...And Once Again

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And Once Again
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Directed by Amol Palekar
Story bySandhya Gokhale
Starring Antara Mali
Rajat Kapoor
Rituparna Sengupta
Cinematography Asim Bose
Edited byAbhijeet Deshpande
Music byAnjan Biswas
Debjyoti Mishra
Production
companies
Shangrila Kreations
Parth Productions
Release date
  • 20 August 2010 (2010-08-20)
Running time
105 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

And Once Again is a 2010 Indian drama film directed by Amol Palekar. The film stars Antara Mali, Rajat Kapoor and Rituparna Sengupta in lead roles. For the role of the monk, Antara Mali shaved her head. [2]

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Plot

Cast

Critical reception

Sify rated the film 2.5 out of 5, criticising the story and pointing out "A film about loss, [like this one], succeeds only when it leaves the audience with a sense of loss and longing." [4] Preeti Arora rated the film 2 out of 5. [5] The Times of India rated the film 2.5 out of 5, stating as "And Once Again is a desire to make something different from the run-of-the-mill stuff." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "And Once Again Movie Review". The Times of India . 4 May 2016. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  2. "Antara Mali goes bald to play monk in Amol Palekar's film". Bollywood Hungama . 24 July 2010. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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  5. Arora, Preeti (20 August 2010). "Watch And Once Again for the players". Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.