Planet Bollywood

San Francisco, Thursday, July 26, 2018: The inaugural Bay Area South Asia Film Festival (BASAFF 2018) opened its call for entries for Independent Feature Films, Fictional/ Live Action Short Films…

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Sony Music acquires the music rights to Kizie Aur Manny

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

Global music giant Sony Music announced the acquisition of the music of Fox Star Studios’ heart-warming film ‘Kizie Aur Manny’ which is being directed by debutante Mukesh Chabbra. Starring Sushant…

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Aditya Datt remembers grandfather Anand Bakshi on his birth anniversary with a heart-warming tweet

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

Director Aditya Datt, who has helmed ‘Karenjit Kaur: The Untold Story Of Sunny Leone’, is the grandson of legendary Indian poet and lyricist Anand Bakshi and on the occasion of…

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Utkarsh battle it out in the trailer of Genius

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

Nawazuddin Siddiqui is gearing up for his next film, Genius, which also marks the Bollywood debut of Utkarsh Sharma and Ishita Chauhan. Apparently, when Nawaz first met Utkarsh, he was…

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Tera Fitoor from Genius creates a musical wave

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

The romantic track “Tera Fitoor” brings together, the ‘genius’ of singer Arijit Singh, composer Himesh Reshammiya and lyricist Kumaar. Rendered by the current music sensation Arijit Singh in his soulful,…

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DJ Waley Babu turns three and singers Aastha and Badshah cannot keep calm

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

India’s leading singer, composer and rapper Badshah has more than one reason to cheer. The song that gave the superstar his much needed fameDJ Waley Babu turns 3. Released by…

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“I have always admired Rishi Kapoor” – Ashutosh Rana

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

Ashutosh Rana, who will be sharing screen space with Rishi Kapoor in Anubhav Sinha’s Mulk, says that the experience of working with the senior actor will be forever close to…

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The Zoom Studios first series The Reunion garners more than 30 million views across platforms

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

The Zoom Studios first series, The Reunion on zoOm styled by Myntra has created a record over the course of its one month run. The smash hit finite series has…

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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…

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Race 3 – Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Though Tips is not very active as a music company today, it was one of the leading music companies at one point of time. Even the films produced by the…

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Bhavesh Joshi Superhero – Music Review

Anish Mohanty

Though ‘Bhavesh Joshi Superhero’ is about a common man turning into a vigilante and taking on the system and does not have an extended romantic track as such, one still has good…