Hindi
3 Idiots to screen at Beijing Film Fest
MUMBAI: Rajkumar Hirani’s Aamir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots will be screened at the inaugural Beijing International Film Festival. The film is one of the 160 films from 42 countries that are being screened at the festival.
Another India-based film, Sari Stories by Britain’s Sue Sudbury, will also be screened in the documentary section. It is the story of a group of young women in rural Andhra Pradesh who film their daily lives giving insights into the lives of rural women in India and problems like child marriage and abuse.
Filmmakers like Darren Aronofsky, Robert Minkoff, John Woo, Feng Xiaogang and Peter Chan, producer Jeremy Thomas and actors Jackie Chan, Raymond Wong, Sammo Hung, Zhang Ziyi and Fan Bingbing were present at the opening ceremony of the festival on 23 April.
The inaugural edition of the festival is being organised by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and the Beijing Municipal
Government. The festival comprises events like Beijing Film Panorama, Beijing Film Marketing and Film Music Concert.
The Festival will conclude on 28 April.
Hindi
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.
