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Freida Pinto-Riz Ahmed starrer to screen at Durban Intl film fest
MUMBAI: Michael Winterbottom‘s Trishna, starring Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed, will screen in Global Cinema section at the 33rd Durban International Film Festival. The festival will see screening of over 290 films at 10 venues across the city.
Bitter Seeds (India-US) directed by Micha X Peled will be screened in Eco Lens section. The film looks at the impact of multinational GM corporations on small farmers in India.
Valley of Saints (directed by Musa Syeed) will also be screened in the same section.
The festival will be held from 19-29 July.
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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.
