Anish Mohanty, Author at Planet Bollywood

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

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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

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‘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

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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

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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…

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Malang Trailer: After Aashiqui 2, Aditya Roy Kapur reunites with director Mohit Suri for this film which seems to be a cocktail of romance and thrills

Anish Mohanty

In summer 2013, ‘Aashiqui 2’ released and gave its leading actors Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor a super-hit. Both of them had made their film debut a couple of…

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Movie Review Bhangra Paa Le

Anish Mohanty

Though music and dance play integral roles in Hindi cinema, dance as a genre was not explored very well by filmmakers in the Hindi film industry. The success of ‘ABCD’…

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17 Years of Tujhe Meri Kasam – Memories of watching the film in a jam-packed theatre in Jharkhand where it ran for 100 days

Anish Mohanty

‘Tujhe Meri Kasam’, a film which marked the debut of Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia Deshmukh (then D’Souza), completes seventeen years of its release today. The film released on 3 January,…

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Bhangra Paa Le Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Where there is dance, there has to be music. So, a film, which has dance as its core theme, is expected to have music as one of its key elements.…

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Panga Trailer: Kangana Ranaut and Ashwiny Iyer Tiwary join hands to tell a ‘women empowerment’ story that hits closer to home

Anish Mohanty

Even in the seemingly modern times that we live in, several women across the country are conditioned to make sacrifices and are often the ones who make sacrifices in order…

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Peg Sheg: The new song from Bhangra Paa Le will make you tap your feet instantly

Anish Mohanty

‘Peg Sheg’, the third song from ‘Bhangra Paa Le’ dropped earlier today and like the two tracks (title track and ‘Kala Joda’) which had dropped in earlier, this one, too,…

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Street Dancer 3D Trailer: This film seems to be high on both dance and emotions

Anish Mohanty

India is a country in which a large number of people are crazy about music and dance. Despite that, one did not see pure, dance-based films coming out of Bollywood…

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Nok Jhok: The nuances of Mali and Amol’s relationship come to the fore in Chhapaak’s first song

Anish Mohanty

The relationship shared by Malti (Deepika Padukone) and Amol (Vikrant Massey) plays an important role in the narrative of ‘Chhapaak’. In the film, in which Deepika plays an acid-attack survivor,…

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Inside Edge 2 Review: Even more edgy and entertaining than the brilliant first season!

Anish Mohanty

‘Inside Edge’ (2017, Season 1) was one of the most popular digital shows made in the recent times. The show, which revolved around the foul-play happening in the Power Play…

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Movie Review The Body

Anish Mohanty

Suspense thrillers do not get made very often in India. One of the reasons for that could be is that there is a dearth of good stories in that genre.…

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Chhapaak Trailer: The film doubles up as an investigative thriller and a social film.

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Acid attack – a violent act through which the perpetrator strives to disfigure the face of the person whom he throws the chemical at. In India and abroad, we get…

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Panipat Review: Dexterous storytelling meets visual splendour in Ashutosh Gowariker’s historical drama

Anish Mohanty

After making his debut with a romantic thriller ‘Pehla Nasha’ (1994) and following it up with an action thriller ‘Baazi’ (1995), actor-turned-filmmaker took a brief pause and pondered for a…

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Broken But Beautiful S2 Review: Veer and Sameera’s story reaches its culmination

Anish Mohanty

Since the digital boom has taken place in the entertainment space in India, there have been so many shows that have been produced to be consumed by the audience which…

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Shaamein: Amaal Mallik, Armaan Malik and Manoj Muntashir’s collaborate again to bring to the listeners a heart-warming track

Anish Mohanty

Composer Amaal Mallik and lyricist Manoj Muntashir have collaborated together on many popular songs in the past, including the entire album of ‘M.S Dhoni The Untold Story’. Add singer Armaan…