Vidur’s Film Diary – July 2011

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA                   AUGUST 01 , 2011                05.30 P. M. This is the 27th edition of my Film Diary. First six months of 2011 are over and it was fairly successful. Second half started with a bang [...]

Vidur’s Year End Musings : Films – 2010

From this year [ 2011 ] I resolve to write a yearly reportage of the previous year’s Hindi Films in particular and Indian Films in general. So it is the first of its kind, where I am going to give some significant and some not so significant data of Hindi Films and T V Shows [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – November 2010

  In November, Box Office mayhem of October is still continuing. ” Golmaal – 3″ opens to bumper houses but ” Action Replayy “ ? It fails miserably. Is it not surprizing that from last Diwali to this Diwali, only 5 films clicked in a big way ? They are : ” 3 Idiots “  [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – September 2010

Its September and ” Dabangg “ is creating history at the box office.It becomes the second highest grosser of all times. It is next only to ” 3 Idiots “. To emphasise my points and to show latest trends in the industry, I am quoting few relevant tweets of eminent trade analyst Mr. Taran Adarsh [...]

Commonwealth Sh..(g)ames

As we all know Commonwealth Games 2010 are about to start in Delhi within a week, precisely on October 03 , 2010.  A symbol of the dying and fading British Empire , Commonwealth is the group of all the nations, which were under the  British rule at some point of time or other. A decaying [...]

My Views on Jammu & Kashmir

I know this is going to be my most controversial blog. But when the valley is burning and there are more than 100 deaths, how can I keep quiet ? Let us admit that there are so many people in India, who are biased against muslims. I personally don’t like the generalization : every muslim [...]

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 ” [...]

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 – June 2010

After two successive and consecutive hits in the form of ” HOUSEFULL” and ” BADMAASH COMPANY “ , last month’s ” KiITES ” was a major disappointment. Month of June started with the spactacular opening of Prakash Jha’s ” RAAJNEETI” . But ” RAAVAN “ again dampened the spirit. I am quoting few relevant tweets [...]

Celebrating ” RAAJNEETI ” With No Regrets

As the cast & crew of ” Raajneeti ” celebrated their success by throwing a lavish bash, I went to watch the movie that evening in a theatre. When a trainer starts training        artistes for a particular film, that film takes a special place in his the heart. And as I was [...]