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Two Indian co-productions being screened at Karlovy Vary Filmfest
NEW DELHI: Ritesh Batra‘s Lunchbox and Pete Travis‘ Dredd is being screened at the ongoing 48th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.
Apart from this screening in the Festival that commenced on 28 June and will conclude on 6 July, Lunchbox is slated to visit at least another twenty international film festivals during this year.
Dabba (Lunchbox), an India-France-Germany co-production is to be screened in the “Horizons” section that presents recent productions from major festivals.
The film earlier screened at Cannes film festival in the International Critics‘ Week sidebar.
This romantic film set in contemporary Mumbai is a story of lost lunchboxes that engineer a love affair between attractive Ila and ageing Saajan.
Dredd by Pete Travis will have a Midnight Screening at the festival. The film is an UK-USA-India-South Africa co-production. The film revolves around two judges: the incorruptible Dredd and the comely rookie Cassandra Anderson who find themselves battling the arch villain Ma-Ma in an unrelenting slaughter-fest. Dredd is a 3D action movie.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2013 opened with Michel Gondry‘s Mood Indigo starring Audrey Tatou and Romain Duris.
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Rashmika Mandanna, Shanaya Kapoor and Naila Grrewal climb IMDb’s Indian celebrity rankings
Upcoming films and returning shows are driving fan interest across Bollywood and streaming
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s popularity contest has a new weekly scorecard, and the numbers are telling. IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities list for this week places Shanaya Kapoor at number six, buoyed by buzz around her film Tu Yaa Main. Naila Grrewal slots in at seven on the back of the returning comedy series Maamla Legal Hai, while Rashmika Mandanna climbs to eighth, riding mounting anticipation for Cocktail 2.
The list, available exclusively on the IMDb app for Android and iOS, tracks trending Indian entertainers and filmmakers each week, drawing on data from more than 200m monthly visits to the platform worldwide.
Further down the rankings, Raaka is keeping two of its biggest names in the spotlight. Deepika Padukone holds 11th position, with Allu Arjun close behind at 13th, as the film continues to find traction with audiences.
The list offers fans a weekly pulse on who is breaking through, who is holding steady, and who is fading. It is a barometer as unsparing as the box office itself.
