Hindi
UTV acquires rights of Tamil film Muran
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has acquired the entire rights of the forthcoming Tamil film Muran.
Produced by Cheran‘s production house Dream Theatres on a huge budget, the film has Cheran and Prasanna in lead roles.
Muran is the story of two men with contrasting characters and what happens between them. It is written and directed by Rajan Madhav.
Nearly 70 per cent of the film has been completed. The film is being planned for a release in the first quarter of 2011.
This will be UTV‘s first Tamil film of the year, to be shortly followed by another movie Erandam Ulagam directed by Selvaraghavan that features Dhanush and Andrea among others.
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.
