User talk:BOLLYWOOD DREAMZ/Archive 12

Indiafm

Do you know the e-mail address for IndiaFm? I need OTRS permission for some of their photos and I noticed you have uploaded some from their site onto Commons. Any help would be greatly appreciated as their site lists no e-mail. Thanks. Copana2002 (talk) 01:12, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for your help. I was sadly confused by uncomplicated OTRS system :) Copana2002 (talk) 17:01, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Hello!!!!!

Heyyy. How've you been??? Finished uni for Christmas yet? Not bad, I edited for a few months as User:Himalayan Explorer, mainly because my name was slagged off in a way that really offended me on another forum... I've recently resumed editing as Blofeld as it is more fun having the persona. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 17:26, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Well thankyou. Perhaps you want to try to promote Kapoor over Christmas? If its relevant yes.. Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 19:04, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

How dare you?

...letting your friends miss you for so long? How are you? How's life been and what films have you seen in recent times? Shahid • ^Talk2me 13:54, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm fine but I have little time for WP as well... "Wake up Sid, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Kurbaan, Main Aurr Mrs Khanna, Paa, Dil Bole Hadippa & What's Your Raashee?" - did you like all of them? I liked very few films from this list (though I'm yet to watch Paa). Shahid • ^Talk2me 21:51, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

So sorry buddy... Real-life commitments you know... I liked Kurbaan and particularly WUS. I think MAMK was a terrible film and Bebo just wasted her energy for an unworthy dud. Preity's number was also inconsequential. DBH was the last straw from Rani and she clearly does not know where to draw the line. What do you think? Who will be the main contenders for the awards season? Shahid • ^Talk2me 16:33, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Have not seen Paa yet but I think Bachchan Sr. will win the award. Shahid, Neil, Ranbir, Aamir are strong contenders but I can't say. Actresses: Priyanka will not win it for WYR although she was good. Kareena was very good in Kurbaan (honestly, though the film was generally nice, it was overall a great disappointment for me). BTW, I think Preity should be nominated for Videsh as it had its own release in India, but you never know. Shahid • ^Talk2me 10:12, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

I thik the idea is good as I already said and that's what should be done. But, many of the categories mustt be moved and reordered before to avoid second formatting thereafter. Shahid • ^Talk2me 09:05, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

I have to consult someone else before. It means that all the names of the award categories are incorrectly presented and must be moved. Shahid • ^Talk2me 21:04, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Done! :) In the coming days I will also do a massive move to Bollywood awards. Shahid • ^Talk2me 18:49, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

First off, it is a great idea, but there is a problem with making "an average/final net gross amount for the film." - we should not make our own calculations and this clearly is not the representative mean of the total collections. Every site has its own average gross numbers. Making statistics is not our problem. Not only is it a great way to mop up our energies every time a big-budget film is released, it is also inaccurate. I think a chart of this sort is very effective, but the last column is unnecessary. Shahid • ^Talk2me 21:28, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh so I would suggest to leave it the way it is then. You'll get completely confused within an hour of work. As you said, the two sites have different films listed in different orders, so that would make a great deal of trouble, because if you list it according to the average number, films in each column of each site will not be listed in order of grosss amount. In short, I'd say skip this idea, though I salute you for your willingness to change. Shahid • ^Talk2me 21:54, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

I'll reply to you by e-mail tomorrow. Shahid • ^Talk2me 21:36, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Leave e-mail aside, both sites are important. I personally prefer BOI as everybody else does, but IBOS is also a reliable site. Both sites present similar collections, but they are generally different numbers. To make an objective list, all the available info should be presented. They will only only support each other's reliability and the credibility of the article. Shahid • ^Talk2me 17:40, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

OMG this list is frankly terrible. Just the list of Best Actress gives me a headache. Deepika nominated for Love Aaj Kal? LOL! Kareena is nominated for 3 idiots where she had a tiny role instead of Kurbaan in which she was very good, Katrina is nominated for New York where she had a small and weak character, Priyanka is nominated for Kaminey where she was good but again, inconsequential. Preity is not nominated and I can understand that as it is a Canadian film of small success, but how could they forget someone like Konkona Sen Sharma? She was great in Luck By Chance and her relatively small role in WUS was better than other's. Very disappointing. Shahid • ^Talk2me 18:22, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Have not seen Paa, so I will not include its nominees here.

• Best Film - 3 Idiots
• Best Director - Vishal Bhardwaj for Kaminey
• Best Actor - Shahid Kapoor in Kaminey
• Best Actress - Priyanka in WYR (I know she won't win though)
• Supporting Male - Rishi Kapoor for any film
• Supporting Female - Shahana Goswami - Firaaq

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Reply

I think it gives some kind of priority to BOi, and the IBOS column remains messy and unorganised. Although it is sortable and the reader can move the lines according to a preferable column - it still is unorganised, which is a very strong point. However, it is only my opinion buddy, and if you feel strongly about changing it that way, I support you. Shahid • ^Talk2me 14:22, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Yup you'll have to update the dates. BTW, if you will need some help before you add it, let me know and I'll check the info and the writing. Cheers, pal. Shahid • ^Talk2me 21:40, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey buddy, I will go through that and I'll soon let you know what I think of that and how some instances can be improved. For instance, I feel too much scope is given to an insequential film like MAMK in terms of story description. I'm just a bit busy today. But otherwise great job as always. Shahid • ^Talk2me 10:31, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

LOL, of course! Shahid • ^Talk2me 20:55, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Adjustment for inflation means adjusting the worth of money and the prices from the past to this day's. I mean, if, for instance, Mother India grossed only one crore in 1957, it obviously does not mean it would have grossed today the same amount of money because one crore of 1957 is equal to 100 crores of today. Therefore if 3 idiots had grossed 99 crore, Mother India would have topped it in the list of highest grossing films while adjusting for inflation. Prices always change and so does the worth of money. Back in time, ticket prices were very low as opposed to today. An ice cream costing one dollar today could cost 3 dollars 3 years later (but then salaries will be much higher as well so it will not make a difference for anyone because it's all relative).

BOI's list of films adjusted for inflation is a bit dated, but I'm perfectly sure K3G is not even close to 3 idiots. According to BOI, K3G grossed 66 crore while adjusting for inflation. Of course it needs to be updated, but I highly doubt the gross would be as high as "3 Idiots"'. I think it will be something like 80 to 90 crore. As for Sholay, I cannot answer this question as Sholay happened in 1975. While updating its gross according to today's costs, it may climb from 136 crore to 200, I really don't know.

Therefore, the bottom line would be that yes, 3 Idiots is definitely Bebo's highest-grossing film (both adjusted and unadjusted). However, I suggest that you leave the list of adjusted films as it is now and wait for BOI to update themselves as neither you not me know of prices and inflation adjustment to be able to make conclusions of our own.

As for PC winning the NFA. That was a big surprise but I'm happy for her. It hurts that a performance like Rani's in Black did not get this so-called prestigious award and PC's one did. I'm very happy though that Kangna won because if Priyanka deserved it, she deserved it twice as much. Arjun was fine in Rock On, but the film itself is overrated. Shahid • ^Talk2me 22:58, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Reg removal of my 3 Idiots edit

Can you tell me why have you removed my edit on 3 Idiots article? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=3_Idiots&action=history Clapsandboos is a movie discussion board launched early this year and publishes reviews of their hired professional critics and provides their weighted score under the "loudmouth" section. All the other registered user reviews are published after moderation and a "popular score" is provided.(Movie Buff (talk) 17:37, 26 January 2010 (UTC))

I reverted your edit on the 3 Idiots article as the source (Clapsandboos) is unreliable. The site only consists of fans posting their reviews and a bunch of non-notable critics providing their so-called "scores". I noticed that in your talk page, you were comparing the following site with Rotten Tomatoes. However, a point to be noted is that RT "is published out of IGN Entertainment headquarters"; not only does the site include reviews from fans, it also has reviews from NOTABLE critics - the key word here is "NOTABLE" and this is very important. -- Bollywood Dreamz ^talk 18:28, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the clarification. The website has hired professional critics, some of them have worked in the print media. One among them is freelance writer Udhav Naig whose articles have been published in the The Hindu (Supplement Hindu retail Plus) and in the expresso (The new Indian Express)

Here are a few links to his articles that have been published.

http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Moolah+matters&artid=9n2qN%7Ca/P/Y=&SectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&MainSectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&SectionName=rSY%7C6QYp3kQ=&SEO=Bipin%20Shah,%20Hansa%20Pictures,%20Pyramid%20Saimira

http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?title=%E2%80%98Not%20everybody%20can%20become%20an%20actor%E2%80%99&artid=jBJRDipu6%7CI=&type=

http://www.hindu.com/rp/2009/07/05/stories/2009070550100300.htm

In fact you can type in Udhav Naig and find all the stuff which I have written about cinema. He is a professional critic about trends in Cinema. And as a matter of fact he writes at Claps and boos as well.

Similarly, the other loudmouth reviewers are freelance writers too. I hope when you consider these you might find my 3 Idiots edit valid. Pls let me know what you think

WOW

LOL - I've already started them on my sandbox. We have just to move the pages first. I think it's high time to do it. And the I'll start creating pages, but we also need some details. Shahid • ^Talk2me 07:24, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

First we'll have to coollect basic details, like date, location, etc. Shahid • ^Talk2me 10:37, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Are you sure there are enough sources to write a good article?Its just if it is only going to be short stubs with a list of winners it may be better to do a list, but that probably exists. I would like to see them started though with some written referenced material. Just copy an existing template if so as mentioned and change it to Filmfare. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ^ΨMonastery 19:34, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Not yet! And you? Shahid • ^Talk2me 20:19, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

LOL!!!

We are accused of being the same person!!! HAHA! Shahid • ^Talk2me 22:07, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Apologies

My sincere apologies :) I didn't know :) --FAIL!^Talk 22:12, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Nice Idea

Hey Bollywood drmz.

Ur idea of having a combined table for both BOI and IBOS in the List of highest-grossing Bollywood films is really good and practical. I also think that an average net gross should be given. Have you given up the proposal, or has it been rejected? Bcoz I want to change the list to the way u say it.

Ankitbhatt (talk) 10:46, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

We have already had this discussion with him and concluded that this is a very complicated wa to do it. It's better the way it is. Both sites have different reports. Shahid • ^Talk2me 11:02, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Hey

Sorry dude don't get me wrong when a new message is posted right after another I get too lazy to check if there is a previous one. :) I did watch Filmfare and I quite enjoyed it, though it wasn't as good as last year's. Have you watched the Oscars? ;) Shahid • ^Talk2me 18:01, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

It depends on the entire list, which should be consistent. Shahid • ^Talk2me 07:55, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

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Hello!!

Hello friend! Rs 1,202 million (US$ 26.44 million) or Rs 2,023 million (US$ 44.51 million)? Actually I would probably do it Rs 1202 million (US$ 26.44 million) or Rs 2023 million (US$ 44.51 million). I find the commas with ruppee listing confusing. ANy way its better than having the comma after two digits which confuses people... Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:17, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

List of highest-grossing Bollywood films. Secion : Highest-grossing films by month

Hey again Bdreamz.

Coming to your latest message, I'm very happy that you have liked the table for the highest-grossing film per year. I had seen a similar table in the List of highest-grossing films, and I just thought that it was odd that the list for Bollywood didn't have such a list. So I created it. Though major credit has to go to Surper1988west. I only created the table and added the info from 2000 to 2010. But he added the info from 1941 to 1999.

Now, about the table for highest-grossing films per month. I don't see why it shouldn't be there. I want to add something to this article which is not present even in the List of highest-grossing films. But that's not the only reason. If you see the articles of Hollywood films, you might find that so-and-so film has created a new record for such-and-such month (For example, see Alice In Wonderland). But such info is not readily available for Bollywood films. So, I want to make it readily available.

Anyways, if you have any bright ideas or any additions, don't hesitate to do so.

Cheers!

Ankitbhatt (talk) 07:50, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

LYM

Sorry bro, I saw the media referring it to as that and I don't follow KJ's page. A mistake on my behalf, I understand how bad it is - hopefully they announce the title soon, so I'm spared off the embarassment. Universal Hero (talk) 18:00, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi, sorry couldn't resist the temptation. Was going through my other Bollywood mate's page and saw you left quite a tasty quiz. I've left my answers too :)

1 Madhuri or Sridevi: the better actress/dancer

• Sridevi

2 Sridevi or Karisma: the actress that you want to see back on the big screen again

• Sridevi (for the South-ies too)

3 Kajol or Karisma: the better actress

• Kajol

4 Preity or Rani: the better actress

• Preity (her emotions for KXI Punjab is award material)

5 Kareena or Priyanka: the better actress

• Priyanka (sorry about that one, i'm one of those few who still can't see how Kareena's as big as she is)

6 Ranbir or Imran: the actor with the better future

• Ranbir

7 Deepika or Sonam: the actress with the better future

• Sonam (both are hotties though)

8 Aish or Priyanka: who is the prettier (Miss World)

• Aishwarya (why couldn't this question be easier? Will have to go for the classier one)

9 Sush or Lara: who is the prettier (Miss Universe)

• Lara

10 The last film you saw that you really liked

• Bollywood - 3 Idiots - makes you cry, fly like Adarsh (??) said.

11 The last film you saw that you felt was "pure torture"

• Luck - thought I'll spare an afternoon to watch Kamal's daughter act - boy, did I regret it. (Maybe Oberoi's Prince, will join this too!)

12 Your all-time favorite performance/film of Preity

• Dil Se... (obvs, life doesn't get better than Mani Ratnam films)

13 Shahrukh, Salman, Aamir & Saif: Rank them in order

• Aamir, Shahrukh, Salman, Saif.

14 Kajol, Rani, Preity, Aish, Kareena and Priyanka: Rank them in order

• Aish, Priyanka, Kajol, Kareena, Preity, Rani.

) Universal Hero (talk) 21:42, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Great game!!!

1.Madhuri or Sridevi: the better actress/dancer

• Madhuri

2.Sridevi or Karisma: the actress that you want to see back on the big screen again

• Sridevi

3.Kajol or Karisma: the better actress

• Uhmmm don't do that to me........ I love both but I'd say Karisma because some of her performances broke my heart.

4.Preity or Rani: the better actress

• Preity.

5.Kareena or Priyanka: the better actress

• LOL!! Kareena, easily.

6.Ranbir or Imran: the actor with the better future

• Ranbir.

7.Deepika or Sonam: the actress with the better future

• Don't know who'll have the better future, but now I prefer Sonam.

8.Aish or Priyanka: who is the prettier (Miss World)

• Aish

9.Sush or Lara: who is the prettier (Miss Universe)

• Sush.

10.The last film you saw that you really liked

• My Name is Khan.

11.The last film you saw that you felt was "pure torture"

• Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin - saw it yesterday.

12.Your all-time favorite performance/film of Preity

• Favourite performance - Dil Hai Tumhaara / Armaan / Heaven On Earth
• Favourite film - I'd say Dil Se but she had a very small role, so I'd choose Kal Ho Naa Ho.

13.Shahrukh, Salman, Aamir & Saif: Rank them in order

• Shahrukh, Saif, Salman, Aamir.

14.Kajol, Rani, Preity, Aish, Kareena and Priyanka: Rank them in order

• Preity, Kajol, Rani, Kareena, Aish, Priyanka.

Shahid • ^Talk2me 19:07, 9 April 2010 (UTC)