Achala Sachdev : The ” Zohara Jabeen ” of ” Waqt ” Fades Away

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           May 07 , 2012           00.55         A.M. I was busy writing my pending travel diaries of Madhya Pradesh visit , when the news came of the death of Achala Sachdev . She died in Pune on April 30 , 2012 at the age of 91 [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – January 2012

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           fEBRUARY 01 , 2012           11.45 P.M. It is the first Film Diary of 2012 . A new year , a new beginning and a new hope for better future , industry is waiting with anticipation . It is the 33rd Film Diary of mine . First release of 2012 , [...]

Vidur’s Year End Musings : Films – 2011

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           JANUARY 15 , 2012           02.15  A.M. 2011 ended on a mixed note .  A very disturbing trend emerged in 2011 . Revenue from theatres went down . Revenue from other sources like ; audio , video and satellite rights are [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – December 2011

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA            JANUARY 03 , 2012          11.30 A.M. This is the 32nd edition of my film diary . Last month of 2011 , last edition of my diary is completing its journey with this post . Yash Raj Films started their new venture YRF [...]

Immortality at Madame Tussauds

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA         NOVEMBER 03 , 2011           10.40 P.M Last week as I was scrolling through my Twitter timeline , www.twitter.com/VidurChaturvedi    ,I got the news that Kareena Kapoor‘s wax statue was unveiled at Madame Tussauds Wax Studio , Blackpool . Before Kareena Kapoor ,  Hritik Roshan‘s wax statue [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – October 2011

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           NOVEMBER 01 , 2011            00.25A.M. This is the 30th edition of my film diary . Films released in the beginning of this month failed to create any magic at the Box Office . Though ” Force “ collected some decent [...]

Farewell Sachin Bhowmick !

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA              APRIL 16, 2011                    11.55 P.M. Life is cruel. Sometimes it is very cruel. It was illustrated once more this time. Hindi film industry’s most prolific and one of the most successful and versatile writer, Sachin Bhowmick breathed his last in Mumbai on April 12, 2011 at the age of [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – July 2010

Its July and half the year is gone. First half of the year ended and there is not a very heartening news for the industry.. Industry suffered losses to the tune of 300 crores. ” RAAVAN “,  “KITES “, ” VEER “, ” PRINCE “, ” TEEN PETTI ” and ” RANN “ were some [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – May 2010

Month of May started at the promising note. Sajid Khan’s laugh riot opened to bumper houses. After the drought of nearly two months because of IPL, news of house full boards outside cinema halls screening “ House Full ” are heartening. RT @taran_adarsh: Day 1 stats: House Full is lower than 3 Idiots, but bigger than MNIK. 3 [...]