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Mukta Arts to invest Rs 400 million for ‘Yuvraaj’
MUMBAI: Subhash Ghai promoted Mukta Arts is investing Rs 500 million for its two upcoming movies. The company will pump in Rs 400 million to produce Yuvraaj, a source in the company says. The movie, starring Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, is slated for release in 2008-09. Black & White, with Anil Kapoor in lead role, will consume Rs 100 million and is expected to release this fiscal, the source adds. Both the films are being directed by Ghai. The other movies lined up for release in the fiscal include Bombay to Bangkok (directed by Nagesh Kukunoor), Cycle Kick and Right Yaaa Wrong (starring Sunny Deol and Irfan Khan). Mukta Arts had already released Good Boy Good Boy which failed at the box office. The pipeline will also have a Marathi movie, Kaande Pohe. In 2006-07, the company had released four movies – Shaadi Se Pehle, 36 China Town, Apna Sapna Money Money and Khanna and Iyer. Mukta Arts had posted a total income of Rs 1 billion for the fiscal ended 31 March 2007. |
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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.
