What Decides Star Prices?
October 27, 2008 by TFSJ · Leave a Comment
If you are a student of Commerce, you must be aware that they are the laws of demand and supply which decide price. Greater the demand, higher the price and greater the supply, lower the price. Even if you aren’t a Commerce graduate or under-graduate, you ought to know this basic principle of pricing.
Parallel Cinema – Discovering Patriotism
October 27, 2008 by TFSJ · Leave a Comment
(Every new film has some echoes in the past, and this column attempts to make the links. The writer tries to draw a parallel between the new film and one or more films of the past).
This week’s release Heroes, is about two guys who go on a road trip and discover their lost patriotism – reminiscent of Satyen Bose’s 1954 classic, Jagriti, about abunch of students taking a trip to understand what India is all about.
Official Relief for Some
October 27, 2008 by TFSJ · Leave a Comment
With so many cases of Bollywood personalities in court, a few did get decided. Orders in some other cases provided temporary relief to the accused: Sanjay Dutt was freed from Yerawada jail on bail in the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts case; The Allahabad high court gave a clean chit to Amitabh Bachchan in the Barabanki land case, freeing him of charges of cheating and forgery; The Supreme Court allowed Monica Bedi to leave her village and she promptly got herself ‘imprisoned’ in the house of the Bigg Boss, a television reality show!
Films Under Microscopes
October 27, 2008 by TFSJ · Leave a Comment
All film fans watch movies closely and critics, of course, carry their own magnifying glasses to previews to detect each and every flaw they can find and highlight in their reviews but no one examines our films more closely than a bunch of people intent on raking up trouble. This year, as every year, saw protests by interested parties against a variety of films, particularly just before their release.
Bollywood’s Growing Following
October 27, 2008 by TFSJ · Leave a Comment
Our films found new laurels abroad as the reach of Bollywood films became bigger and spread further.
Hindi films became popular in China, especially Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., and those starring Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai.
Star Prices
October 27, 2008 by TFSJ · Leave a Comment
Stars are meant to shine in the sky but it is their prices which touched the sky, crossing all limits and defying all logic. Even ordinary actors, who till a year ago, used to hesitate in demanding Rs. 50 lakh, are today getting in crores for a film.
Some Filmi Milestones
October 27, 2008 by TFSJ · Leave a Comment
The big daddy of jubilees, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, completed at Maratha Mandir in Bombay 679 combined weeks! This means that the film has run for over 13 years, on the trot.
Stock Taking – Diwali to Diwali
October 27, 2008 by TFSJ · Leave a Comment
BIG RELIANCE NEWS…
The company that made the biggest news throughout the year was, undoubtedly, Reliance’s Big Entertainment! Nothing could be bigger than Reliance’s deal with Spielberg’s DreamWorks…. a deal worth $1.5 billion!
Diwali to Diwali (November 10, 2007 to October 24, 2008)
October 27, 2008 by TFSJ · Leave a Comment
RELEASES
There were 219 releases between Diwali 2007 and Diwali 2008. Of these, 127 were Hindi films and 87 were dubbed in Hindi from different languages. There were three English films too, one film in English-Hindi and one in English-Sindhi.
Readers Ask
October 25, 2008 by TFSJ · Leave a Comment
What exactly is meant by pre-Diwali days? Why is the term used so often by industry people in their interviews?
- Govindraj N.
