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21-minute Indian short film to screen at Palm Springs Fest
MUMBAI: The 17th Palm Springs International ShortFest has shortlisted The Eclipse of Taregna to be screened at the festival that is to go underway on 21 June.
Directed by Rakesh Chaudhary, the 21-minute short film is about an old man taking his grandson to witness a solar eclipse. The official website of the festival describes the film as “…gorgeously rendered view of life in a small town in India.”
Incidentally, the film won the best short film award at the recently concluded Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.
In all, this year’s edition of the festival will present 331 films which include 64 world premieres, 58 North American premieres and 25 US premieres.
The festival will run till 27 June.
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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.
