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{{Infobox film<br />
|name = Mantra<br />
|image = Mantra (2016 film) first look poster.jpg<br />
|caption = first look poster<br />
|director = [[Nicholas Kharkongor]]<br />
|producer = Nikhil Chaudhary<br />
|story =<br />
|screenplay = <br />
|starring = [[Rajat Kapoor]]<br>[[Lushin Dubey]]<br>[[Kalki Koechlin]]<br>[[Shiv Panditt]]<br>[[Adil Hussain]]<br />
|music = Sagar Desai<br />
|editing = Bhupesh 'Micky' Sharma<br />
|cinematography = Harmeet Basur<br />
|studio = <br />
|distributor = V One Entertainment<br />
|released = {{Film date|2016|12|6|SAIFF|2017|03|17|df=y|India}}<br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|runtime = 90 minutes<ref name="SAIFF">{{cite web|title=Mantra|url=http://saiff.org/2016/films/mantra/|publisher=SAIFF|accessdate=5 January 2017}}</ref><br />
|language = Hindi<br>English<br />
|gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Mantra''''' is a 2016 Indian drama film directed [[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 Filmsn Shri Production, Zenyth Media House.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Mantra tells the story of a businessman Kapil Kapoor and his family in the backdrop of changing India in the first decade of the new millennium.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
The cast of the film is as follows:<ref name="crew">{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mantra/cast/|title=Mantra Cast & Crew|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|accessdate=14 February 2018}}</ref><br />
* [[Rajat Kapoor]] as Kapil Kapoor<br />
* [[Lushin Dubey]] as Meenakshi Kapoor<br />
* [[Kalki Koechlin]] as Piya Kapoor<br />
* [[Shiv Panditt]] as Viraj Kapoor<br />
* [[Adil Hussain]] Man from Jharkhand<br />
* Rohan Joshi as Vir Kapoor<br />
* Yuri Suri as Mohan Kaul<br />
* [[Maya Krishna Rao]] as Shazia Siddiqui<br />
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==Production==<br />
''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.<br />
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==Release==<br />
''Mantra'' had its world premiere at the 2016 South Asian International Film Festival.<ref name="SAIFF"/><br />
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===Critical reception===<br />
Upon release in India, the film received mixed response.<ref name="anna">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Ramnath">{{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}}</ref><ref name="gupta">{{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}}</ref><ref name="ray">{{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}}</ref><ref name="reza">{{cite web|last1=Reza|first1=Noorani|title=Mantra Movie Review|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/mantra/movie-review/57669452.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=14 February 2018|date=17 March 2017}}</ref> 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]]''. <ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title|5046500}}<br />
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[[Category:2016 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]<br />
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