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Hello. I've been noticing a bad tendency on several pages under WP:INCINE that cite unreliable sources for cited information. By unreliable I am referring to material that is cribbed from websites of questionable veracity and perhaps questionable content too. It is unfortunate that many of our dedicated members here who claim to fans of their movie idols do not take the time to research material from more reliable (and preferably printed) sources such as Stardust, Cineblitz, Filmfare magazines, etc. Instead, we have material from Tripod sites, AOL Member homepages, and other unreliable sources such as Apunkachoice.Com and MusicIndiaOnline.Com. Trying to remove these references is of little use since edits made to improve the article(s) in these respects will be reverted by enthusiastic editors. Therefore I suggest that we have an open discussion about the veracity and reliability of several online sources, agreement that efforts should be made to gain material from printed sources, and hopefully we can all agree to remove unreliable information/references whenever one comes across them. Thank you. Ekantik talk 04:03, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
I've also noticed a disturbing tendency for several WP:INCINE to resemble crib sheets for each and every "fact" that is come across about that actor on the Net. This is mainly present in the Awards section of every page - why bother listing the awards the star has been nominated for? Isn't it better for an encyclopaedia to list awards that the star has won?
And while I'm on the subject, I think we should all agree to remove references to superficial non-notable awards (such as 'Sexiest Man/Woman of the Year 2006'). Perhaps only references to notable awards should be included, Filmfare Awards, Oscar nominations, and the like. Ekantik talk 04:09, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
She won't appreciate it till I'm dead :( Then she'll be sorry. (Cut to scene from melodramatic Bollywood movie.) I've got a suggestion for a guideline re awards:
Does that work for everyone? Zora 06:48, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Two bollywood actors have been prodded. Zeba Bakhtiar and Sushant Singh. I have not yet deprodded them as both articles are quite badly written and I am a bit out of time this week. Can someone from the project please do a better job? — Lost(talk) 10:35, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 16:03, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm not a big fan of Trivia sections, especially when uncited, so I'm going to go through a number of articles and put the unsourced tag on them, if they remain unsourced for a fortnight I will delete the trivia. Any objections? Nobleeagle [TALK] [C] 06:46, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Upset by an 1800 word synopsis in one film article (not one of ours) I went to visit the main film project. Turns out that they have a guideline for synopses, as follows:
For those of you who are wondering if the film articles with the loooooong synopses are the ones to imitate: they aren't.
I don't think there's any word count tool inside WP (though I could be wrong) but I've been copying and pasting synopses into Word or OpenOffice and using the word count tools there.
I tend to like even shorter synopses, but if the long-winded writers are willing to aim downwards, towards 400-700, I'm willing to aim upwards, towards at least the minimum bound.
The folks at the main cinema project made another suggestion, which I don't think is being tried anywhere but might work -- if someone insists on a 2000 word synopsis, set up a sub-article for the synopsis and put a shorter version on the main article. It might be interesting to check readership for those long synopses, if we had the tools to measure clickthru. I have a feeling that the long synopses exist more for the egos of the writers than for the convenience of the readers, but I could be wrong.
Happy Gregorian Calendar New Year, everyone! Zora 00:16, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Some film categories that were unwisely created and are about to be deleted contained some Indian films categories by decades and years. A whole similar series on American films was also deleted recently. If there are any objections, please comment in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Films/Categorization#New (Jan.01) undiscussed creations. Hoverfish Talk 17:41, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
I have started compiling the entire list of Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/List of films without article/List of missing Indian Films feel free to help out. Other missing lists can be created by industry in India.Ernst Stavro Blofeld 14:31, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello, the use of notable roles is back again. I feel that the notable roles should not be added, because what can we class as "notable". User:Ekantik thinks they are needed (see Shilpa Shetty discussion page) but I really need some opinions on this. Can people please comment on this. -- Pa7 19:48, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Ekantik, if it's SOOOO easy for everyone to agree on notable roles, you tell me which are Aamir Khan's notable roles. Then we'll argue. Zora 05:47, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Ekantik, I notice that you couldn't answer my question. Any five of Aamir's films that I like, someone else might dislike.
I've been online since 1988, on GEnie, Usenet, blogs, and WP, and I've witnessed hundreds of arguments re the "best" books, films, actors, foods, whatever. One person puts up a list and says, "These are the ten best science fiction novels of all time," and then the arguments start. They never finish. They are never resolved. They just dwindle and die as people get tired of the squabbling. There is NO WAY you are going to get everyone to agree on what are the notable roles and what aren't. Twenty years experience says that's true. What have you got? An assertion that it's easy, plus an inability to answer a test question. Zora 06:36, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
I've taken the liberty of renaming this section to "notable roles" since it is not to do with Shilpa Shetty but relevant for all BLP articles also under INCINE. Hope nobody minds. Ekantik talk 02:52, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I've made an 'Audio samples' section for this article. Feel free to test-drive and to perhaps comment (I hope you have Winamp or BS.Player to run the files!). I used Audacity 1.2.6 to create the clips. Having only built-in speakers on my laptop I am unable to adequately evaluate the quality of these sound clips, so some external feedback is kindly requested. AppleJuggler 18:39, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
I have uploaded the clips onto Wikipedia but not at the Commons. I'm a bit slack about going to the Commons as I find that (i) I need to register my ID (again, separately) at the Commons while I feel strongly that with a Wikipedia ID one should be given the option to automatically have an account at the Commons, (ii) it is absurd that files uploaded onto Wikipedia are not automatically pooled at the Commons, thereby eliminating the inefficiency of having to upload items twice (once at Wikipedia and once again at the Commons), and (iii) the requirement that the Commons accepts only 'freely licensed materials' is off-putting; I created these 30-second sound clips but I feel these clips are considered fair use and not free use (a single, authoritative document/one-stop centre for all media licensing matters in Wikipedia is not easily findable, is woefully wordy and unclear that is discourages its reading and encumbers efforts to easily understand licensing matters). But I will consider putting these clips up at the Commons at some stage, when the issues raised above are addressed. Thank you for bringing this up, Ekantik. AppleJuggler 05:39, 28 January 2007 (UTC).
No — your registered username in Wikipedia is not automatically registered with Wikimedia Commons; separate registration is required. I find this inefficiency on the part of the Wiki organisation somewhat puzzling, unless they are trying to conserve hard drive space on their servers by not allowing simultaneous automatic registration for the Commons (because someone registered with Wikipedia may not use the Commons at all and so you'd have an unused Commons account lying around). And I can very well identify with the licensing-induced lethargy you speak about! AppleJuggler 00:53, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Tell me about it. I have gone through the very same in trying to obtain permission from 'official sources' for using some old photographs of Ilaiyaraaja. Often, 'official sources' or official representatives are difficult to get in touch with, and then again one must be careful to be sure that the person who eventually does sanction usage is vested with the sufficient responsibility to give permission. At other times, I've not received any response at all from these 'official sources' with regard to image usage. So it certainly does get a little frustrating. Nevertheless, to empathise with the Wikipedia Organisation, I can see that they are truly trying to keep things free for the public in the broadest ways possible. So sometimes I take the trouble just for this sake. p.s. it seems like you and the rest are doing an impressive job with the Shilpa article. AppleJuggler 06:03, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
An editor named Jatinram is an extreme Rajesh Khanna fan and periodically visits the article to fill it with badly-written fan worship. We revert him, he goes away for a while, then returns. Lately he's been editing from anonIPs, but it's clearly the same guy, inserting the same fractured prose. I used up my three reverts against him yesterday -- he did four, and now the article is left in fan-gush mode. I would appreciate it if someone else could revert the article to the less-worshipful version.
I think that if the actor were asked, he'd prefer a dignified article to Jatinram's version, but I suspect that this is more about Jatinram's ego than it is about memorializing Khanna.
I did the work to document the 3RR violation, then warned Jatinram at the anonIP he was using. I'm not sure that I could get him blocked without a further violation, which I can't do without exposing myself to penalty. Zora 22:05, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
If you're interested in helping add infoboxes to film articles, you can visit here or adopt a letter here. We currently have about 900 articles (with some of these of these being Indian films) that don't have infoboxes and we have so far completed about 200 in the last few weeks. We would appreciate any assistance in eradicating the requests. There are instructions and an example on the template's page and if you need any help or have any questions ask one of the members who are currently working on the infoboxes or at the project's talk page. Thanks, and keep up the good work! --Nehrams2020 04:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Nice lists, but their usefulness is compromised as sources of reference (be it books, newspaper articles, or reliable websites (i.e., not a blog)) are lacking. I've made mention of this on the project page, and I hope this can be addressed. AppleJuggler 04:38, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Entries for issues that have been dealt with could be erased perhaps? The project page is getting long and cluttered. AppleJuggler 04:47, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Done. AppleJuggler 02:24, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Is it me or should the name of the article be changed to Sonu Nigam, which is a more commonly used spelling? GizzaChat © 09:15, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
As a continuation of what I wrote above here, I failed to realise what a great source Google News can be! You'll notice that it is the Entertainment (India) section, which can be used to highly benefit Wikipedia with reliable sources, SantaBanta and GlamSham excepting, of course. Ekantik talk 03:07, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
The administering of ratings (such as 'importance' ratings) involves some degree of subjectivity, yet a subject's absolute importance is often roughly assessable (e.g., a Gandhi or an Asoka would be accorded topmost rating for their importance to India). Clearer still would be the issue of relative importance (within a single WikiProject, for instance; say, the importance of a Salman Khan relative to an Amitabh Bachchan in WikiProject Indian Cinema). Given this, I thought I'd share something amusing that I noticed. Aamir Khan and Aishwarya Rai hold the highest rank by the criterion of importance ('top importance') (here the question of the subjects' absolute importance arises). By relative importance, on the other hand, poor old Satyajit (who put Indian cinema on the global map) doesn't seem to be sharing that very tall, very selective (yet presently slightly crowded) pedestal of 'top importance' in WikiProject Indian Cinema (did he slip off?). One can't help but be amused that film personality's level of glamour and popularity influences importance rating in WikiProject Indian Cinema. (For a related discussion, go here). AppleJuggler 06:47, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I've just discovered WP:LOW; it basically means that to create a consistent standard throughout Wikipedia works must be mentioned earliest first. In relation to our INCINE articles, this means that filmographies should be re-arranged to display the actor/producer/director's earliest works first with the recent ones at the bottom.
Don't look at me! :) I personally think it's a bad idea and I prefer it to be recent works at the top, but hey... Ekantik talk
Just to let everyone know that I've been instrumental in getting a "Filmfare Awards" field added into the actor infobox template, see Template_talk:Infobox_actor#Golden_Globe_Awards. This means that we no longer have to worry about our actors not winning Oscars, Emmys and the like, but if they've won a Filmfare Award then it can now be listed in the infobox! To find out how to properly list them, see Template:Infobox_actor: Use the same format as academyawards. Ekantik talk 04:33, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Ganayogi Panchakshari Gavayi lacks any sources. I followed Girish Karnad's filmography at the IMDb but couln't find anything close. Can someone please take a look at the article? Thanks. Hoverfish Talk 22:08, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Since a lot of BLP and film articles under the INCINE project employ fair-use images, it looks like there has been some sort of a crackdown on FU images. This apparently comes straight from the top → Wikimedia Foundation board meeting. Even then there sems to be a bit of confusion as Jimbo says he will try and sort it out, but the basic premise is that FU images should not be used unless there is a watertight and cast-iron rationale for doing so.
It's bonkers if you ask me. Fair Use is used almost everywhere in all sorts of media except Wikipedia now. I appreciate that Wikipedia suffers a high level of vandalism/irresponsibility but that's no reason to go around willy-nilly deleting images with good FU rationales. I guess the only way to be on the safe side is to do our best to gain copyright permission from whoever owns it. It's not impossible; that thing I mentioned above about Shilpa Shetty and her PETA advertisement image, I managaed to get copyright permission for that and license it under the GFDL. I also got the lead picture at Shilpa Shetty approved by the photographer. so it's not that hard to gain copyright if you make the effort and hopefully you are dealing with nice people. Ekantik talk 05:52, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Banning FU in the case of movies is particularly silly, Bollywood or not. Not all FU is the same; some of the photos deleted in the last little while clearly came from promotional stills. Promoters and distributors, with full permission and cooperation of the copyright owners, encourage the use of stills from their moviews. That's how they keep them in the public eye. Has somebody been sued, so that the Wikilawyers suddenly don't want to be bothered with even the remote chance of a case? Ratufa 20:07, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey, I think we should change the year dates for the Filmfare Awards. We should make it one year up for each section. It shows dates of film release not when the award ceremony was held or when the recipient won. It's confusing for some because all other awards are managed how they're supposed to be with years ceremony held not for which year the awards are given. - shez_15
Thank you to all who has assisted in the current backlog. I have currently posted a proposal about splitting the infoboxes requests for WP:Films, WP:Persian cinema, and WP:Indian cinema so that each project would so that each project could focus on the film in its realm. Please comment at WP:Films talk page about the idea. Thanks. --Nehrams2020 04:55, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi there I'm from WikiProject Films! I have created a template for Indian cinema as is standard with all other countries. If you have any ideas for improvement let me know -the template should go at the bottom of all India cinema pages/ films and people to try to connect a vast project together. I've tried to keep it as smal as possible .Let me know if you like it
♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 13:18, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Blofeld has also informed me about his other INCINE-relevant work: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Films/List_of_films_without_article/List_of_missing_Indian_Films. Whew! We certainly have our work cut out for us! :-) Ekantik talk 15:15, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello. I haven't edited on wikipedia for a bit. I was skimming through today and saw that Rani Mukherjee's page had a polls section! I've removed it but I'd really appreciate some opinions. Are we allowed to include polls on articles? I mean is that not a form of advertising? -- Pa7 17:53, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Just wanted to let the members of this project know that I created an article on Shenaz Treasurywala, and subsequently nominated it for DYK. I also went ahead and tagged the article with the ((WP India)) WikiProject notice. As experts on this topic, I would greatly appreciate it if you would look over the article and make corrections or additions. The article could especially use some assistance from a Hindi reader who could help complete the ((Infobox actor)). Thanks, --Kralizec! (talk) 18:14, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Please visit the peer review entry of Lage Raho Munna Bhai, and comment. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:07, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
The FAC of Lage Raho... has started. Please do visit. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 20:49, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Just wanted some opinions from the members. On the Mukerji article there is info on her make-up person, hair stylist, new look etc. I have deleted all these facts once but they have been reverted. Can somebody please state their opinions on these things. Should they be in an encyclopedia because personally I feel the stuff is just gossip and not needed. Any opinions would be helpful. Best regards. -- Pa7 17:04, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
I have requested User:WatchlistBot's help with tagging article talk pages with the project template for assessment purposes. We need your input on including sub-categories of Category:Indian films as part of the tagging. Please comment here. Thanks, Ganeshk (talk) 16:25, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
i could not find the page where requests for assesments can be put down. so i m using this talk page to ask everyone to go n have a look at Omkara and make a decision about what category it should be in Quork 18:05, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi all! Until now we were using IMDB entry as the format for film casting, since users like Zora and Plumcouch opposed to use film credits. It was in the page of Veer Zaara. User:Shez 15 wanted to credit Rani Mukerji (the supporting actress) before Preity Zinta (the leading) as it was credited in the film. Users like Zora, Pa7, Haphar, Plumcouch, Grenavitar (and now even me) refused to use film format. Their explanation was that Zinta is the heroine and she has to be credited first. Shez didn't accept that and it was decided by all to credit actors to IMDB, see here. Now, there is a big problem. IMDB is not suitable anymore. There are lots of users on IMDB who change these credits everyday. Every page is updated and the cast changes.
I got into conclution that IMDB is no longer suitable for wikipedia. Users endlessly mess with cast. IMDB became popular and now everybody is logged there. There are certain important films which are in advanced production statuses and IMDB hasn't yet added them. The IMDB format was the way of users like Plumcouch and Zora to make Shez understand that we can't credit according to the film credits.
Filmmakers play games with cast order. They cast as per seniority, as per appearances order etc. Here on Wikipedia we have to write about a film and give always the credits for the main characters and then the supporting (unless the supporting actress\actor is senior to the main actress\actor in more than 10 years like in case of Devdas). We can't go as per film credits, most of them make people confused. Here on Wikipedia we introduce information for readers, not directors' commitments for their actors.
Take Veer-Zaara for example. Shahrukh Khan is Veer, Preity Zinta is Zaara, and Rani Mukerji is Saamiya. Appropriately, we have to credit first SRK, Preity and then Rani. Mukerji is senior to Zinta in two years. I don't thing it's a good reason to do that.
Furthermore, all of us here have not seen all the films, so someone could get confused, how to credit? And the logical way is to credit main characters first. In other words, we have to use another reliable source for credit listing apart from IMDB, because we have to go according to something, that's for sure, to prevent edit wars. I think we have to find another reliable site which has entries for all the Bollywood films.
Please comment, thanks and best regards, --Shshshsh 21:45, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I have re-written the Koffee with Karan article as it needed to be in prose. It needs some referencing which I sort out asap. Anyone is free to read and check it out. Best regards. -- Pa7 00:54, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
There appears to be much similarity between List of Indian Actors and List of Indian film actors. Since List of Indian film actors is 3 years old, and List of Indian Actors is only 2 months old, it would make more sense to merge any names to List of Indian film actors. I'm no expert on Indian cinema, so I'll leave it to the editors here to decide. Masaruemoto 01:14, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Category:Hindi-language film stubs is oversized; I've proposed that it be split either by genre, or by date of release. Please comment if you have a preference either way, or some other view on the subject. Alai 03:23, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
I've just been browsing and cleaning up the telugu list a bit and in seeing some of the articles they are shockingly terrible!!! It amazes me how many contemporary Bollywood articles on actors and films have the golden seal!! yet most of the tamil. telugu and malayalam articles are diabolical!!!!!! I know Bollywood is the main and most popular industry but the Indian cinema work group shouldn't neglect the other articles. They are either polished articles or completely unclear stubs which aren't even written in proper english!!! I really think the Indian cinema work group or some of us should try to start developing the other articles. The film articles on Tamil. Telugu, Malayalam films are the worst on wikipedia. They are a shambles ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Talk"? 18:38, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
One of her loyal fans keeps on adding WP:UNDUE weight to the article, citing one interview where she was called the "Most beautiful person in the world." I revert it, warn her and show the fan the poilcies, but he/she still adds it. What do you think I should do? GizzaDiscuss © 00:43, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
About merging Indian cinema woth WP Films for greater coordination:
Its a good suggestion. As long as more participants are willing to help out and get the time to better the articles, then I support your motion. -- Pa7 18:35, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Quiero darte las gracias otra vez por el premio que me diste... Esas cosas me emocionan mucho!
La organizasion de Wiki project Indian cinema es estopenda mi querido amigo! Gracias por procuparte por nuestras peliculas de India. Sos el unico quien de verdad se procupa por eso y esta travajando y quire alludarnos. Yo no tengo las indicadas palavras decirte quanto te aprecio por tus enfuersos.
So, what do you think about my Spanish? I meant everything I wrote. Thanks really! Best regards, --Shahid • Talk2me 17:21, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Yes but it wouldn't be a project for itself: "Wikiperoject Indian Cunema. I thought, we can we can move it and redirect, and then the page will remain as Wikiproject Indian Cinema and there will be another page under Wikiproject films. What do you say? --Shahid • Talk2me 18:34, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Ample time has passed and consensus exists for the move, so I've gone ahead and enacted it and most of the infrastructure tweaks needed. Just to note that this move in absolutely no way divorces the group from WP India in any way, nor should it be construed to; all India-side processes should be otherwise intact. Much like the Indian military history task force. Girolamo Savonarola 20:20, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
I have created separate page(Main) for 2007 released films: List of Bollywood films: 2007. This need to be updated for month of october, help please. Regards, Lara_bran 06:12, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Is there any project-wide agreement on which external sites can be taken as reliable sources? Sites that satisfy WP:RS, and provide believable data about Bollywood? A listing would be appreciated by all editors working on the Indian cinema articles. Best regards,xC | ☎ 06:27, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
i want join this project and help . how do i apply for membership ? - i am a noob eatpepsi @ Wiki Project ! (talk) 11:55, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
The page was moved, but there wasn't concensus. Bollywood Dreamz, Ganeshk and myself opposed to move the page. And it wasn't an organized voting; peaces of text from Blofeld's page were collected here. It just lost its uniqueness and right to have its own Wikiproject. Why should this project be a sub-page of the Films project? And it didn't really help the project in terms of progress. Since the move, it hasn't evolved. Thanks, Shahid • Talk2me 17:40, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
A consensus is needed here -however trivial a page move seems. I don't really mind although I believed merging was the best way to go about assessing articles. As long as other people start to realise there are more than ten articles to the Indian cinema project and start to improve them I don't mind. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Talk"? 19:47, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
Can he be the project of the month. OoYVNP (talk) 03:37, 17 December 2007 (UTC) Shifted here by Mspraveen (talk) 15:51, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
I've finally got around to fulfilling an old promise. I've just created a barnstar template to award contributors for their input to articles dealing with South Indian cinema. For a long time there was only an image, and people awarded this image in a long and complicated way. Now I have made it easy and created a new template with a subst code that can just be cut'n'pasted. Check it out on the main project page. Ekantik talk 00:39, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
About 50 to 100 telugu films release every year, So i was thinking why not create a seperate article for list of telugu films every year instead of every decade?--Ajay ijn (talk) 12:21, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
That is a good idea. When I created the Tollywood films template, I was hoping to find lists of films on a yearly basis at least of the past decade. Since, I have had my hands full with many articles, I did not attempt this. If you are willing, I can contribute to your efforts whenever I can. Best regards, Mspraveen (talk) 12:33, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Its true that in early decades many telugu films were made in tamil film industry. So in which list those films must be included. There is no clear difference between Tamil language films and Tamil Film Industry in the list articles. for example this Tamil films of the 1930s list has some telugu language films too but may have been in produced in Tamil film industry. --Ajay ijn (talk) 05:40, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Yes I have done a lot of work on Indian films and lists but predominantly Bollywood which I have split by year. Due the fact that the original Tamil and Telugu list were so incomprehendable I only split them by decade and haven't cleaned them up because I have no knowledge of the films and imdb is very poor for tamil and telugu. I had strongly hoped that somebody from Indian cinema would come along and beautify them like the Bollywood films which I split by year and are now linked in Template:Bollywood. I strongly urge somebody to do the same with Tamil and Telegu films - a detailed guide by year (given the sheer amount of films) and have the Template:Tamilcinema linked with the years in Tamil film at the bottom of every article like bollywood. i'd like to see cleaned up and developed pages like Tamil films of 1972 like Bollywood films of 1972etc. Unfortunately it never seems like anybody except Shahid, Bollywood dreamz and universal hero are consistently active in this group aside from myself, let alone in Tamil or telugu cinema. pLease can somebody clean up the tamil and telegu lists and perhaps from 1950 onwards split by year like Bollywood. Regards ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ Talk? 15:19, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Bollywood is in the middle of development. Ideally I want tamil and telugu to have pages like :
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♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ Talk? 15:21, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
i will try to create the bollywood like template. BTW the article Lage Raho Munnabhai is so comprehensive and also the article on telugu film anand is excellent.--Ajay ijn (talk) 15:59, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
For an article about a key contemporary figure in Indian cinema, I am surprised at the woeful condition of and scant attention paid to it. Diligent volunteers, roll up your sleeves and dig into this one. AppleJuggler (talk) 05:44, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Could you please take a look at Chinmay purohit filmography? Chinmay is from theater and he has directed lots of theater plays like Helen - it was based on 2nd world war... He has done wonderful play on Rashomon... then he has achieved lots of awards of best director... he has directed one wonderful play called striptease... he has done different kind of theater and then he was associate of Kundan Shah in Kya kahena feature film, Hum to mohabaat karega, Loveria of ABCL and others... He has some powerful scripts and he is going to make all of them very soon... one is Raaju ka dil bolta hai, other is Love Tadka, third one is Plot and he is going to make Nimboo Pani very soon.
Chinmay is busy in scripting of Rashomon - he is going to make bollywood hindi film of Rashomon. Means, Chinmay will rock very soon... I wish him good success... Corvus cornixtalk 23:32, 19 February 2008 (UTC)