Raj Kanwar : A Journey From ” Deewana ” to ” Sadiyaan “

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           FEBRUARY 05 , 2012           11.15 P.M. Death is always painful . It is more painful if a young life is lost . I was shocked when I heard about the sad demise of Mr. Raj Kanwar . He died on February 03 , 2012 at the age of  51 in [...]

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 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 [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – August 2011

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           SEPTEMBER 07 , 2011             06. 00 P.M. This is the 28th edition of my film diary. Priyanka Chopra has become a singer and her debut album was released by Universal Music Group and Desi Hits. ” Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge “ entered 825th week of [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – May 2011

DEORIA – UTTAR PRADESH – INDIA                 JUNE 01, 2011                    01.00 P.M. In this 25th edition of Vidur’s Film Diary, I would like to take stock of the first quarter of the year 2011. Hindi film industry suffered losses of over 200 crores in this first quarter. Of the 67 releases so far [ including dubbed [...]

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 – March 2011

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           APRIL 01 , 2011                   12 . 3O A.M. After successful January 2011 , February was quite dull for the industry .  And March was simply disastrous . First quarter is gone without any great success. No big releases because of the World [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – February 2011

NIGHT………………………………..12.15 After successful January , it is a dull month again. All the first week releases of February tanked badly. Month end release , though, did cheer up the mood of the industry. To emphasise my point of view and to show the latest trends in the industry, I am reproducing  few relevant tweets of [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – October 2010

  It’s a bleeding October. It’s now known that ” Dabangg ” created history last month. Now Rajnikant’s new Tamil film ” Endhiran ” and its dubbed version”  Robot ” is re-writing box office history. All the other releases of this month have got mixed response and majority of them failed miserably. To emphasise my [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – August 2010

Its August and like much-needed rains, it brought some cheers in the industry also. Dry spell of the first half of the year is broken. Last month saw some genuine hits and these hits came as a much-needed respite. ” I Hate Luv Storys “, ” Udaan “, ” Tere Bin Laden “ and ” [...]