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Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab to be held in India in March 2012
MUMBAI: The first Screenwriters‘ Lab by the American Sundance Institute, promoted by actor Robert Redford, is to be held in Mumbai in March next year.
The Institute has tied up with Mahindra Group‘s Mumbai Mantra Media Limited. The Lab will be entirely modelled on the Sundance Lab, which is held in Park City, Utah, every year.
The Lab will be a five-day workshop that will give the Indian screenwriters an opportunity to work intensively on their script with Creative Advisors from around the world.
Scripts could be in any Indian language including English. However, the application for the Lab will only be accepted in English.
The last date for open submissions is 1 July 2011. After this the screenwriters will have at least three more months to send in their complete script. Only six to eight screenwriters will be selected for this workshop.
The Lab is open to Indians, non-resident Indians or people of Indian descent.
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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.
