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Chillar Party to open IIFA film fest
MUMBAI: Chillar Party, Salman Khan‘s debut film as a producer, will be the opening film at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) festival that would be held across four cities in Ontario in Canada. Co-produced by UTV Motion Pictures, Chillar Party, a light-hearted comedy, revolves around the lives of seven children who defeat the odds and prove their loyalty to a friend.
Said Khan, “Chillar Party is very close to my heart, the concept appealed to me and the children‘s performances were endearing. This is the first film under SKBH (Salman Khan Being Human) Productions and we felt there was no better place to screen the movie than at the IIFA film festival. For me, IIFA is the home-ground and it can‘t get bigger than IIFA in Toronto,” said the actor.
This year, the film festival has been designed keeping in mind the Punjabi population across four cities of Greater Toronto Area (GTA) — Toronto, Markham, Brampton and Mississuaga — where the screenings will take place.
The assortment of films are a mix of Bollywood classics and blockbusters based in and around Punjab. Some of the films to be showcased are Rang De Basanti, Dabangg, Chashme Badoor, Dil Bole Hadippa, Veer Zaara, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Yamla Pagla Deewana.
The film festival will be held as part of the IIFA weekend, an annual celebration of Indian cinema on international shores. While the IIFA weekend kick-starts on 23 June, the three-day film fest will be thrown open on 24 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.
