Zohra Sahgal : A Glorious Century of Life

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           MAY 22 , 2012           04.15 P.M. Zohra Sehgal , the legendary film and theatre actor , recently completed 100 years of her momentous life . It is fascinating to know that she is as old as Indian cinema . She , in fact , is a year older . She was [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – February 2012

 -MUMBAI MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           MARCH 03 , 2012           08.00 P.M. This is 34th film diary . 2 more to go and it will complete 3 momentous years . As usual I am re-posting some relevant tweets of the eminent trade analysts Mr. Komal Nahta and Mr. Taran Adarsh : 23h Komal Nahta @KomalNaht GALI GALI [...]

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 – November 2011

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA              DECEMBER 05 , 2011            03.15 P.M. This is the 31st edition of my Film Diary. ” Ra.One “ was released with fabulous response due to Deepavali and holiday period but could not sustain during week days and collections dropped menacingly. In overall reckoning , it collected more than 100 crore [...]

Aah Shammi Kapoor ……….” Tum Sa Nahi Dekha ” !!

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA          NOVEMBER 16 , 2011          08.15 P.M. When I got the news of Shammi Kapoor‘s sad demise on August 14 , 2011 at the age of 79 , flood of memories engulfed me and inundated me completely . Though , initially , I was not a huge [...]

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 [...]

80 Years of ” Alam Ara ” : India’s First Talkie

NIGHT……………………………….11.00 On March 14 , 1931 Indian cinema created history . First Hindi talkie ” ALAM ARA “ made by Ardeshir Irani was released on this very day in the Majestic cinema of Bombay [ now Mumbai ] Though , ” RAJA HARISCHANDRA ” , first ever full – length silent feature film of India [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – January 2011

It’s the 1st month of 2011. First release of the year opened quite well. But bad memories of the last year will take some time to get erased. Most of the films are still bombing with same regularity. Scenario is not very rosy yet and may take some time to stabilize. To emphasise my point [...]

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 “  [...]

I (dont) Hate (such) Luv Storys

As I am writing this blog, I am confronted with a strange fact. I started my twitter account on June 17th, 2009 and till date I have only 83 followers. Its one year now. But Mr. Amitabh Bachchan started tweeting on May 18th, 2010 and he has 2,16,425 followers. Its has been only 46 days. [...]