Mantra (2016 film)

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.

The cast of the film is as follows:{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mantra/cast/|title=Mantra Cast & Crew|website=Bollywood Hungama|accessdate=14 February 2018}}

• Rajat Kapoor as Kapil Kapoor
• Lushin Dubey as Meenakshi Kapoor
• Kalki Koechlin as Piya Kapoor
• Shiv Panditt as Viraj Kapoor
• Adil Hussain as Man from Jharkhand
• Rohan Joshi as Vir Kapoor
• Yuri Suri as Mohan Kaul
• Maya Krishna Rao as Shazia Siddiqui
• Shantanu Bhamare

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.

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

Upon release in India, the film received mixed response.{{cite web|last1=Vetticad|first1=Anna|title=Mantra movie review: Adil Hussain and encounters with strangers stand out in an uneven film|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/mantra-movie-review-adil-hussain-and-encounters-with-strangers-stand-out-in-an-uneven-film-3340020.html|website=Firstpost|accessdate=14 February 2018|date=17 March 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Ramnath|first1=Nandini|title='Mantra' film review: The chips are down. So is everything else|url=https://scroll.in/article/832008/mantra-film-review-the-chips-are-down-so-is-everything-else|website=Scroll.in|accessdate=14 February 2018|date=17 March 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Gupta|first1=Shubhra|title=Mantra movie review: Rajat Kapoor struggles to keep it together, so does the film|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/mantra-movie-review-kalki-koechlin-rajat-kapoor-star-rating-4573112/|website=The Indian Express|accessdate=14 February 2018|date=17 March 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Ray|first1=Sarit|title=A flawed nostalgia: Mantra review by Sarit Ray|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/a-flawed-nostalgia-mantra-review-by-sarit-ray/story-zvnH8olVXZHsQt7GAMsBML.html|website=Hindustan Times|accessdate=14 February 2018|date=6 April 2017}}{{cite web|last1=Reza|first1=Noorani|title=Mantra Movie Review|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/mantra/movie-review/57669452.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=14 February 2018|date=17 March 2017}} 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.{{cite web|last1=Mazumdar|first1=Ranjib|title='Mantra' Review: Except Rajat Kapoor, Everything Feels Counterfeit|url=https://www.thequint.com/bollywood/2017/03/17/mantra-film-review-starring-rajat-kapoor-kalki-koechlin-everything-feels-counterfeit-except-rajat-kapoor|website=The Quint|accessdate=17 March 2017}}

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