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I Am, Virgin Goat to screen at Kandy film fest
MUMBAI: Filmmaker Onir‘s I Am and Virgin Goat, a co-production between India and France, directed by Murali Nair are to be screened at Kandy International Film Festival (KIFF) from 22 to 26 June in Sri Lanka.
Two Indian documentaries – Marathon Boy (directed by Gemma Atwal) and Gandhi‘s Children (directed by Vishnu Vasu) – would also be screened.
Marathon Boy follows Budhia, the four-year-old prodigy plucked from the slums of India and trained for marathon which ultimately leads to a story of greed, envy and broken dreams. Gandhi‘s Children, on the other hand, is a personal documentary capturing the lives of dalits and tribals in India.
A Bangladeshi film Meherjaan, starring Jaya Bachchan, Victor Banerjee and Omar Rahim and directed by Rubaiyyat Hossain, will also be screened. The film is a story set in the backdrop of the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war.
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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.
