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Percept’s Raftaar 24×7 back on track
MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company’s Raftaar 24×7, put on hold owing to the 2009 recession and the untimely death of its director Shamim Desaai, has been revived.
Not only will the film pay a tribute to Desai who expired last January from stomach cancer but will also have a new name to it.
The film is based on the life of an acclaimed news reporter ( Emraan Hashmi) whose personal life and television talk show are at the pinnacle of success. His show is constantly in the limelight for exposes on politics to prostitution to the underground activities of Delhi.
His life takes a U-turn when his bosses find his show to be too controversial for primetime TV. His next assignment, offered by a dynamic media tycoon, plunges him into a vortex of violence in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Beneath the veneer of glamour, money, power and the enviable life of media, lies a truth that is at once unbelievable and shocking.
The rest of the film is being completed by Shiraz Bhattacharya, who has done more than 30 ad films and music videos with stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra.
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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.
