and…

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“Each and every song in Flavors is from a different time in my life” – Andrea Jeremiah

Anish Mohanty

Andrea Jeremiah has had a very successful career as a singer and an actor. While she has acted in and lent her voice to a bunch of prominent Tamil, Telugu,…

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“I have been hugely inspired by Manoj Bajpayee’s journey” – Mohit Daga

Anish Mohanty

In a career spanning more than fifteen years, actor Mohit Daga has played several memorable roles on television. The actor is currently essaying one of the lead parts in &TV’s…

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“Humnasheen has been my most honest composition so far” – Raahul Jatin

Anish Mohanty

In 2019, Raahul Jatin made his debut as a singer with the single ‘Aankhon Ke Ishaare’ released by Zee Music Company. Since then, he has released a bunch of singles…

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Doctor G Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

Right from the time he made his film debut with ‘Vicky Donor’ (2012), Ayushmann Khurrana has largely picked up films with unconventional scripts or subjects. In the last ten years,…

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Doctor G Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Given the premise of the film, one expects ‘Doctor G’ to be one of the quirkiest films done by Ayushmann Khurrana in the recent past. The film traces the journey…

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“Aaoge Jab Tum was not composed for Jab We Met” – Sandesh Shandilya

Anish Mohanty

After composing the entire soundtrack of Imtiaz Ali’s debut feature film ‘Socha Na Tha’ (2005), composer Sandesh Shandilya made a significant contribution to ‘Jab We Met’ (2007), the director’s second…

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Nikhil Kamath and Sunidhi Chauhan collaborate on a song on Chhath Puja

Anish Mohanty

In a career spanning more than thirty years, composer Nikhil Kamath has dabbled in a variety of genres. However, there were a few genres that the composer wanted to try…

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Goodbye Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Out of the four films directed by Vikas Bahl, three (‘Chillar Party’, ‘Queen’, ‘Shaandaar’) had music by Amit Trivedi. While Vikas got Ajay – Atul to compose songs for ‘Super…

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Book Review: Sanjeev Kumar – The Actor We All Loved

Anish Mohanty

Every time somebody decides to analyse Hindi cinema academically, one of the actors they are asked to study is Sanjeev Kumar. Widely regarded as one of the best actors to…

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“Aye Zindagi will connect with the audience on a personal level” – Shiladitya Bora

Anish Mohanty

When Shiladitya Bora joined Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering in Ahmedabad, he had no idea that one day he would be making films. His love for cinema made him look…