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“I hope to tell stories that would touch your heart and stay with you forever” – Ram Kamal Mukherjee

Anish Mohanty

It has been not too long since Ram Kamal Mukherjee made a transition from being a journalist to a filmmaker but he has already produced and directed a bunch of…

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“Andaaz confirmed Akshay Kumar’s stardom” – Suneel Darshan

Anish Mohanty

‘Andaaz’ completes 18 years of its release today. The film, which featured Akshay Kumar as the male lead introduced Priyanka Chopra and Lara Dutta to the silver screen. The film…

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“Ek Rishtaa will always remain a relevant film” – Director Suneel Darshan on the film completing 20 years

Anish Mohanty

‘Ek Rishtaa The Bond Of Love’ completes twenty years of its release today. For Suneel Darshan, who wrote, produced and directed it, it remains one of the most special experiences…

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Book Review: Nagme, Kisse, Baatein, Yaadein: The Life & Lyrics of Anand Bakshi

Anish Mohanty

Anand Bakshi will always be remembered as one of the most prolific and successful lyricists in the history of Hindi cinema. Bakshi, who breathed his last on 30 March 2002,…

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“OTT platforms have given all of us a lot of work and the freedom to create good content” – Ruhi Singh

Anish Mohanty

From winning beauty pageants to featuring in several commercials, films and web series, Ruhi Singh has managed to achieve quite a lot in a relatively short span of time. A…

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“The Kannada film industry is making a lot of progress and it is bound to grow in the future” – Diganth Manchale

Anish Mohanty

Diganth is one of the most popular faces in Kannada cinema. Around six years back, the actor made his Bollywood debut with ‘Wedding Pullav’. Though he had bunch of other…

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Radhe Your Most Wanted Bhai Music Review

Anish Mohanty

When it’s an action film starring Salman Khan, you expect vibrant and catchy songs that would befit the star’s persona and do justice to the scale at which the songs…

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“Making Ramyug has been a very special experience” – Kunal Kohli

Anish Mohanty

Kunal Kohli is no stranger to the digital revolution that has taken place in the Indian entertainment industry in the last couple of years. ‘Phir Se…’, a film co-directed by…

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“I am happy creating music as an independent artiste” – Nihira Joshi-Deshpande

Anish Mohanty

Whenever you hear a song rendered by Nihira Joshi-Deshpande, you realize it’s the voice of a true artist who is in love with her craft. A classically trained vocalist, Nihira…

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“I am a storyteller who uses different mediums to express himself”– Piyush Jha

Anish Mohanty

It’s difficult to put Piyush Jha in a box. He is a writer, author and filmmaker who has worked in advertising, publishing, cinema, digital content space, audio fiction and other…

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“Shikara will always remain the most beautiful chapter of my life” – Sadia Khateeb

Anish Mohanty

In a recently released book, Vidhu Vinod Chopra compared Sadia Khateeb, the leading lady of his last directorial feature ‘Shikara’, to the late actress Nutan. According to Chopra, Sadia has…

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Haathi Mere Saathi Music Review

Anish Mohanty

‘Haathi Mere Saathi’, a film shot simultaneously in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu is all set to be one of the first major films to hit the theatres in a post…

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“Formal training is the backbone of a singer’s career” – Mahalakshmi Iyer

Anish Mohanty

Those who follow Hindi film music, would vouch for the fact that Mahalakshmi Iyer has been one of the greatest musical talents in this country. Some of her most memorable…

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“My biggest driving force behind turning a composer was Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan sahab” – Mannan Shaah

Anish Mohanty

On 17 January 2021, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, one of the celebrated classical musicians in the history of India, left for his heavenly abode. His music, much of which is…

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“I feel I have just started my journey” – Shweta Pandit

Anish Mohanty

Shweta Pandit made her debut as a recording artiste at the age of four when she sung a couple of songs for composer Ilaiyaraja which were used in the Mani…

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“The music of this film will always be very special to me” – composer Jatin Pandit on Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… completing 19 years of its release

Anish Mohanty

On 14 December 2001, ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…’, Karan Johar’s second directorial feature released in theatres and turned out to be a bigger success than the director’s earlier film ‘Kuch…

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Prabhat Raghunandan: The Durgamati actor is a talent waiting to explode

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

A good actor does not need a dozen scenes in a film to prove his mettle. If the actor is honest to his craft and has spent years honing it,…

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“It is extremely important to be ethical and empathetic in life” – Manish Mundra

Anish Mohanty

You feel inspired when you see the kind of achievements Manish Mundra has had in his life. After being a successful entrepreneur for years, he launched his company Drishyam Films…

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Piya Basanti: Composer Sandesh Shandilya on what went behind the creation of this iconic non-film album

Anish Mohanty

‘Piya Basanti’, the non-film album completes twenty years of its release. The album, which featured the voices of Ustad Sultan Khan and K.S. Chithra, remains one of the most successful…

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Music Review Darbaan

Anish Mohanty

Based on the short story ‘Khokababur Pratyabartan’ written by Rabindranath Tagore, ‘Darbaan’ is an emotional tale of a young man (Sharad Kelkar) and a person (Sharib Hashmi) who served his…