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Film on Tagore in offing
MUMBAI: UK-based producer-director Sangeeta Datta will soon delve into making a film on Nobel laurette Rabindranath Tagore.
The yet-to-be-titled production would harp on the influence Tagore had on an international audience, Europe in particular, and how Tagore became the voice of India‘s spiritual heritage.
Confirming the same, Datta said, “I am in the process of developing a script on a section of Tagore‘s life revolving on how his life changed dramatically around the year 1913 when he won the Nobel.”
Coinciding with the biopic would be the bard‘s 150th birth anniversary, which falls this year on 7 May. Also the year 2013 would mark the completion of 100 years of his winning the Nobel Prize for literature.
“Yes, The film can be regarded as a tribute to him due to the apt timing,” said Datta whose first feature film Life Goes released last Friday.
The director, who runs Stormglass Productions in London, is currently scouting for financiers to fund her ambitious project.
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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.
