Vidur’s Film Diary – April 2012

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           MAY 07 , 2012           03.30 P.M. Today I am posting 36th film diary . It’s now 3 years , since I started writing my film diaries . 3 continuous and uninterrupted years are quite long time to survive in writing diaries . Sometimes boredom , sometimes fatigue over – powers [...]

60 Years of Screen : A News Paper of Indian Cinema

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA           January  01 , 2012           01.20 A.M. ” Screen “ weekly completed 60 years in 2011 . I share my birth year with this film weekly . In fact ” Screen “ is few months senior . Hindi film industry fascinates [...]

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 [...]

You Too Left Us Bhupen Da ……. !!!

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA          NOVEMBER  09, 2011           03 .45 P.M. Today in the morning Bhupen Da’s mortal remains were consigned to flames . I was watching live telecast of Bhupen Hazarika’s cremation from Guwahati , I was choked with emotions . When his footprints were taken and were shown [...]

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 [...]

Vidur’s Telly Tales – 7 : Bigg Boss Connection [ A ]

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA             OCTOBER 04. 2011                     10.30 P.M. On October 02 , 2011 , when I was watching the 5th season of  ” Bigg Boss ” , I realized that the show has become enormously big and has now totally metamorphosed into a [...]

My Column ” Kal Aur Aaj ” in Bhojpuri City – [ 5 ]

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA                  MAY 05 , 2011                      11.45 P.M. That I write a fortnightly Hindi column is now known to all my readers. It is being published in a magazine called ” Bhojpuri City “. [...]

Vidur’s Film Diary – April 2011

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA                   MAY 01 , 2011                       00.45 A.M. This particular edition is the 24th edition of  “  Vidur’s Film Diaries “ . Two long years , two momentous years and these uninterrupted  notes of the diary about my students and their work in Indian films , TV serials and Theatre productions. A [...]

9 Newcomers of ” Aber ” , My Bhojpuri Film

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA              APRIL 25, 2011               07.15 P. M. While preparing for the pre – production of ” ABER ” , my Bhojpuri film , I laid down few rules for myself. 1 – I decided that my actors should be genuine struggling actors and not some wannabes, who are well settled in [...]