Hindi
Bhansali’s Rowdy Rathod to start rolling in July
MUMBAI: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Rowdy Rathod, to be directed by Prabhu Deva, will go on the floors in July.
The film is the Hindi remake of Ravi Teja‘s mass entertainer, Vikramarkudu. The Telugu film was remade in Tamil as Siruthai with Karthi in the lead.
The film revolves around a small-time thief (Ravi Teja) who falls in love with Neeraja. One day, a girl turns up and claims him to be her father. Though the girl bothers the hero initially, he later finds truth behind the girl‘s statement that in fact she is the daughter of police officer Vikram Singh Rathod (again Ravi Teja).
This is for the first time that Bhansali has delved into making an action film. And with the director around, he plans to break the stereotypical boundaries of the action genre by incorporating his choreographic skills into action sequences in the film.
The film has Akshay Kumar playing the title role with Sonakshi Sinha playing the female lead.
Hindi
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.
