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Gautam Ghose, Anurag Kashyap films to screen at FilmFest DC
MUMBAI:Gautam Ghose’s The Quest and Anurag Kashyap’s That Girl in Yellow Boots will be screened at the 25th Annual FilmFest DC, which is celebrating its 25th year.
While there would be two screenings of The Quest on 15 and 16 April, That Girl in Yellow Boots will be screened on 9 and 14 April.
The Quest is based on Sunil Ganguly’s novel and captures the life of of Lalan Faqir, a 19th-century spiritual leader, poet and baul.
That Girl in Yellow Boots, starring Kalki Koechlin as Ruth, is the story of a masseuse, who in search for her father, encounters Mumbai’s underbelly.
While the French film Potiche will open the festival, the Swedish comedy Sound of Noise will close the festival.
The focus of this year’s film festival will be on new films from Scandinavia and new South Korean Cinema.
The festival that opened on 7 April will go on till 17 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.
