Jiah Khan , A Life Snapped Abruptly

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           JUNE 09 , 2013           11.45 P.M.

Sitting in my study in Mumbai and trying to remember Jiah Khan is not easy at this juncture . I met Jiah 7/8 months back . I was approached by her manager and he requested me to train her as she was about to sign couple of big projects soon .

Maxim Magazine (December 2008) – Jiah Khan

I had seen few scenes of ” Nishabd ” [ 2007 ] , her debut film . Then I watched  ” Ghajini ” [ 2008 ] . I had watched ” Housefull ” [ 2010 ] also . That was it . But that is her complete filmography . Just 3 films in 4 years . And it was not a conscious decision . She waited for 3 years for her next break . But the wait was in vain .

Cover of Nishabd

Ghajini (2008 film) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

After getting call from her secretary , I called Jiah next day . Her mother answered the call . I went to meet Jiah Khan next day . I vividly remember her building , Sagar Sangeet in Juhu . I went to her first floor flat and was ushered in by Jiah’s mother . I sat on the sofa and then few moments later Jiah slowly walked in and sat in front of me .

As has been said by many , she was not a conventional beauty . But I found her stunning , very charming and elegant . She offered me tea and we talked about the modalities of the training . She requested me to start from the coming week .

I came out . But that coming week never came . She kept on postponing the classes . She always messaged me a day prior that since she is under weather , she wont be able to start classes. It went for a couple of weeks .

Finally I lost patience . And when she finally called me one day to start the class , I didn’t answer the call . I curtly messaged back that I have taken another tuition , as I was tired of waiting endlessly . She simply messaged back , ” Oh sorry , but I was really under the weather . “

Then I lost contact with her . I never cared to call back . I took her to be  another spoiled brat . But when I read about her suicide , I immediately remembered above mentioned event .

A sense of remorse engulfed me . Now I am feeling guilty . May be she was true . May be she was really not well . May be she needed people in her life . I would have been a positive anchor in her life . A caring teacher is sometimes more than a caring father . Had I been her tutor , may be the fate would have been different . But it was not destined to be .

I am sorry but I do have fiery temper . Not knowingly or consciously but I have made some mistakes in my life because of my temper . Saying no to Jiah Khan seems to be one of the biggest mistakes of my life . May be the troubled girl child needed an emotional anchor and I know that I could have been a very positive anchor in her life . But as I have said earlier , it was not destined to be .

On behalf of all the students and staff of VIDUR Acting Institute , which is known as Vidur’s Kreating Charakters  , I offer my condolences to Jiah’s family . VIDUR Editing Studio , VIDUR Club and VIDUR Theatre also join me in expressing grief . I apologise to her mother , who was so nice to me when I first met her on that day .

I still have Jiah Khan’s cell number but I have no gumption to call her mother . I have no courage to say sorry to her . Today , on a wet Sunday night , I am writing this obituary to express my guilt to one and all .

I don’t know whether I deserve it or not but I seek forgiveness . Jiah’s eyes and her smiling face haunts me and it will torment me throughout my life . As a tutor I should have been more condescending , more understanding and more accommodating . I am 60 years old and she was just 25 .

Farewell destiny’s troubled child . I feel ashamed that I am also in the list of few people , who failed you .

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Rituparno Ghosh ; Gone Too Soon

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           JUNE 06 , 2013           08.30 P.M.

Rituparno Ghosh

31 August 1963 – 30 May 2013

Rituparno at MAMI festival (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I was shocked beyond words to hear about the sad demise of Rituparno Ghosh . He was my favourite director of Bengali cinema post Satyajit Ray era . He died on 30 May 2013 in Kolkata after suffering a massive heart attack . He was 49 years old at the time of his death .

He started his career as a creative artist in advertisement agency. In 1992, his debut film ” Hirer Angti “ got released. In 1994 his next film ” Unishe April  “ released and it won National Film Award for Best Feature Film . In his career spanning almost two decades he won 12 national and some international awards .

The first film of Rituparno Ghosh , which I saw , was ” Bariwali ” [ 1999 ] . It moved me immensely . Kirron Kher’s poignant portrayal of a lonely housewife , who rents her old house for shooting and as shooting progressed , she falls for the director of the film and finally her fancy comes crashing when the cast and crew of the film leaves her house after last day of the shooting . She was devastated that the directors has no feelings for her . ” Bariwali ” is still fresh in my memory and it is etched permanently in my mind . It’s not for nothing that Kirron Kher got National Award for her performance .

This was my first brush with the world of Rituparno Ghosh .

The I watched ” Chokher Bali ” [ 2003 ] . During my adolescent years in Deoria , I had read the Hindi translation of the novel . It was named ” Aankh Ki Kirkiri ” . Character of female protagonist in the novel was very difficult . Ritu da , as he was fondly called , not only filmed the story beautifully , but he also extracted remarkable performance from Aishwarya Rai Bachchan .

Then I watched ” The Last Lear ” [ 2007 ] . It was very unusual film by typical bollywood standard . A remarkable performance by Amitabh Bachchan made this film important .

Out of all 24 films , which he made as a director or writer or producer , I have watched only 3 films . But even then Ritu da’s impact fails to get obfuscated from my psyche .

Here is the complete list of his films .

Filmography

” Hirer Angti ” [ 1992 ] , ” Unishe April ” [ 1994 ] , ” Dahan ” [ 1997 ] , ” Bariwali ” [ 1999 ] , ” Asukh ” [ 1999 ] , ” Utsab ” [ 2000 ] , ” Titli ” [ 2002 ] , ” Shubho Mahurat “  [ 2003 ] , ” Chokher Bali ” [ 2003 ] , ” Katha Deithili Ma ” [ 2003 ] , ” Raincoat ” [ 2004 ] , ” Antarmahal ” [ 2005 ] , ” Dosar ” [ 2006 ] , ” The Last Lear ” [ 2007 ] , ” Khela ” [ 2008 ] , ” Shob Charitro Kalponik ” [ 2008 ] , ” Abohoman ” [ 2010 ] , ” Noukadubi ” [ 2010 ] , ” Arekti Premer Golpo ” [ 2011 ] , ” Memories In March ” [ 2011 ] , ” Sunglass ” [ 2012 ] , ” Chitrangada ” [ 2012 ] , ” Jiban Smriti ” [ 2012 ] & ” Satyanveshi  ” [ 2013 ]

Unishe April (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bariwali (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Shubho Mahurat (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Poster for the movie ”Chokher Bali (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Shob Charitro Kalponik (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Abohoman (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Arekti Premer Golpo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I am shocked beyond belief to say anything else about the most prolific director of post Satyajit Ray era . On behalf of all the students and staff of VIDUR Acting Institute , which is known as Vidur’s Kreating Charakters , VIDUR Editing Studio and VIDUR Club I offer my heartfelt condolences .

May his soul rest in peace .

Farewell Ritu da. 49 is not the age to leave the world . But destiny has different and sometimes unexplainable plans .

VIDUR

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Legendary ? Oh My God !!

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           MAY 05 , 2013           07.00 P.M.

As an acting trainer [ some upstarts call me acting tutor - as if it is derogatory . They also mis-spelt tutor ] I run an acting institute in Mumbai . It is VIDUR Acting Institute known as Vidur’s Kreating Charakters . And to communicate with my acting students , friends & well-wishers around the world , I regularly write blogs , tweet quite frequently and update my activities on facebook account and facebook like page . I am also active on various other social net-working sites . But blog is my most potent tool , most favourite medium of expression .

Almost all the other acting trainers of India have their facebook pages . One gentleman has twitter account also . But no one is an active blogger . Recently some upstarts have started writing blogs .

Since writing blogs is not my sole prerogative , so any one can write blogs after creating  blog-space . But for that you have to know the language . You should know at least basics of the grammar . You should take care that your spelling is correct . But these upstarts are masters of bad English and wrong spelling . They have dearth of matter so abusing me is the only topic they know . They claim to be veterans but the fact of the matter is that they were my students once upon a time .

In one of their recent blog they used the adjective ” LEGENDARY ” for a B-Grade actor . The said actor , in one of his film , played second fiddle to an animal . As for his acting calibre , a video on YouTube can be watched . The so-called ” legendary ” [ ? ] actor was supposed to mouth few lines . He failed repeatedly and instead of being ashamed , he was laughing uproariously and was openly dishing out choicest cuss words and expletives .

So why this generosity to honour such a person with the word ” LEGENDARY ” . It is a syndrome . I call this Pakistan syndrome . Pakistan is just 66-year-old state . So she desperately needs national heroes . Since they don’t have any so they started importing names from Afghanistan . They invoke names of Ghazni and Ghori . Though Mehmood of Ghazni and Mohammad Ghori were the warlords of Afghanistan and they both invaded India to loot and plunder . But Pakistan appropriated them because she was in search of national icons . In the same manner these upstarts need icons for themselves . And they don’t have any . So in desperation they are calling this B-Grade hero ” LEGENDARY ” so that they can feel satisfied that they also have some one in their kitty .

In the process they are insulting the true legends . Only age or seniority cannot be the deciding factor in determining the legends . Ashok Kumar is a legend but Rashid Khan is not . Dilip Kumar is a legend but his contemporary Rajan Haksar is not . Amitabh Bachchan is a legend but Krishna Dhawan is not . Madhubala is a legend but Fariyal is not . Helen is a legend but Lakshmi Chhaya is not .

It is one thing to proclaim his / her acting institute as the most famous acting school of Mumbai , or the most famous acting institute of India , or the most famous acting academy of bollywood , but it is totally different to become the real one . One can blow one’s own rickety and rotten trumpet and proclaim to run the most famous acting school of the world . But this cacophony will not succeed . Time has come and dust is settling down . Soon , very soon , everything will be clear . Till then , abuse me profusely you uncouth morons . It shows your class and upbringing .

I thank God that for becoming famous or for self-glorification  VIDUR Acting Institute , which is known as Vidur’s Kreating Charakters   is not resorting to such tactics .

God is kind . God is great .

VIDUR

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Satyajit Ray v/s Steven Spielberg

 

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA -INDIA           MARCH 23, 2013           00.30 A.M.

Steven Spielberg came to India , he saw and he conquered . Every director worth his name in the Hindi film industry was present in the masterclass organized and arranged by Anil Ambani and chaired by none other than Amitabh Bachchan .

Steven Spielberg at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

His enviable body of work commands respect . Out of 31 films directed by him , 10 films are in the list of 30 all time greatest hits of Hollywood . I am providing the list :

Highest-grossing films of Steven Spielberg

This is a list of the top 10 highest grossing films which Spielberg directed. Spielberg’s films have grossed a total of more than $8.5 billion, with an average of $236 million per film.

Rank	Title	Worldwide gross	Year
1	Jurassic Park	$915 million	1993
2	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	$793 million	1982
3	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	$787 million	2008
4	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	$619 million	1997
5	War of the Worlds	$592 million	2005
6	Saving Private Ryan	$482 million	1998
7	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	$474 million	1989
8	Jaws	$471 million	1975
9	Raiders of the Lost Ark	$390 million	1981
10	The Adventures of Tintin	$374 million	2011

Is it not impressive ? Is it not enviable ? Is is not unattainable ? Yes it is !

But then there is an old allegation made by none other than our own Satyajit Ray . In the early 80s , Satyajit Ray said that , ” Steven Spielberg would not have made ” E.T. “ and ” Close Encounters of the Third Kind “ , if in 1960 , I have not left behind copies of my script ” The Aliens “ with Hollywood film studios . “

 

Cover of E.T. via Amazon

 

 

Cover via Amazon

 

The allegation is hard to prove , though it is supported by Arthur C. Clarke . In the March 17 , 2013 edition of Mumbai Mirror , eminent journalist Aseem Chhabra also claimed that in 1983 he had seen the script Of Satyajit Ray’s ” The Aliens “ and there were certain obvious similarities between ” E.T. ” and ” The Aliens ” .

Potrait of Satyajit Ray, painted by Rishiraj Sahoo in 1997 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Aseem Chhabra also wrote that he interviewed Satyajit Ray at that time and his only regret was that after ” E.T. “ he could not make ” The Aliens “ , else he would have been accused of plagiarism .

I personally respect Satyajit Ray and Steven Spielberg , both . I don’t know what is the truth . It is for the historians to unearth the truth and bare the facts . But as a connoisseur , I cherished ” E.T. “ and ” Close Encounters of the Third Kind ” and would have loved ” The Aliens “ also .

I urge all my students of my acting institute  Vidur’s Kreating Charakters  to watch and savour the films of these two great masters of cinema .

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Vidur’s Film Diary – January 2013

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           FEBRUARY  06, 2013          11.35 P.M.

Month of January came and is now gone with no major surprises . ” Table No. 21 “ met with moderate success and ” Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola “ failed to garner mullahs at the box office . ” Race 2 “ looked promising initially but could not sustain the impetus .

Tweets of Mr. Taran Adarsh and Mr. Komal Nahta , which I re-tweet , shows the current trends of the industry .

Tweets

3h taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh

#Dabangg2 *2-week total* India Rs 144 cr + Overseas Rs 45.6 cr. Total: Rs 189.6 cr.

3h taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh

Update: New releases open to cold response, but ‘Table No 21′ reports good, should grow http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/update/id/304/date/2013-01-04 …

4h taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh

‘Rajdhani Express’ movie review: Has its moments, but they are few and far between! http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/508322 …

4h taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh

‘Table No. 21′ movie review: A commendable movie-going experience. Strongly recommended http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/554240 …

9h taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh

‘Table No 21′ Friday 1.55 cr… Picked up in the evening shows… North biz affected due to severe cold.

22h taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh

‘Table No 21′ fri 1.55 cr, sat 2.04 cr, sun 2.25 cr, mon 1.02 cr, tue 1.00 cr. Total: 7.86 cr. Rock-steady!

9 Jan taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh

‘Table No 21′ lone survivor at BO… 2013 release calendar packed, multiple films to bombard cineplexes week after week http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/businesstalk/id/566/date/2013-01-09 …

9h taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh #MatruKiBijleeKaMandola faces tough competition in North [Punjabi film] and South [5 Tamil films and 2 biggies in Telugu].

9h taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh

Update: #MKBKM ‘Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola’ opens to dull houses http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/update/id/date/2013-01-11 …21

18 Jan taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh #MumbaiMirror movie review: For those who relish masala movies. Especially for the single screen circuit! http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/571955

18 Jan taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh#Inkaar movie review: Caters to a niche audience! http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/550982 …

Jan taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh #Inkaar collected approx Rs 6.35 cr nett in its opening weekend. Breakup:- Fri 1.75 cr,Sat2.10cr, Sun2.50cr.

21 Jan taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh#Inkaar, #MumbaiMirror have lacklustre weekend, #MKBKM falls significantly – the detailed report! http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/trade/top5/id/932/date/2013-01-21 …

19h taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh

#Race2 Saturday trends: Has chances of touching 20 cr, if it maintains the momentum. Awesome!

18 Jan Komal Nahta ‏@KomalNahta

INKAAR is for a thin section of the audience only. Read my review at http://komalsreviews.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/inkaar-review/ …

19h Komal Nahta ‏@KomalNahta

Race 2: first day all-india net approx. 14.25 to 14.5 crore.

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Obituary :

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Haradhan Bandopadhyay : 

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Haradhan Bandopadhyay, a favourite actor of Satyajit Ray and a loving grandfather of Bengali films, died on January 07 , 2013 in the morning .

From “Mahanagar” to “Barfi” , his loving portrayals in films enthralled us. He is the actor who played Jhilmil’s Daju in Barfi.

S. Ramanathan :

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Producer and director S. Ramanathan died on January 09 , 2013 at the age of 83 .

He was the man , who produced ” Bombay To Goa ” [ 1972 ] and thus gave Amitabh Bachchan his first big break . Later on he produced ” Geraftaar ” [ 1985 ] and brought together Amitabh Bachchan , Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan . In between he also produced and directed ” Mahaan ” [ 1983 ] , the film which starred Amitabh Bachchan in triple role .

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New Hindi Film Releases & Me :

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First Week – January 04

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1 – Dehraadun Diary …………………………………………………. X

2 – Meri Shadi Karao ………………………………………………… X

3 – Rajdhani Express ……………………………………………….. Jimmy Sheirgill

……………………………………………………………………………. Priyanshu Chatterjee

……………………………………………………………………………. Sayali Bhagat

……………………………………………………………………………. Sudhanshu Pandey

4 – Table No. 21 ……………………………………………………… X

Second Week – January 11

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1 – Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola …………………………………… Imran Khan

…………………………………………………………………………… Anushka Sharma

…………………………………………………………………………… Arya Babbar

2 – Gangoobai ………………………………………………………… X

Third Week – January 18

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1 – Inkaar ……………………………………………………………… John Abraham

2 – Mumbai Mirror ………………………………………………….. X

3 – Bandook ………………………………………………………….. X

Fourth Week  – January 25

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1 – Akaash Vani ………………………………. ………………….. Kartik Tiwari

2 – Main Krishna Hoon ………………………………………….. Hritik Roshan [ Guest ]

………………………………………………………………………… Katrina Kaif [ Guest ]

3 – Race 2 ………………………………………  ………………….. Saif Ali Khan

……………………………………………………. …………………. John Abraham

…………………………………………………….  ………………… Jaqueline Fernandes

In total …………… 12 …………….. films got released in December . Out of these ………….. 12………… released films ……….. 06 ………… films have …………… 14 ……………. persons , who are trained by me .

Out of these ……….14 ……… persons , John Abraham comes twice and Hritik Roshan and Katrina Kaif have made guest appearances .

 

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New Regional Films & Me :

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1 – Chhattisgarhi : Sandesh Gour  is playing main lead in ” Daai “.

 

My ………….. 01 ………………. student in ……….. 01 ………….. regional film .

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TV Trivia & Me :

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1 – Sajid Khan is one of the judges in ” Naach Baliye – 5 “ on Star Plus .

2 – Dinesh Soni is playing an important role in ” Balika Vadhu “ on Colors TV.

3 – Kunal Madhiwalla is playing Narad in ” Jai Bajrangbali “ on Sahara One TV .

4 – Akhlaque Khan is playing an important role in ” Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha “ on Colors TV .

5 – Sonali Sachdev is playing an important role in ” Sanskaar – Dharohar Apno Ki “ on Colors TV .

My ……………. 05 ……….. students in ………… 05 ……………. shows on different channels .

 

I congratulate all the above mentioned students of mine on behalf of all the current students and staff of Vidur’s Kreating Charakters . May they shine in their chosen field .

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Sony – Max Stardust Awards 2013

DEORIA – UTTAR PRADESH – INDIA           JANUARY 28 , 2013           00.10 A.M.

January is always known as the month of awards in the film industry . After Screen Awards and Filmfare Awards , it was the turn of Stardust Awards , the third most important and famous film award of the industry.

Sony – Max Stardust Awards were announced on January 26 , 2013 . As I have stated in my two earlier blogs , this year my 3 students got the Screen Awards and 2 got Filmfare Awards . But Stardust Awards topped the list . My 7 students got 8 awards . Priyanka Chopra got two awards for the same film . Below is the list of my award-winning students :

Priyanka Chopra got two awards for ” Barfi ! “ . Kareena Kapoor Khan got Best Actress – Editor’s Choice Award for ” Heroine ” . Anushka Sharma got Best Actress Comedy/Romance Award for ” Jab Tak Hai Jaan ” . Best Debut Male Award went to Varun Dhawan for ” Student of the Year “ . Arjun Kapoor got Superstar of Tomorrow (Male) Award for ” Ishaqzaade ” . Award for Best Actor (Drama) went to Hrithik Roshan for ” Agneepath ” . Shazahn Padamsee won the award for Breakthrough Supporting Performance (Female) for ” Housefull 2 ” .

Varun Dhawan

Shazahn Padamsee

Here is the Stardust Awards 2013 winners’ list:

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Star of the Year – Female – Priyanka Chopra (Barfi!)

Star of the Year – Male – Shahrukh Khan (Jab Tak Hai Jaan)

Best Actress – Drama – Priyanka Chopra (Barfi!) and Sridevi (English Vinglish)

Film of the Year – Barfi!

Best Actor – Thriller / Action – Akshay Kumar (Rowdy Rathore / Khiladi 786)

Best Actress – Thriller / Action – Vidya Balan (Kahaani)

Style Icon of the Year – Bipasha Basu

Best Actor – Comedy / Romance – Abhishek Bachchan (Bol Bachchan)

Star of the Century – Amitabh Bachchan

Best Actor – Editor’s Choice: Shahrukh Khan (Jab Tak Hai Jaan)

Best Actress – Editor’s Choice: Kareena Kapoor Khan (Heroine)

Best Actress Comedy/Romance: Anushka Sharma (Jab Tak Hai Jaan)

Best Actor in a Negative Role: Sanjay Dutt (Agneepath)

Best Debut Male – Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra (Student Of The Year)

Superstar of Tomorrow (Male) – Arjun Kapoor (Ishaqzaade)

Superstar of Tomorrow (Female) – Parineeti Chopra (Ishaqzaade)

Best Debut Director – Gauri Shinde (English Vinglish)

Best Actor – Manoj Bajpayee (Gangs of Wasseypur) – Ayushmann Khurrana (Vicky Donor)

Best Actress – Farah Khan (Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi)

Best Film – Vicky Donor

Best Director – Shoojit Sircar (Vicky Donor)

Best Actor (Drama) – Hrithik Roshan (Agneepath)

Best Actress (Thriller / Action) – Vidya Balan (Kahaani)

Dream Director – Karan Johar (Student Of The Year)

Best Debut Music Director – Ajay-Atul (Agneepath)

Best Lyricist – Habib Faisal and Kausar Munir (Ishaqzaade)

Breakthrough Supporting Performance (Male) – Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Gangs Of Wasseypur) and Prosenjit Chatterjee (Shanghai)

Breakthrough Supporting Performance (Female) – Shazahn Padamsee (Housefull 2)

New Musical Sensation Singer (Male) – Ayushmann Khurrana (Pani da – Vicky Donor)

New Musical Sensation Singer (Female) – Shalmali Kholgade (Pareshaan – Ishaqzaade and Daru desi – Cocktail)

Hottest Film Producer – Kahaani (Kushal Kantilal Gada)

Hottest New Filmmaker – Kabir Khan (Ek Tha Tiger).

My 07  students got 08 Sony – Max Stardust Awards . Thus the complete number of my award-winning students in 2013 comes to 12 . And it is just the beginning of the year .

Now tell me . Which is the best acting school of Mumbai ? Which institute should be called the best acting institute of Bollywood ? Which acting class is the most famous acting class of India ? I leave it to my readers to decide .

I have always maintained that such things are decided by people and they do take time . So let us wait for the dust to settle . In the mean time I congratulate all the above mentioned award-winning students of mine on behalf of all the current students and staff of Vidur’s Kreating Charakters .

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19th Annual Colors Screen Awards 2013

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           JANUARY 13 , 2013           06.30 P.M.

Award season for Hindi films of 2013 has started . Screen Weekly , published by Indian Express group , was the first to announce its prestigious awards in various categories . Screen Awards 2013 was just held in Mumbai on January 12 , 2013 .

Among the winners there are 3 actors , who are my students . Ranbir Kapoor won the Best Actor [ Male ] Award for ” Barfi ! ” . He , along with Priyanka Chopra , also won Best Jodi of the Year Award . And Katrina Kaif won the Most Popular Actor [ Female ] Award for ” Jab Tak Hai Jaan ” and ” Ek Tha Tiger ” .

With Ranbir Kapoor before ” Saawariya “

With katrina Kaif In Her Apartment

19th Colors Screen Awards 2013

Winners

 

” Barfi! “ has been the movie of the year getting maximum awards .

Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor were the best jodi of the year 2012 – 2013.

Salman Khan won the most popular actor (male) award .

Katrina Kaif won the most popular actor (female) award.

Here is the complete winners list :

Best Film

• Barfi!

• Paan Singh Tomar

Best Actor (Male)

• Ranbir Kapoor (Barfi!)

• Irrfan Khan (Paan Singh Tomar)

Best Actor (Female)

• Vidya Balan (Kahaani)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)

• Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Talaash)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)

• Dolly Ahluwalia (Vicky Donor)

Best Background Score

• Pritam Chakraborty (Barfi!)

Best Editing

• Namrata Rao (Kahaani)

Popular Choice (Male)

• Salman Khan (Ek Tha Tiger, Dabangg 2)

Popular Choice (Female)

• Katrina Kaif (Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Ek Tha Tiger)

Best Sound Design

• Sanjay Maurya, Allwin Rego (Kahaani)

Best Production Design

• Kaushik Das, Subrata Barik (Kahaani)

Best Animation

• Delhi Safari

Best Marketed Film

• Barfi!

Best Action

• Shyam Kaushal (Gangs Of Wasseypur)

Best Costume

• Anaita Shroff Adajania (Cocktail)

Ramnath Goenka Award

• Gangs Of Wasseypur

Best Actor In A Comic Role (Male/Female)

• Abhishek Bachchan (Bol Bachchan)

• Annu Kapoor (Vicky Donor)

Best Lyrics

• Javed Akhtar – Muskanein Jhoothi Hai (Talaash)

Best Story

• Sujoy Ghosh, Advaita (Kahaani)

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Yash Chopra

Best Choreography

• Prabhu Dheva (Go Govinda, OMG: Oh My God!)

Most promising Newcomer (Male)

• Ayushmann Khurrana (Vicky Donor)

Most promising Newcomer (Female)

• Ileana DCruz (Barfi!)

Most promising Debut Director

• Gauri Shinde (English Vinglish)

Best Screenplay

• Sanjay Chouhan, Tigmanshu Dhulia (Paan Singh Tomar)

Best Jodi

• Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra (Barfi!)

Best Dialogue

• Bhavesh Mandalia (OMG: Oh My God!)

Best Music

• Pritam Chakraborty (Barfi!)

Special Award

• Amitabh Bachchan

Best Playback Singer (Male)

• Javed Ali – Ishaqzaade (Ishaqzaade)

Best Playback Singer (Female)

• Shalmali Kholgade – Pareshaan (Ishaqzaade)

Best Child Artiste

• Mohammad Samad (Gattu)

Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male)

• Tigmanshu Dhulia (Gangs Of Wasseypur)

Best Ensemble Cast

• Gangs Of Wasseypur

I have no audacity to declare my acting academy as the best acting academy of Mumbai or the best acting institute of India . It is definitely not the best acting school of Bollywood . My acting class is one among the many acting classes of Mumbai .

And also I have no time to celebrate the success of 3 /4 years old serials . I don’t have time for remembrances . At Vidur’s Kreating Charakters the Saga still continues . Through this blog I would like to celebrate the success of my students , Ranbir Kapoor , Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif , who got awards in January 2013 and are destined to rule the film industry for many more years to come .

I , on behalf of all the current students and staff of Vidur’s Kreating Charakters  , congratulate all the above mentioned award-winning personalities and my students.

May they shine in their chosen field .

[ I have taken the list of the winners from the blog posting of Nikhil on http://www.bollywoodtadka.com  I express my gratitude . ]

VIDUR

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Box Office Blues – November 2012

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           DECEMBER 04 , 2012           11.40 P.M.

Second blog in this category [ Box Office Blues ] is delayed by 4 days . I promised to write it on the last day of every month . But November was too hectic . I was in the process of starting Batch No. 69 of my Acting Institute in Mumbai and thus I missed the dateline .

Anyhow I am posting it today .

First Week – November 02

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1 –Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana : This film has Kunal Kapoor in the main lead and it also had Anangsha Biswas in a small role . Both my students were appreciated in this modest hit .

2 – 1920 Evil Returns : This famous franchisee of Vikram Bhatt was a major hit .

3 – Ata Pata Laapata : This film by Rajpal Yadav was a major disaster and was a damp squib at the box office .

4 – Le Gaya Saddam : This film was unmitigable disaster . I will always  be a bit special for me because Chirag Patil , a very old student of mine , played a major role in the film . Chirag is incidentally cricketer Sandip Patil’s son .

5 – Future To Bright Hai Ji : Future of this film was definitely not bright at the box office . It tanked without trace .

Second Week – November 09

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1 – Its Rocking Dard – E – Disco : Aryeman Ramsay is also my student . He made his debut opposite Amitabh Bachchan in ” Family ” . This flop film will be known for the music director Bappi Lahiri , who made his acting debut .

Third Week – November 16 [ 13 Deepawali ]

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1 – Jab Tak Hai Jaan : This directorial venture of Yash Chopra will always be remembered as his last swan – song . It has Shah Rukh Khan in the main lead . It has Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma as the two female protagonists . Both are my students , though Anushka does not acknowledge .

It has one more student of mine . His name is Aashish Singh . He is the Executive Producer of the film .

This film is a huge hit . It has garnered more than 117 crore till now . Apart from ” Ek Tha Tiger “ , this is the second Yash Raj Films to garner more than 100 crore this year .

2 – Son Of Sardaar : This Ajay Devgn starrer clashed with the above mentioned film .  Tanisha Mukerjii , again a very old student , was associated with this film as the Executive producer .

Jeetu Verma , another old student , played an important role in it .

This film also entered in the 100 crore club , collecting more than 101 crore at the box office .

Fourth Week  – November 23

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1 – Operation Mumbai : …………………………………………………. This Kunal Kapoor starrer failed at the box office .

Fifth Week – November 30

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1 – Talaash : This Aamir Khan starrer was a much – awaited film . Apart from Aamir Khan and Rani Mukherjee , it also has Kareena Kapoor . She was my student before she signed ” Refugee ” .

2 – Jeet Lengey Jahaan : It failed to win anything and tanked without trace .

Out of above mentioned ………….. 11 ………… films ….. 07 …… films have …………… 10 ……………. persons , who are trained by me .

I , on behalf of me and my Acting School in Mumbai Vidur’s Kreating Charakters , congratulate the box office winners and wish best of luck to the rest one .

May the victorious journey of films and the students of my acting class in Mumbai continue !!

VIDUR

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA

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Times Celebex : India’s 1st Celebrity Rating Index [ 1 ]

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           OCTOBER 28, 2012           10.45 P.M.

On this Sunday evening , while going through bunch of news papers , which I subscribe , I found an interesting write-up in Bombay Times of Times Of India . It was about ” TIMES CELEBEX ” . This is first ever ranking index of Hindi film stars . Since it is done by Times of India and is powered by Zoom , it has to be quite authentic .

In Hindi film industry , or in any film industry of the world in general , fortunes change every Friday , when the new films hit the screen in theatres . So fixing the rating and ranking is not an easy task . But since it is done by Times of India and as per their claim it is ” most definitive and scientific ranking system ……….. robust ranking system based on data collected from 200+ publications and 250+ TV channels ……………” , one has to believe and take note of this list .

List of The Actors As Per Their Ranking :

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1 – Salman Khan

2 – Akshay Kumar

3 – Shah Rukh Khan

4 – Ranbir Kapoor

5 – Amitabh Bachchan

6 – Emraan Hashmi

7 – Ajay Devgn

8 – Saif Ali Khan

9 – Aamir Khan

10 – Hritik Roshan

Out of these 10 actors , I can say it with pride that 4 are my students . They are ; Ranbir Kapoor , Emraan Hashmi , Saif Ali Khan and Hritik Roshan . They rank 4th , 6th , 8th and 10th respectively .

Ranbir Kapoor (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Emraan Hashmi Promoting his film Murder 2 at Khar, Mumbai (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Saif Ali Khan at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Hritik Roshan standing with his wax statue at Madame Tussauds museum of London. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

List of The Actresses As Per Their Ranking :

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1 – Kareena Kapoor

2 – Katrina Kaif

3 – Priyanka Chopra

4 – Bipasha Basu

5 – Aishwarya Rai

6 – Sonakshi Sinha

7 – Vidya Balan

8 – Deepika Padukone

9 – Anushka Sharma

10 – Asin

Out of these 10 actresses , 3 are my students . They are ; Kareena Kapoor , Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra . They rank 1st , 2nd and 3rd respectively .

KATRINA KAIF

Priyanka Chopra

Anushka Sharma , who stands at 9th position , is also my student . But as I have stated earlier she refuses to acknowledge that she was trained by me , so I don’t think it would be ethical to take any credit .

Batch No. 19 – Anushka 1st Row Extreme Right

It is heartening for an Acting Trainer that his 7 students are present in the list of 20 high-ranking stars . It comes to 1/3 share . Barring Mr. Roshan Taneja no other Acting Trainer of Mumbai can claim to have this kind of illustrious list . Any Acting Trainer of India would give his right or left arm to get such successful students .

I congratulate all the 7 students on behalf of me and my Acting Institute Vidur’s Kreating Charakters . Vidur’s Kreating Charakters family is proud of their achievement  .

May they grow in stature and may their success and fame be everlasting !

VIDUR

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA

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A Tale of Two Acting Institutes : FTII & NSD

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           OCTOBER 28 , 2012           01.15 A.M.

I start my blog with salutations to Shri Roshan Taneja , Ex Head of FTII [ Film & Television Institute of India ] and Ebrahim Alkazi , Ex Head of NSD [ National School of Drama ] .

With Shri Roshan Taneja in His Office

Then I proceed to submit that apart from above mentioned two giants of Acting Training , I don’t like the present dispensation of these so-called premiere acting institutes of India .

Let me take their case one by one .

NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMA :

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This so-called premiere school boasts of the alumni , which could be the dream of any Acting Trainer of India . This famous theatre training institute was established in 1959 in New Delhi by the Sangeet Natak Akademi . In 1975 it became an independent school .

National School of Drama (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

First batch of NSD was passed out in 1961 . After this Ebrahim Alkazi took over the reigns and helmed the affair of the school from 1962 to 1977 . It was the golden period of NSD .

In 2008 , though the NSD celebrated its Golden Jubilee , but the shine  , the sheen had gone . I fail to understand the attitude of the present day students of NSD . They think that since they have done an acting course from NSD , so the whole world should invariably acknowledge their eminence . They behave as if whole universe is indebted to them because they have done two years training in NSD . Their immortal arrogance precede their mortal body . This is precisely the reason that they are not very successful in Hindi Film Industry .

FILM & TELEVISION INSTITUTE OF INDIA :

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This premier film acting institute was established in 1960 by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting , Government of India . The present campus is situated in the holy precincts of erstwhile Prabhat Film Company , Pune .

Notable alumni

Adoor Gopalakrishnan Amrish Puri Anjuli Shukla Anil Dhawan Anuya Bhagwat Asrani Balu Mahendra Danny Denzongpa David Dhawan Divyendu Sharma Girish Kasaravalli Gufi Paintal Jaideep Ahlawat Jaya Bachchan Jaya Krishna Gummadi John Abraham Kulbhushan Kharbanda Kumar Shahani

Kundan Shah Mahesh Bhatt Mani Kaul Mithun Chakraborty Mukesh Khanna Naseeruddin Shah Navin Nischol Nishan K. P. Nanaiah Om Puri Prakash Jha Ramachandra Babu Rajeev Ravi Rajkumar Hirani Rakesh Bedi Rakesh Pandey Ranjeeta Rehana Sultan

Renu Saluja Resul Pookutty Sanjay Leela Bhansali Santosh Sivan Santosh Thundiyil Satish Kaushik Shabana Azmi Shaji N. Karun Shatrughan Sinha Smita Patil Sriram Raghavan Subhash Ghai Vidhu Vinod Chopra Vijay Arora Vishwanath Ayengar

I do agree that this an enviable list . Any Acting Trainer of India can die for such illustrious students . But what is the present condition ? Why this institute is unable to churn such illustrious students any more ? What happened after Shri Roshan Taneja’s departure ?

Can any one answer ? NSD and FTII were successful with enviable record during the tenure of Shri Ebrahim Alkazi and Shri Roshan Taneja respectively . After their departure mediocrity started ruling and these glorious institutions became just buildings , just structures .

Great institutions are governed by great minds , giant personalities . They can’t be run by upstarts and dwarfs . I can’t comment much about NSD but I know the root cause of the deterioration and subsequent demise of FTII . After departure of Shri Roshan Taneja , every Tom , Dick & Harry rushed to FTII and became Acting Trainers . In front of 10 / 20 captive students they proclaimed themselves as the incarnation of Constantin Stanislavski . People managing the affairs of FTII had and have no vision . They employed every wannabe , every upstart , every so-called veteran actors as Acting Coach and these frustrated Dilip Kumars and Amitabh Bachchans ruined the great FTII .

The decadence is apparent , degeneration is palpable and death is imminent . I have one student in the current batch of Vidur’s Kreating Charakters , who has completed two years acting course from FTII . She is beautiful and is definitely talented . But because of wrong training , she is struggling in my class . She is not at fault . Fault lies at the door of their trainers , who proclaim themselves as the reincarnation of Constantin Stanislavski and dish out half – baked knowledge . It never happened during the tenure of Shri Roshan Taneja .

Is there any remedy ? Will these two institutes be able to come out of ICU ? Can there be another Ebrahim Alkazi and Roshan Taneja ?

On behalf of myself and on behalf of all the students of Vidur’s Kreating Charakters and whole family of Vidur’s Kreating Charakters , I pray to the almighty for the long life of NSD and FTII ! May the future be more glorious and shining than the illustrious past !

[ List of the alumni of FTII is taken from Wikipedia . I express my gratitude . ]

VIDUR

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