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Movie review – Tanhaji – The Unsung Warrior – a cinematic spectacle by Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan and Om Raut

Joginder Tuteja

While there are 100 odd notable films that release every year, only around 20-30 are the ones which deserve a definite big screen watch. Out of these, there are hardly…

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Ajay Devgn and Saif Ali Khan’s Tanhaji – The Unsung Warrior takes a good start, should be a winner

Joginder Tuteja

2020 has started off on a good note. Ajay Devgn starrer Tanhaji – The Unsung Warrior has exceeded expectations by scoring far better than what it was expected to on…

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Ranveer Singh to shoot the second schedule of Jayeshbhai Jordaar in Gujarat

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

Ranveer Singh and Yash Raj Films are coming together on what Ranveer has called ‘a miracle script’ penned by debutant writer-director Divyang Thakkar. The first-timer is directing Ranveer in a…

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Friday Prediction: A double-digit opening is in the cards for Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior

Anish Mohanty

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

Anish Mohanty

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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“I am East to the world, but West to my nation”- Naezy

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

On 8th of January, 2014 the torchbearer of Indian Hip-Hop, rapper Naezy The Baa released his first song ‘Aafat’ that changed the Indian hip-hop space. Six years down the line…

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Panga Title Track: The first song from the film has thump and energy

Anish Mohanty

‘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

Anish Mohanty

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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Ananya Panday jets off to Panchgani for the next shooting schedule of Khaali Peeli

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

Kickstarting the new year in full swing, Ananya Panday has jetted off to Panchgani for the next shooting schedule of Khaali Peeli. The actress has been extensively shooting in Mumbai…

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The makers of ’83 pay a tribute to Kapil Dev on his birthday

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

The makers of the upcoming sports biopic ’83 which is inspired by India’s historic win at the 1983 world cup have shared a beautiful tribute for Kapil Dev on occasion…

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Pritam’s A&R company Jam8 gets its breakout album in the form of Bhangra Paa Le

Anish Mohanty

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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Exclusive review – The Chargesheet – A stunning dramatic thriller with core theme of ‘love sex aur dhokha’

Joginder Tuteja

Very rarely does one find an end product that turns out to be even better than the promo. Well, The Chargesheet is one such web series that goes far beyond…

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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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Movie review – Bhangra Paa Le – Decent, though predictable

Joginder Tuteja

Well, this is what happens when the promo itself is weak. A lot of pressure them comes on the core content to do the talking. This is what happened with…

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Akshay Kumar’s Good Newwz goes past Salman Khan’s Dabangg 3, is amongst Top-5 first week openers of 2019

Joginder Tuteja

Good Newwz has done the unthinkable. It has edged past even Dabangg 3 after being in theaters for seven days. While the Salman Khan starrer had accumulated 126.55 crores in…

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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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Pooja Entertainment all set to treat filmgoers with a wide mix of diverse films in 2020-21!

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

Vashu Bhagnani’s Pooja Entertainment has been entertaining the audience since decades and now the legacy of is being taken forward by the filmmaker’s children, Deepshikha Deshmukh and Jackky Bhagnani. Under…