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Akshay Kumar’s Breakaway to open Toronto Film fest
Akshay Kumar co-produced Breakaway is to open the Toronto Film Festival.
Directed by Robert Liebermann, the Indo-Canadian film has been produced by First Take Entertainment and Kumar’s Hari Om Entertainment.
Breakaway is based on the Canada‘s favourite sport ice hockey and has been shortlisted due to its strong Canadian angle and Hollywood star power. It is the story about a young man of Indo-Canadian family who struggles between his family expectations and his dream to become a Hockey Star.
The film has Vinay Virmani playing the lead; it also has Russell Peters, Clayton Peters and Akshay Kumar.
The festival will go on from 8 to 18 September.
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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.
