Mantra (2016 film)

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Mantra
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Directed by Nicholas Kharkongor
Produced byNikhil Chaudhary
Starring Rajat Kapoor
Lushin Dubey
Kalki Koechlin
Shiv Panditt
Adil Hussain
CinematographyHarmeet Basur
Edited byBhupesh 'Micky' Sharma
Music bySagar Desai
Distributed byV One Entertainment
Release dates
  • 6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)(SAIFF)
  • 17 March 2017 (2017-03-17)(India)
Running time
90 minutes [1]
Country India
LanguagesEnglish
Hindi

Mantra is a 2016 Indian drama film directed by Nicholas Kharkongor. The film stars Rajat Kapoor, Kalki Koechlin, Shiv Panditt, and Lushin Dubey in pivotal roles. The film was jointly produced by Filmart Productions, North East Films, Shri Production, and Zenyth Media House. The film features dialogues in both English and Hindi.

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Plot

Mantra tells the story of a businessman, Kapil Kapoor, and his family. The backdrop of the film is a changing India in the first decade of the new millennium.

Cast

The cast of the film is as follows: [2]

Production

Mantra was written and directed by Nicholas Kharkongor. The film was jointly produced by Filmart Productions, North East Films, Shri Production, Zenyth Media House and Bhavana Goparaju as an Associate Producer.

Release

Mantra had its world premiere at the 2016 South Asian International Film Festival. [1]

Critical reception

Upon release in India, the film received mixed response. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Ranjibdar in his review of the film wrote, "Rajat Kapoor shows he has the able shoulders to carry us through the autumn of the patriarch, but Kharkongor’s script fails him, refusing to go into the labyrinth of inner turmoil, and trying awakening." He also wrote that the film resembles Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne Do . [8]

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