Reality Shows – at its all time high popularity!

Reality Shows are the new craze amongst Indian audience. Their appetite for Reality based shows seems to be growing monstrously. Keep giving them shows and they keep watching them. It doesn’t matter even if there are ten different shows exploiting the same Singing / Dancing format. They just stay glued to the television.
Now what is [...]

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Singh is Kinng – a hit already!

Take it from me! The makers of this film will be minting money from the very first day of the release. That’s the fate of this movie.
Almost every single movie-crazy-soul on the face of earth is aware and if I may say so, is awaiting the release of this film. But, what makes this film [...]

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ZEE’s on its own noble mission

Bollywood has always managed do its bit for the society. May it be a friendly Cricket Match or Charity Stage Shows or supporting the Make-A-Wish foundation, it has always taken the initiative in fulfilling its responsibilities towards the nation. In every way it can, it spreads the message of love & peace.

But notably [...]

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The Genius called Ram Gopal Varma

A while back I had a site with the name bollywooddiary.net. I had added lot many posts there. But somehow, I lost the domain and the website. I had written this post about Ram Gopal Varma which I am adding it here again, just because it is important for me. It was originally posted on [...]

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Ode to “The Film Writer’s Association”

This was an important step in the direction of my dream. In order to get into the Hindi Film Industry (Bollywood), I had to connect with it in some way, and this seemed to me the best way at this stage. Being a part of a Film Writers Association (FWA) started giving me a feeling [...]

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Love Guru

Disturbingly Entertaining!
My Indian conditioning made me uncomfortable with this movie. At many places, I felt like probably I should stop watching it, but I simply couldn’t. I’m guilty of enjoying the movie, which by my own definition is pervert.
I have seen many Bollywood films making a spoof on Bollywood. Yet this one seemed to have [...]

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Krrish

A ‘Perfect’ Entertainer
Indian film industry can be collectively called superstitious.  A trend was soon accepted as a jinx or rather good luck charm. So was it with the Sequels. Bollywood believed that Sequels were always jinxed; they never become a Hit. This was before Krrish, a sequel to Koi Mil Gaya. And what a sequel [...]

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Fanaa

Beautifully made movie.
I was a bit confused over my decision to watch Fanaa. Since I knew it was a serious film, which I usually prefer to avoid, I decided to not go for it. Yet, there was little inclination towards the movie solely due to the fact that it had two of my most admired [...]

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Anthony Kaun Hai?

Worth Watching
On any given day, I am more inclined towards light-hearted comedy flicks and tend to avoid the emotional K3G types. Unless story is “extremely” good then I won’t undergo the torture. The story and the execution is important for me. Rest all I can ignore or even endure.
I Chose AKH out of my sheer [...]

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Darwaza Bandh Rakho

Typical Ramu-style Entertainer
When you experience a good moment, the greed rises. That’s exactly what happened to me when I came out of the theatre after watching Anthony Kaun Hain?. I decided impulsively to watch another movie laughing at my own madness. I was watching two movies back-to-back. It was something I had never done before. [...]

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