Anish Mohanty, Author at Planet Bollywood

The Milap Milan Zaveri directed opened to Rs. 7.03 crores on Monday. Despite largely negative reviews, this masala entertainer managed to find good audience on its opening day and registered…

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Bouncing back after failure: Tracing Sidharth Malhotra’s seven-year long Bollywood journey

Anish Mohanty

A strapping young man in his early 20s came to Mumbai from Delhi with stars in his eyes. He had a towering personality and he believed he was good-looking enough…

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Mardaani 2 Trailer: Rani Mukerji is back as the feisty and fearless Shivani Shivaji Roy!

Anish Mohanty

‘Mardaani’ (2014), in which Rani Mukerji played a fearless and tough cop named Shivani Shivaji Roy, managed to impress the audience with its gritty and realistic treatment of the subject…

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After writing ‘seeti-maar’ dialogues for Sidharth Malhotra in Ek Villain, Milap Milan Zaveri gives him his massiest role till date in Marjaavaan

Anish Mohanty

‘Ek Villain’ (2014) was Sidharth Malhotra’s break-out film in a way. After making his debut in Karan Johar’s ‘Student Of The Year’ (2012), he had an average success in the…

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Bhram Review: Director Sangeeth Sivan makes a splendid digital debut with this show

Anish Mohanty

‘Bhram’ roughly translates to delusion in English. For various reasons, your mind can make you see things that do not exist in real. Some of these visuals, which occur in…

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Neil Nitin Mukesh – the fearless performer who never shied away from taking risks

Anish Mohanty

Most aspiring actors dream of making their debut in an out-and-out romantic film which is, usually, considered a safe bet to start your acting career with. Neil Nitin Mukesh, however,…

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Kinna Sona from Marjaavaan: Meet Bros give a contemporary spin to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s immortal qawalli

Anish Mohanty

“Kinna Sona” is one song by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan which has been recreated multiple times both in the film and the non-film space. The song gets yet another recreation…

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“I realised I was not happy working in mainstream Hindi cinema” – Rohena Gera

Anish Mohanty

Rohena Gera wrote TV shows for GEC channels and was a part of a couple of commercial Hindi films as a writer. And after doing all this, she realised she…

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Panipat Trailer: Ashutosh Gowariker is back to narrate a historical event; trailer promises grandeur and scale.

Anish Mohanty

Ashutosh Gowariker is known to make long films; films that encompass a story that cannot be told within two hours. Out of the eight films he has made so far,…

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Yeh Saali Aashiqui Trailer: Amrish Puri’s grandson Vardhan Puri makes his debut with a psychological thriller

Anish Mohanty

There was a time when every aspiring actor dreamt of making his debut with a romantic film. Now, things have changed what with a lot of young actors opting to…

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With Raghu Ne Zoya Ko Kyun Maara the audience gets a cliff-hanger to hold on to before Marjaavaan releases in theatres

Anish Mohanty

A cliff-hanger refers to an event in a piece of fiction whose outcome you remain uncertain about till a certain point in the narrative. To cite an example, ‘Baahubali The…

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“I want to be a part of the best films across different industries” – Varun Shashi Rao

Anish Mohanty

After working close to a decade in the advertising industry and being the face of several popular brands, model-actor Varun Shashi Rao is all set to take a giant leap…

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Marjaavaan Trailer 2: Another impactful trailer, this time the focus is on emotions rather than action

Anish Mohanty

A second trailer for a film is usually released when the first one meets with a tepid response. That is not the case with ‘Marjaavaan’ though; in this case a…

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Sidharth Malhotra transforms himself into a ‘mass hero’ for Milap Milan Zaveri’s Marjaavaan

Anish Mohanty

Most young actors today veer more towards urbane cinema or films that are set in a realistic space. A few like Varun Dhawan and Tiger Shroff have explored the larger-than-life,…

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Rajkummar Rao to explore diverse worlds as an actor in 2020

Anish Mohanty

Ever since he made his debut in 2010 with Dibakar Banerjee’s ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha’, Rajkummar Rao has made a continuous effort to do films across different genres and play…

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With Housefull 4, Kriti Sanon is set to deliver another clean success this year after Luka Chuppi

Anish Mohanty

After making a successful Hindi film debut with ‘Heropanti’ (2014), Kriti Sanon’s career graph has only seen an upward ascent with time. There have been a few bumps (‘Raabta’, ‘Arjun…

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Haiya Ho from Marjaavaan: Rakul Preet sways gracefully to the remake of the hit number from Dayavan

Anish Mohanty

While Rakul Preet is a part of the main cast of writer-director Milap Milan Zaveri’s ‘Marjaavaan’, apart from the trailer one did not really get to see a glimpse of…

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Tara Sutaria follows Alia Bhatt’s path – chooses to play a complex role in her second film Marjaavaan

Anish Mohanty

Most actors, who are at an early stage in their career, prefer playing roles that give them the scope to grow as actors but at the same time do not…

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Dabangg 3 Trailer: Salman Khan has his swag intact as Chulbul Pandey; film tries to connect the link between the past and the present

Anish Mohanty

It has almost been a decade since ‘Dabangg’ (2010) released. That was the post-Ghajini/post-Wanted phase when masala films were made by the dozen every year and most of them managed…

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Thodi Jagah: Arijit Singh powers Marjaavaan’s new song with his intense rendition

Anish Mohanty

Music plays an important role in a film which is touted to be an intense love story. Milap Zaveri’s new film ‘Marjaavaan’ is a revenge drama with Raghu (Sidharth Malhotra)…