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Adlabs Films completes transition to Reliance Mediaworks Ltd
MUMBAI: Adlabs Films, the Reliance ADA Group company, has completed its rebranding process to Reliance MediaWorks, effective from 5 October.
The company announced Wednesday that it has received the certificate from the “Registrar of Companies, Maharashtra, registering the aforesaid change in name”.
In September, the board had decided to change the name of the company, as Adlabs Films, the brand, was reflective of the company’s initial business as a film processing laboratory only. However, following the acquisition of a controlling stake by Anil Ambani in 2005, the company had seen growth in the scale of its operations across various inter-related businesses of exhibition, film and media services, and television software, the company claims.
Reliance Mediaworks, the newly branded company has a presence in the film exhibition business in India and internationally. It has also has entered new segments of the film production value chain including digital post-production, digital cinema mastering, studios/shooting floors, film and TV equipment rentals, visual effects and image enhancement, film restoration BPO and other value added services, it said in a release.
It also operates television venture, Big Synergy, which produces reality shows for major Hindi general entertainment channels.
The company’s operations also include a wholly owned facility in Los Angeles, California – Lowry Digital – a premier digital restoration facility.
As reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com, the brand Adlabs is with Manmohan Shetty, the founder of Adlabs Films who sold out to Reliance.
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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.
