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Script writer Schrader to take masterclass at Osian Cinefan Festival
NEW DELHI: Script writer and director Paul Schrader (Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver) is set to attend the forthcoming Tenth Osian’s-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema (OCFF) next month to conduct a masterclass on screenwriting.
The Festival, launched by critic Aruna Vasudev in 1999, will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year from 10-20 July in New Delhi.
Two films of Paul Schrader, Taxi Driver and Mishima, will also be screened at the festival.
Schrader will analyse the elements of a story and talk about “how metaphors can be found from one’s own life” that can be turned into a powerful and compelling screenplay.
In addition, Schrader’s lecture on New Media will discuss the future of audio-visual entertainment apart from focusing on the forces which are coalescing to end the 20th Century notion of “movies”. These sessions will be open to the general public as well on a ‘first-come-first-seated‘ basis.
Osian’s-Cinefan will focus this year on “writing and cinema” with special reference to the novel in adaptation. OCFF will screen films based on literature including films based on the works of Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz along with a special focus on The Kiss of the Spiderwoman.
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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.
