Anish Mohanty, Author at Planet Bollywood

Her debut film as a child artiste was in Gujarati and now she is making her film debut as an adult actor in a Gujarati film. Between these two films,…

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Batti Gul Meter Chalu Trailer – First Thoughts

Anish Mohanty

Director Shree Narayan Singh’s last film ‘Toilet Ek Prem Katha’ was based on the issue of lack of sanitation facilities in India. Through the film Singh, with the help of…

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Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se Trailer – First Thoughts

Anish Mohanty

In the west, a sequel to a film is made only when a particular film does well and the makers feel that the audience would respond well if they make…

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Laila Majnu Trailer – First Thoughts

Anish Mohanty

I personally do not like to watch teasers of Hindi films. Most of them turn out to be bland and pointless marketing exercises. More often than not, the marketing team…

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Fanney Khan – Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Three of the principal characters in ‘Fanney Khan’– a man who could not fulfil his dream of becoming a singer, a young girl who aspired to carve a career in…

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Mulk – Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Many of the films directed by Anubhav Sinha such as Tum Bin, ‘Aapko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai’, ‘Dus’ have boasted of good music. Even his last film ‘Tum…

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Dhadak – Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

Five years back, I stepped into a theatre in Hyderabad to watch a Marathi film called ‘Sairat’. I had heard about the immense love the film was getting from the…

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Nawabzaade – Music Review

Anish Mohanty

One expects a good dose of songs in a film featuring dancers. However ‘Nawabzaade’, a film which stars a bunch of actors who started out as dancers in reality shows,…

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Soorma – Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

I have never been a fan of any sport. Never seen a match (of any sport) in my life. But, I have a long list of sports based films I…

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Karwaan – Music Review

Anish Mohanty

There is a certain sound one associates with road movies. It is the kind of sound you wish to listen to while you are driving along a long highway…

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For Here Or To Go – Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

Every year, a large number of working professionals from India migrate to the US and other western countries with the belief that their talent would be valued more there.…

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Race 3 – Movie review

Anish Mohanty

When ‘Race’ released in 2008, I was blew away by the kind of twists it delivered at short intervals. The film kept me at the edge of my seat…

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Lust Stories – Movie review

Anish Mohanty

Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap and Karan Johar came together to make a short film each, the sum of which formed a larger film called ‘Bombay Talkies’. The…

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Bhavesh Joshi Superhero – Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

Superhero films are a rarity in India. Despite the success of films like ‘Mr. India’, the ‘Krrish’ franchise and several superhero films from Hollywood which release in India, it…

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Veere Di Wedding – Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

The Hindi film industry has made a bunch of films that have celebrated male friendship but it has seldom touched upon the dynamics of the relationship between female friends.…

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Parmanu The Story Of Pokhran – Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

‘Parmanu The Story Of Pokhran’, co-produced by and starring John Abraham, was supposed to hit the screens later. Several controversies later, the film has finally got a release after getting…

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Raazi – Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

After delivering a string of unsuccessful films, director Meghna Gulzar finally proved her mettle with ‘Talvar’ which, in my opinion, was the finest Hindi film of 2015. Two and a…

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Dhadak – Music Review

Anish Mohanty

The music of the Marathi film ‘Sairat’ created a wave in the Marathi film industry. One song called “Zingaat”, in particular, managed to reach out to other corners of the…

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Soorma – Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Earlier this year, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Gulzar delivered a winner of a soundtrack for Meghna Gulzar’s ‘Raazi’. A couple of months later, the team comes back to deliver another album. As…

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Sanju – Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Rajkumar Hirani’s films have never been known for their music. Though a couple of songs from each of his films are popular owing the massive success of those films, they…