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Two Indian films win laurels at Dubai fest
MUMBAI: Two Indian films Rohit Pandey-directed short film Mehfuz and Anand Patwardhan‘s documentary Jai Bhim Comrade have made the country proud by being honoured at the recently concluded 8th Dubai International Film Festival.
While the Anurag Kahsyap film has won the second prize in Muhr AsiaAfrica shorts section, while Parwardhan‘s film got a special mention in the Muhr AsiaAfrica Documentary section.
Other awards are as follows:
The Susan Youssef-directed film Habibi won the best film award in the Muhr Arab Feature, Al Juma Al Akheira (The Last Friday) of the UAE won the Special Jury Prize in the Muhr Arab Feature category.
While Ali Suliman won the best actor award for Al Juma Al Akheira, Maisa Abd Elhadi won the award for the best actress in the Muhr Arab Feature category.
The first prize in the Muhr Arab Documentary was bagged by the Lebanon-UAE co-production Sector Zero, ICI, On Noie Les Algerins – 17 Octobre 1961 (Here We Drown Algerians – October 17th, 1961) won the special jury prize in the same category.
France‘s Sur La Route Du Paradis (The Road To Paradise) won the first prize in the Muhr Arab Short category, another film from the country Bruleurs (Burners) won a special mention. Iraq‘s Ard Al Abtal (Land Of The Heroes) won the second prize in the category.
The awards were announced at the conclusion function on Wednesday.
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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.
