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46th NY Film Festival to open on 26 September
MUMBAI: The 46th New York Film Festival is set to open on 26 September in North America.
The festival, which ends on 12 October, will open with the screening of Laurent Cantet’s The Class, the winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year.
The French film is based on Francois Begaudeau’s autobiographical novel “Entre les Murs.”
The other films to be screened at the festival include In the Realm of Oshima, a story that talks about the life and career of the Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, and Guy Debord’s 1978 film, In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni(We Spin Around the Night Consumed by the Fire).
The New York Film Festival aims to screen art-oriented and international films.
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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.
