The cultural wing of the Press Club has organised an evening with renowned Marathi writer Prof. Bhalchandra Nemade. Members had a interaction session with him on that evening. Prof. Nemade is famous for his novels 'Kosala, Bidhar, Jareela and Zool. His famous poetry collections are Melody and Dekhani. He won the Sahitya Academy Award in 1990 for his criticism Teekaswayamvara.
Date : Tuesday July 15, 2003
Venue : The Club premises.

'ITHRAYUM YATHABHAGAM' (The Journey so Far) The cultural wing of the Press Club has screened the Malayalam documentary film 'ITHRAYUM YATHABHAGAM' (The Journey so Far) directed by C. V Sathyan. This film was selected in the Asian Competition section of International Documentary Festival of Keralam.
Date : Tuesday July 15, 2003
Venue : The Club premises.

A seminar and exhibition was arranged by the Press Club on the subject of 'Conditional Access: Will it Happen? It was based on the ongoing subject of using the Set Top box and the cable connections by the consumer and the major cable operators. Mr. Sameer Nair, Chief Operating Officer, STAR India, Mr. Jawahar Goel, Additional Vice Chairman, ZEE Network, Mr. Neeraj Bhatia, Vice President - Operations, HATHWAY Cable and Datacom, Mr. Dinyar Contractor, Editor, Satellite & Cable TV, Mr. Rajiv Vyas, Chief Executive Officer, In Cable Network were participated at the seminar and exhibited the functioning of the SET TOP box.
Date : Saturday July 26, 2003.
Venue : The Club premises.

The Press club has arranged a Seminar: "Freedom of the Press & Legislative Privileges" in association with The Indian Newspaper Society at The Grand Hotel, Mumbai. It was followed by the arrest of Mr. N. Ram, Editor of The Hindu at Chennai by the Tamil Nadu government. Mr. Veerendrakumar, President INS, Mr. Jimmy Pochkhanawala, Senior Counsel Supreme Court of India, Mr. N. Ram, Editor The Hindu, Mr. Aakar Patel, Editor, Mid-Day and Mr. M. J. Akbar, Editor Asian Age were participated at the seminar. The seminar passed a resolution and sent it to all the political parties offices to implement it on their forth-coming election manifestos.

The club invited the Mr. Sanjay Pandey, former DCP (Economic Offences Wing) and Mr. Y.P. Singh, Food and Drugs Administration and the CBI for a lecture 'The Travails Of An Honest Police Officer' at the club premises on October 10, 2003 at 5.30 p.m. onwards. The two officers explained their experiences at the profession with club members.

The Press Club has invited Shri Gopinath, the newly elected president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Maharashtra state for a meet-the-press programme. Shri Munde addressed the Mumbai journalists about the new strategy and possibilities of his party for the forth coming general election in April 2004.
Date : Tuesday September 2, 2003.
Venue : The Club premises.

The Press Club, Mumbai has organised two Meet-the-Press Programmes of Lok Sabha poll candidates on issues concerning Mumbai city. The first meeting was held on April 12, 2004 at 3.00 p.m. at the Club. M/s Milind Deora, Sachin Ahir, Sanjay Nirupam and Jayantiben Mehta were attended the meeting. The second meeting was held on Wednesday April 14, 2004, at 3 pm. and Mr.Aziz Lilani (5 Mumbai South Central) Mr.T.K.Chaudhary (4 Mumbai South) were attend the function.

The Press Club Mumbai has celebrated the Independence Day. OM-The Fusion Band performed a very good dance programme. In addition to dance, they have given some gazal music also.
Date : August 14, 2003.

The Press Club has arranged an entertainment night 'Calypso Night' in association with the sports channel - Ten Sports: The most attraction of the evening was the West Indies cricketer, Clive Lloyd. It was the first time the ace cricketer visited the club.
Date : August 22, 2003
Venue : The Club premises.

The Club has arranged an entertainment music programme with the support of Shonkh Techonoligies Pvt. Ltd. The members of the club enjoyed classic ghazals, heart-stopping film songs from Usha Timothi & The Antani Brothers.
Date : September 29, 2003

The Press Club has celebrated the Navratri Festival at the first time in its history. Around 400 members and their spouses were enjoyed the night with traditional Gujarati Garba Raas Ramjat and delicious Gujarati Food Festival also.
Date : October 11, 2003.

The Club has inaugurated Theatre Circle on November 14, 2003 at 8.00 p.m. to encourage dramas and stage programmes. The opening show was Shivani Tibrewala's "help desk".

The Press Club has celebrated the New Year Eve programme on December 31, 2003 at 8.30 p.m. onwards in association with STAR INDIA television cahnnel. Around 450 members and their spouses were welcomed YEAR 2004 with colourful fireworks and music. D.J. Carl performed the special music for the night.

In the 32-year history of the Press Club, it is the first time we have introduced a quality calander 2004 Mumbai Moments in association with Bank of Baroda. Nine photojournalists, observed the wonderful moments of the city, which we have incorporated with the calander 2004. The photographers were, Fawazan Husain (India Today), Neeraj Priyadarshi (Indian Express), Rajan Chaughule (Bombay Times), Mahendra Parikh ((Indian Express), Nitin Sonawane (Mid-Day, now with Economic Times), Pradeep Kocharekar (Indian Express), Vikas Khot (Freelance - now with Indian Express) Sudharak Olwe (Sunday Times of India) and Jayprakash Kelkar (Mumbai Samachar).

On Saturday December 27, 2003 at 7.30 p.m. Mr. Prem Khatri, Head Marketing Bank of Baroda has released the calander 2004 'Mumbai Moments'. He has also inaugurated the 'Exhibition of the Photographs' at the Club premises.

The Press Club, Mumbai has released a Media Guide called "The Media In Mumbai" this year. It is the first time in the history of the Club. It includes Mumbai Media addresses, telephone numbers, e-mails, corporate addresses and their contact persons. It also has the list of Club members. It is a valuable book for the corporate world. The Media In Mumbai has released by Mr. Peter Mukherjea, CEO STAR India at the club premises on March 12, 2004 at 8.00 p.m. The book is for sale at a cost of Rs. 75 for Club members & Rs. 350 for others.

The managing committee of the club has initiated a 'housing project' for the journalists in Mumbai. Hon. Secretary of the Club and a team met Mr. Madhu Chavan, Chairman MHADA and Mr. U.P.S. Madon, CEO MHADA in September - October for a housing scheme for the working journalists in Mumabi. The response was positive and the so-called officers came to the Club and announced a Housing Project For Journalists on October 15, 2003 at 12.30 noon.

A prescribed form was circulated among the members and around 450 members submitted their application forms. Again on November 14, 2003 a 'site visit' to inspection of tenements was arranged with the help of MHADA at Mahalaxmi, Pratiksha Nagar, Sion, Dindoshi and Malad. Now the project is in consideration with the government of Maharashtara and we hope that it will be sorted out at the earliest.

Considering today's pressured times and the stress faced by those especially working in the Media, The Press Club arranged An Art of Living for five days at the Club premises. Mr. Himanshu Kapadia from Concept PR Agency was the convenor for this programme. It was a grand success and many of our members participated at this 'yoga' programme.

The 5 days work-shop has begun from April 6 - 10, 2004 at 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.

The Press Club has arranged a national Hindi Kavi Sammelan in first time in its 32-year history. The chief guest has released a souvenir, "Kavita 2004" on that occasion. Many of our members, Sanjay Masoom, Devendra Mohan, Omprakash Tiwari, Kailash Sengal were contributed their poems to the souvenir. The Chief Guest was the honourable chief minister of Maharashtra Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde.

Participants: Shri Ashok Chakradhar, Shri Sunil Jogi (New Delhi), Hariom Pawar (Uttar Pradesh), Nida Fazli (Mumbai), Bashir Chandra (Madhya Pradesh) and our Club Sanjay Masoom, Devendra Mohan, Omprakash Tiwari, Vageesh Saraswat etc. The programme held on January 00, 2004 at K. C. college auditorium, Churchgate, Mumbai.

The Managing Committee of Club has begun a series of programmes (Friday Night Fever & Film Circle) for the entertainment and to attract members to come and enjoy at the Club.

This programme will be in every month especially on Friday nights with music, chats and leisure.

The programme launched on Friday August 29, 2003 at 8.30 p.m. by the big screen hero, Govinda at the club. He himself sang and danced with the Club members. The Music was presented by Arvind Mukhedkar's 'Saregama'.

The followings are the series in this programme:

The Club's Managing Committee has appointed Mr. Rafique Baghdhadi as a convenor for the Film Circle to show the classic films including documentary to our members in every month. The Film Circle launched on September 13, 2003 at the Club premises by the famous Director Kundan Shah.

The opening show was "Casablanca" Directed by: Michael Curtiz and Casting : Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Clande Rains

The following are the shows in this series

October 6, 2003 at 7.00 p.m. : Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi

November 19, 2003 : Modern Times
Directed by : Charlie Chaplin
Modern Times marked te last screen appearance of Charlie Chaplin's : Little Tramp, who takes his farewell from the world very different from that into which he had been born.

December 17, 2003 : Madhumati
Directed by Bimal Roy
Staring: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayantimala & Pran

January 14, 2004 : Final Solution (Documentary Film)
Produced and Directed by Rakesh Sharma

January 21, 2004 : City Lights
City Lights (1931) prolific comedy is structured around the central story of the Little Tramp's love for a blind flower girl.
Directed by Charlie Chaplin

February 28, 2004 : Ayodhya to Varanasi : Prayers for Peace
This documentary film talks to some of the important Mahants and others in Ayodhya on the Ramjanmabhoomi Temple issue. It looks at the symbolic and cultural bonds among the Hindus and Muslims in Ayodhya and also its economic downslide since the last ten years.
Directed by Suma Josson

April 3, 2004 : Rear Window
None of Hitchock's films has given a clearer view of his genius for suspense than Rear Window.
Directed by Alfred Hitchock