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A film that takes the reverse colour route to take Chaplin’s image
MUMBAI: In the days of colour revival of films like Mughal-e-Azam, Naya Daur and Hum Dono, there is a film that is taking the reverse route.
Director Bhavna Talwar’s Happi is being converted from its original colour scheme to black-and-white.
The film pays homage to Charlie Chaplin with Pankaj Kapur essaying the role of a desi Chaplin. The film, which was to be released on Chaplin‘s birth anniversary on 16 April, has now been delayed.
Talwar shot and completed the film in colour. “But when we saw the finished product and how profoundly sincere a tribute Pankajji had paid to Chaplin, we couldn‘t resist turning it into black-and-white because that was the colour complexion of Chaplin‘s cinematic world,” the director remarks.
“We‘ve gone from frame-to-frame with our colour revision. We also got a new film editor Sreekar Prasad to re-edit the black-and-white material,” she adds.
The film has now been slotted for a 20 May release.
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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.
