Anish Mohanty, Author at Planet Bollywood

A song depicting a war-cry in a war-based film is mandatory. As ‘Panipat’, director Ashutosh Gowariker’s new film aims to take the audience through the Battle of Panipat, one was…

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Marjaavaan Day 6 Collections: Film continues to collect in the smaller centres and is stable

Anish Mohanty

‘Marjaavaan’ has maintained steady collections so far and its first Wednesday numbers indicate that the film is set for a stable run in the smaller centres in the days to…

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Friday Prediction: With Pagalpanti, will Anees Bazmee and John Abraham deliver another big hit together after Welcome Back?

Anish Mohanty

Anees Bazmee is one of the most successful Hindi film directors of our times. Though he had had his share of failures (‘Hulchul’, ‘Sandwich’, ‘No Problem’, ‘Thank You’), he has…

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Marjaavaan Day 5 collections: The film remains steady on Tuesday

Anish Mohanty

The Sidharth Malhotra – Riteish Deshmukh starrer ‘Marjaavaan’ has maintained a steady hold over the weekdays. The film managed to collect Rs. 3.61 crores on Tuesday. The film’s collections on…

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The promotions of Good Newwz commence on a positive note with a winning trailer

Anish Mohanty

In the recent past, Bollywood filmmakers have been lured by the idea of making high-concepts films – exploring subjects that have never explored before. The success of films like ‘Padman’,…

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Marjaavaan set to be a good success, reaches out to centres where most Hindi films today fail to

Anish Mohanty

With steady collections flowing in for the film over the film and it collecting in the range of Rs. 4.15 crores on Monday, ‘Marjaavaan’ is all set to be a…

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Marjaavaan Day 2 Collections: Film replicates its Friday numbers, expected to grow on Sunday

Anish Mohanty

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,…