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Ang Lee coming in December to promote ‘Life of Pi’
MUMBAI: Taking a cue from producer Jon Landau who came here to promote Titanic 3D,Taiwanese-American filmmaker Ang Lee will come to India sometime in December to promote his upcoming film Life of Pi.
Confirming the same an officer from the press division of the Taiwan embassy said, “As far as we know, he is coming this year.”
The novel, set in Puducherry of the 1970S, narrates the ordeals of a young Indian boy, the lone survivor of a shipwreck, sharing a life boat for over 200 days with a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, a female orangutan and a 45-pound Royal Bengal tiger.
The 57-year-old Lee had reportedly shot about 30 per cent of the film in Puducherry early last year after a six-month recce with his pre-production team.
The 3D fantasy adventure, based on the Booker-winning novel of the same name by Yann Martel, also has Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Tobey Maguire and Gerard Depardieu.
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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.
