Vidur’s Film Diary

MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA AUGUST 11, 2013 11.20 P.M.

Month of July 2013 will always be associated with ” Bhaag Milkha Bhaag ” . The film got rave reviews and was a winner at the box office too .

A new face , Girish Kumar , also came into limelight this month with ” Ramaiya Vastavaiya ” . This scion of Tips , made his debut with the film . He was praised for his acting skills and the film did decent business at the box office .

Tweets :

Tweets of eminent trade analysts Mr. Taran Adarsh and Mr. Komal Nahta , which I re-tweet , present the current and authentic trend of film industry :

taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh 2 Aug

#BhaagMilkhaBhaag is fast racing towards the 100 crore mark. Overall, Super Hit [Blockbuster in North circuits]
1. Komal Nahta ‏@KomalNahta 27 Jul
  
  RAMAIYA 1st week actual net collections: Rs. 22.2 crore. D-DAY 1st week figure: Rs. 15.75 crore. BMB reaches Rs. 82 crore in 2 weeks. Wow!
2. Komal Nahta ‏@KomalNahta 26 Jul
  
  LUV U SONIYO fails to get the audience’s love or attention. Read my review of the film, starring two new faces, at http://komalsreviews.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/luv-u-soniyo-review/ …
3. Komal Nahta ‏@KomalNahta 26 Jul
  
  ISSAQ is too boring to make people fall in love with it! Read my review of the Prateik-Amyra starrer at http://komalsreviews.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/issaq-review/ …
4. Komal Nahta ‏@KomalNahta 26 Jul
  
  All releases of today open to dull houses. Shows of some films cancelled at some centres due to absence of audience!
5. Komal Nahta ‏@KomalNahta 26 Jul
  
  BAJATEY RAHO, a comedy thriller, is a dull fare, devoid of good comedy and exciting thrills. Read my review at http://komalsreviews.wordpress.com/2013/07/26/bajatey-raho-review/ …

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Obituary :

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Sudhakar Bokade :

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Once a prolific film maker , Sudhakar Bokade died on July 07 , 2013 at the age of 57 . He came to limelight after the stupendous success of his third venture ” Saajan ” [ 1991 ] .

He produced many films like : ” Izzatdaar ” [ 1990 ] , ” Nyay Anyay ” [ 1990 ] , ” Saajan” [ 1991 ] , ” Prahaar ” [ 1991 ] , ” Sapne Sajan Ke ” [ 1992 ] , ” Dhanwaan ” [ 1993 ] , ” Kanyadaan ” [ 1993 ] , ” Sauda ” [ 1995 ] , ” Yeh Pyaar Hi To Hai ” [ 2000 ] , ” Sanam Teri Kasam ” [ 2000 ] and incomplete and yet to be released film ” Kalinga ” [ 1996 ] , a directorial debut of Dilip Kumar .

He also produced few Marathi films like ; ” Patli Re Patli ” [ 1991 ] , ” Mailek ” [ 1995 ] and ” Padkar ” [ 1995 ] .

Pran :

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Legendary actor Pran bid us adieu on July 12 , 2013 . He was 93 at the time of his death .

I have written two blogs about him . One was written when he was conferred Dada Saheb Phalke Award and the second was written as obituary after his death .

I am posting links of both the blogs :

Kamal N. Chaturvedi ‏@VidurChaturvedi 16 Apr

Phalke Award ……………….. And Pran http://wp.me/ptyXI-2Sa

Kamal N. Chaturvedi ‏@VidurChaturvedi 22h

……. And Pran !! Never Before ; Never Again http://wp.me/ptyXI-32J

Jagdish Raj :

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Jagdish Raj , the famous police officer of Bollywood, passed away on July 28, 2013 at his Juhu residence following respiratory ailment. He was 85. Jagdish Raj was born as Jagdish Raj Khurana in 1928 in the town of Sargodha , which is now in Pakistan.

He holds a Guinness World Record record for being the most type-cast actor. He played a police inspector in 144 films. Though he occasionally played a villain .

His daughter Anita Raj was also an actress. He is survived by two daughters and a son.

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New Hindi Film Releases & Me :

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First Week – July 05

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1 – Lootera ……………………………………………………. Divya Dutta

2 – Policegiri ………………………………………………….. X

Second Week – July 12

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1 – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag ………………………………… Sonam Kapoor

…………………………………………………………………………. Divya Dutta

2 – Boyss To Boyss Hain ……………………………….. Divya Dutta

…………………………………………………………………………. Tejaswini Kolhapure

3 – Sixteen ………………………………………………………. X

4 – Tara ……………………………………………………………. X

Third Week – July 19

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1 – Ramaiya Vastavaiya …………………………………. Girish Kumar

………………………………………………………………………….. Sonu Sood

…………………………………………………………………………… Jacquline Fernandez

2 – D Day ………………………………………………………….. Arjun Rampal

Fourth Week – July 26

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1 – Luv U Soniyo ……………………………………………. Amaan Khan

2 – Issaq ………………………………………………………….. X

3 – Nasha ………………………………………………………… X

4 – Bajatey Raho …………………………………………….. X

In total …………… 12 …………….. films got released in July . Out of these ………….. 12 ………… released films ……….. 06 ………… films have …………… 10 ……………. persons , who are trained by me .

Out of these ………. 10 ……… persons , Divya Dutta worked in 3 films .

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TV Trivia & Me :

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1 – Sudhanshu Pandey is playing an important role in ” Ek Veer Ki Ardaas……… Veera “ on Star Plus TV .

My ……………. 01 ……….. student in ………… 01 ……………. show on TV .

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Theatre & Me :

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1 – Kalki Koechlin is playing lead in ” Hamlet – The Clown Prince ” .

2 – Asif Ali Beg is playing main lead in ” All In The Timing ” .

3 – Juhi Babbar is playing main lead in ” Ji , Jaisi Aapki Marzi ” .

4 – Nakuul Mehta is playing an important role in ” Cock ” .

My …………… 04 ………….. students in ………….. 04 …………. plays .

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Commercials & Me :

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1 – Aneet Kaur Siddhu is modelling for Dove soap .

My ………….. 01 …………… student in ………………. 01 ……………….. commercial .

I am happy that as an acting trainer or acting tutor I had a very satisfying month . My 10 students appeared in 06 films , 01 student in 01 TV Serial , 04 students in 04 plays and 01 student appeared in 01 Ad also . Thus total number of students working in the month of July 2013 comes to 16 .

On behalf of all the students and staff of VIDUR Acting Institute , which is known as Vidur’s Kreating Charakters , I congratulate all my above mentioned students .

VIDUR Editing Studio , VIDUR Club and VIDUR Theatre would also like to wish them well in their glorious journey ahead .

May they shine in their chosen field !!

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