Bollywood Diaries

Bollywood Diaries
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Directed by	K. D. Satyam
Produced by	Dr. Sattar Diwan
Written by	K. D. Satyam
Starring	Raima SenSalim Diwan, Ashish Vidyarthi
Music by	Vipin Patwa
Cinematography	Dev Agarwal
Production company	Rehab Pictures Pvt Ltd
Distributed by	Zee Studios
Release date	26 February 2016 (2016-02-26)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Bollywood Diaries is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by K. D. Satyam. It features Raima Sen, Salim Diwan, and Ashish Vidyarthi in lead roles, along with Karuna Pandey and Vineet Kumar Singh. Produced by Dr. Sattar Diwan under the banner of Rehab Pictures Private Limited, the film was released worldwide on 26 February 2016.

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.

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.

The film was released on 26 February 2016 across India.

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