Anish Mohanty, Author at Planet Bollywood

2019 turned out to be one of the best years in Akshay Kumar’s career as the actor delivered four successful films in a row. What is remarkable is that each…

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Love Aaj Kal Trailer: Imtiaz Ali is back with a simpler, narrative which should strike a chord with the audience

Anish Mohanty

Eleven years ago, Imtiaz Ali made ‘Love Aaj Kal’, a film through which he tried to put across the point that while the way we speak, communicate or lead our…

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Friday Prediction: Jai Mummy Di, backed by T-Series and Luv Ranjan, will find it tough to attract the audiences on Day 1

Anish Mohanty

This Friday, there will be just one new Hindi release that will be vying for the audience’s attention – ‘Jai Mummy Di’. The film marks the debut of director Navjot…

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Interview: Navjot Gulati on his decade-long journey in the film industry, debut feature film Jai Mummy Di and more

Anish Mohanty

‘Versova Hustler’ – a pseudonym given to Navjot Gulati has now become synonymous with his decade long journey in Mumbai and in the Hindi film industry. He is a man…

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“I hope to open an acting and dance academy someday” – Shruti Sharma

Anish Mohanty

Back home in Lucknow, Shruti Sharma was dreaming of becoming an actress but had not found the right outlet yet. She finally got a platform to showcase her skills and…

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Book Review: Rakesh Anand Bakshi’s Directors’ Diaries Volume 2 is a good follow-up to the first book in the series

Anish Mohanty

After the success of ‘Directors’ Diaries – The Road To Their First Film’, author Rakesh Anand Bakshi recently came out with the second volume in the series. Just like the…

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Deepika Padukone’s Chhapaak serves as an inspiration to children and adults alike

Anish Mohanty

Chhapaak is one of the most impactful movies of all time and carries a very strong social message. The movie opened up to the audience last week and it is…

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Karan Nath gets ready for his Bollywood comeback with Polladhavan remake Guns Of Banaras

Anish Mohanty

Karan Nath, son of former star secretary and producer Rakesh ‘Rikku’ Nath, begin his journey in films as a child artiste in Shekhar Kapoor’s Mr. India (1987). Years later, in…

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Chhapaak Day 2: Film shows decent growth but the big turnaround is missing

Anish Mohanty

The Deepika Padukone – Vikrant Massey starrer ‘Chhapaak’ showed similar growth as ‘Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior’. The film’s collections grew in the range of 35-40% which is decent but not…

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Tanhaji Day 2: The film shows excellent growth, all set to register a solid weekend figure

Anish Mohanty

The Ajay Devgn – Saif Ali Khan starrer registered excellent growth on Saturday. The film grew in the range of 35-40% and collected close to Rs. 20 crores on its…

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“I plan to come up with a lot of films in the near future” – Suneel Darshan

Anish Mohanty

Suneel Darshan started his career as a producer with ‘Intaqaam’ in 1988 and then, became a director with ‘Ajay’ in 1986. During his journey in cinema, spanning more than three…

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Chhapaak Day 1: After a decent start, the film now needs a big turnaround

Anish Mohanty

The Deepika Padukone – Vikrant Massey starrer ‘Chhapaak’ was expected to open in the 5-6 crore range. There was also an outside possibility off the film going higher than that…

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Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior Day 1: The film has registered a good first-day number coupled with growth on Saturday

Anish Mohanty

The Ajay Devgn – Saif Ali Khan starrer ‘Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior’ collected Rs. 14.50 crores on its first Friday. This is a good number, though slightly lower than the…

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5 lesser heard compositions by Mithoon which deserve more attention!

Anish Mohanty

Mithoon burst into the film music scene with “Woh Lamhe” (‘Zeher’). Mukesh and Mahesh Bhatt bought the rights of the song, originally composed by the Pakistani music band Jal, and…

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Friday Prediction: A double-digit opening is in the cards for Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior

Anish Mohanty

The one factor that has remained common in a majority of the films produced by Ajay Devgn – right from ‘Hindustan Ki Kasam’ to ‘Shivaay’ – is scale. ‘Hindustan Ki…

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Friday Prediction: Chhapaak expected to take a fair opening at the box-office

Anish Mohanty

Meghna Gulzar, who got a huge shot in the arm as a director with the success of ‘Talvar’ (2015), delivered an even bigger success in the form of ‘Raazi’ (2018).…

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Shankar Ehsaan Loy and Javed Akhtar celebrate 20 years of professional association with Panga

Anish Mohanty

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’s debut album was Dus (1997). Though the film remained incomplete due to the unfortunate demise of director Mukul Anand, the soundtrack was released and one of the songs from…

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Panga Title Track: The first song from the film has thump and energy

Anish Mohanty

‘Panga’, director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwary’s new film which features Kangana Ranaut in the central role, is a sports based drama. At least one (if not more) inspiration track is mandatory…

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Shikara Trailer: Vidhu Vinod Chopra tells a story closer to his heart and home

Anish Mohanty

The exodus of Kashmiri Hindus in the early 90s is one of those incidents that continue to remain a blot on the history of independent India. This is one event…

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Pritam’s A&R company Jam8 gets its breakout album in the form of Bhangra Paa Le

Anish Mohanty

With Jam8, Pritam did something which no other composer in the Hindi film industry had done before. Jam8 is an A&R (artists & repertoire) company, which was founded in 2016…