Bollywood Diaries

Plot

The story is about three unrelated individuals – Rohit (Salim Diwan), a guy working at a call-center in Delhi, Vishnu (Ashish Vidyarthi), a retired middle-aged government servant from Bhilai and Imli (Raima Sen), a prostitute from Sonagachi, Kolkata. All three of them aspire to become Bollywood actors and the story captures their journey and struggles.

Cast

Raima Sen as Imli

Salim Diwan as Rohit

Ashish Vidyarthi as Vishnu

Karuna Pandey as Lata

Vineet Kumar Singh as Daman

Robin Das as Sundar Das

Ekavali Khanna as Raveena

Production

Principal photography of the film began in October 2014 and the shooting started the month after that. The film was shot in Bhilai, Kolkata and Delhi. During the filming, Ashish Vidyarthi suffered a mishap when he nearly drowned in river Shivnath before being rescued by a policeman.

The cinematography was by Dev Agarwal, the editing crew was led by Praveen Angre. The dialogues was written by K. D. Satyam and Anand VRS Tomar. Dr. Sagar wrote the lyrics for all the songs in the film. The songs were composed by Vipin Patwa, while the background score was done by Dev Guru. The crew also includes Shrjil Khan as Choreographer, Nilesh S. Gorkshe as Art Director, Tony Arora as Line Producer, Ajay Kumar P. B. as Sound Mixing Engineer, and Mayank Dixit as Casting director.

Release

The film was released on 26 February 2016 across India.

Awards

Bollywood Diaries received "Special Jury Mention Award"[1] at 6th Dada Saheb Phalke film festival Delhi.[1]

Bollywood Diaries Received " Special Jury Award " at 2nd International Film festival of Shimla 2016. http://www.iffs.in/

Bollywood Diaries has won "Best Feature Film in South Asian Panorama Category at Festival of Globe, San francisco California. https://www.fogsv.org/celebrity.php?tab=awardness_2016

Bollywood Diaries has been officially selected for 7th Jagran Film Festival. http://jagranfilmfestival.co.in/#tab-id-1

Critical response

The Deccan Chronicle described Bollywood Diaries as a brilliant tribute to the struggling actors of Bollywood. Martin D'souza of Glamsham called it an honest film with a great connect.

[Bollywood Diaries]] has been critically acclaimed by many critics, Subhash K Jha – 3.5 stars Must not miss this aspirational Bollywood saga Rahul desai A well-acted, unnerving film about Bollywood aspirations Rohit Bhatnagar, Deccan Chronicle – 3 Stars Brilliant tribute to Bollywood Struggling actors

Martin D’Souza, Glamsham.com – 3 stars An honest film with Great connect Johnson Thomas, Free Press Journal – 3 Stars

A bittersweet story that has passion and substance and is smartly devoid of formulaic expressionism.

Bollyvision.com – 3 Stars An Honest Film Box Office India – Worth a dekho Satyam’s strength as a storyteller comes to the fore since he delves well into the psyche of these diverse characters, without making it come across as overburdening or depressing. By Joginder Tuteja – 3 Star Subhash K JHA great reviews…. An ordinary film that touches the hear – 3 star by Divay Agarwal Komal Nahta- Bollywood Dairies is s very real portrayal of strugglers in Bollywood. It is a genuinely good attempt which should be seen by lovers of cinema and Bollywood.