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Chetan Anand’s Haqeeqat in colour
MUMBAI: Ketan Anand will soon re-release his father Chetan Anand‘s 1960 black and white classic Haqeeqat in colour.
Starring Dharmendra and Priya Rajvansh, the film is set against the sino-Indian 1952 war. A small platoon of Indian soldiers in the hilly terrain of Ladakh are considered dead but are rescued by Ladakhi tribesmen and by Capt. Bahadur Singh (Dharmendra). They are asked to retreat from their post (chowky) as the Chinese have surrounded them. Capt. Bahadur Singh and his girlf riend Angmo (Priya Rajvansh) die holding the Chinese at bay so that their comrades can retreat to safety.
The Indo-Australian collaboration has also been re-edited from three hours to two hours, 15 minutes and is slated for a mid-2011 release.
The film also starred Balraj Sahni, Vijay Anand, Jayant and Indrani Mukherjee among others.
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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.
