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There is something about suspense films, especially if they have multiple plot twists and to top it all, are well made. You watch it once, and you are entertained. And…

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Badla Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Director Sujoy Ghosh’s new offering ‘Badla’, featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu in principle roles, is an official adaptation of the Spanish thriller ‘Contratiempo’. Though the film’s premise does not…

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Movie review – Luka Chuppi

Joginder Tuteja

Movie review – Luka Chuppi – You will enjoy this family hide-n-seek entertainer By Joginder Tuteja What happens when a couple lives-in just as an experiment, only to realise that…

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‘The Final Call’ Review: A highly engaging first season with a brilliant cliffhanger ending

Anish Mohanty

The digital revolution is here and almost every day, one either hears of a digital show going on the floors or releasing on a streaming platform. While there are some…

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Song Review Sudhar Ja: Sukriti and Praakriti Kakar make their composing debut with a heady, new-age heartbreak song

Anish Mohanty

Sisters Sukriti and Praakriti Kakar have been belting out hit songs quite consistently in the last four-five years since they have been active in the film music scene. While Sukriti…

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Song Review Saawariya/Big Golden Voice Season 6: An accessible fusion track which deserves a listen

Anish Mohanty

“…the amazing energy of Odisha and Rajasthan in one song…” reads the description of ‘Saawariya’, the new song/video that features on ‘Big Golden Voice Season 6’, the music based show…

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Movie Review – Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga

Anish Mohanty

For the longest time, Hindi cinema portrayed homosexuality very irresponsibly. Gay men were shown flicking their hands while conversing with other people and lusting after men all the time. In…

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Movie Review – Uri The Surgical Strike

Anish Mohanty

There is a certain amount of curiosity one has in films which are based on real-life events. If you have followed the event very closely, you want to know whether…

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Series Review Rangbaaz

Anish Mohanty

The first thing I did after watching the first episode of ‘Rangbaaz’, the new show on Zee5, was google ‘Tumhe Chhede Hawa Chanchal’. Though I am a 90s kid and…

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Movie Review – Simmba

Anish Mohanty

In a year where films like ‘Stree’ and ‘Badhaai Ho’, among others have done phenomenal business at the box-office and big-budget films featuring big stars have tanked, one hears a…

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Zero – Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

There is a saying in Hindi that goes ‘log chadhte suraj ko salaam karte hain’ which roughly translates to ‘people salute the rising sun’. This proverb is very relevant in…

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Kedarnath Music Review

Anish Mohanty

All the films directed by Abhishek Kapoor, right from ‘Aryan – Unbreakable’ to ‘Fitoor’ have carried very good music. He collaborated with Anand Raaj Anand (‘Aryan – Unbreakable’) and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy…

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Tigers – Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

Digital streaming websites are turning out to be a boon for filmmakers who have been struggling to release their films for some time. Earlier this year, Kunal Kohli put out…

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Thugs Of Hindostan – Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

When one thinks of it, it feels a little strange to realise that Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan, two of the most successful and respected actors in the history of…

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Baazaar – Movie Review

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

Baazaar a tale about a small town rookie stock broker Rizwaan Ahmed whose theory is ‘’I’ve come here to fly not fall’’ is striving for success in the city of…

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Baazaar Music Review

Anish Mohanty

While films directed by Nikkhil Advani have always carried good music, the films which he has been associated as a producer, too, have had decent music. Though ‘Baazaar’ is a…

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Movie Review – Badhaai Ho

Anish Mohanty

In the last couple of years, several filmmakers have tried to make films on novel, out-of-the-box concepts. Director Amit Ravindranath Sharma had last made ‘Tevar’, a commercial potboiler which was…

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Namaste England Music Review

Anish Mohanty

One of the things that ‘Namastey London’ is remembered for is its music. The film marked the first and the only collaboration of Javed Akhtar and Himesh Reshammiya and the…

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Andhadhun – Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

Despite just one hit film (‘Badlapur’) to his credit as a director, Sriram Raghavan is widely regarded as one of the finest directors to be working in the Hindi film…

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LoveYatri – Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

Navratri is one of the most prominent festivals in India. One of the states where the festival is seen being celebrated with a lot of pomp and show is Gujarat.…