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Two Indian short films to screen at 4th Gulf Film Festival
MUMBAI:Two Indian short films – Abhay Kumar’s Just that sort of a Day and Chaitanya Tamhane’s Six Strands – will screen at the 4th Gulf Film Festival that begins in Dubai on 14 April.
“Abhay Kumar’s experimental film Just that sort of a Day follows people randomly only to find a common thread among them. Chaitanya Tamhane’s Six Strands, partially based on true stories, is a character study inspired by the world famous Darjeeling tea industry and its undisclosed secrets,” reads the official website of the festival.
Fourteen films from Germany, Turkey, Greece, France, Spain, Brazil, Iran and India have been shortlisted for the competition that has been
introduced in the 2011 edition.
The first, second and third position films in this section will be rewarded with AED 25,000, AED 20,000 and AED 15,000 respectively.
The festival will screen over 150 features, documentaries and shorts from around the region and the world.
The festival will run through 20 April.
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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.
