A film magazine is primarily for gossip. Right? Wrong.
A film magazine is for those fans who can’t get enough of stars
on the silver screen and want to know about their personal
life. A little insight into the divas or the demi-Gods.
While some magazines believe and stand by yellow journalism
and yellow journalism alone. Filmfare is probably the only
one that maintains a fine balance between the gossip and
actual information.
So the stars are public property. They are not entitled to
privacy even in their personal life. And most other magazines
like to splash stories of rumoured affairs all over the front
cover. Most of the times there ain’t any truth in these
stories. They are just baseless rumours usually created by
the scribes itself.
But with Filmfare that isn’t the case. They have a maintained a standard
and usually live by it. Apart from which there are good quality
pictures to begin with. And alongwith the gossip there are
nice features on the stars.
Especially the photo feature on a particular star every
issue is quite a visual treat.
Then there are interviews which give you an update on the
professional and personal life of the stars.
Hey and best of all who can forget the free gifts - unique
with each issue of Filmfare!
Although Zee Premiere was a much-better magazine vis-à-vis
the photo features and the editorial content, Filmfare is
indeed the second best.
And in the absence of Premiere, Filmfare is probably
better than the rest of the trashy magazines floating
around the market.