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Locarno selects 12 Indian films for Open Doors programme
MUMBAI: The Locarno Film Festival has selected 12 Indian projects selected for Open Doors programme from among 200 projects in 18 different languages from 30 regions in India.
The selected projects are Aharbal Falls by Ajay Raina, Ajeeb Aashiq by Natasha Mendonca, Arunoday by Partho Sengupta, Burqa Boxers by Alka Raghuram, Char, The Island Within by Sourav Sarangi, Jat Panchayat by Satish Manwar, Lasya / The Gentle Dance by Anup Singh, Samaadhi by Sidharth Srinivasan, Sebastian Wants to Remember by Vasant Nath, The Trapper‘s Snare by Shanker Raman, Thread / Le Fil by Lilium Leonard and Vidhvastha by Ashish Avikunthak.
At the end of the three-day workshop, a prize of around 39,000 euros, funded by Open Doors, would be disbursed while a second prize of 7,000 euros financed by the CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l‘image animée) and Arte International Relations Prize of 6,000 euros would be awarded.
As part of the 64th edition of the Festival del film Locarno, the Open Doors co-production lab will take place from 6 to 9 August.
Open Doors is the co-production lab organised by the festival every year.
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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.
