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Bappaditya Bandyopadhyay to make film on Tagore’s Char Adhyay
MUMBAI: In the birth centenary year of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore this year, filmmaker Bappaditya Bandyopadhyay has decided to make a film adaptation of one of his classics, Char Adhyay.
The movie has been temporarily titled Four Chapters as the name Char Adhyay has already been bought by a Bengali director.
Bandyopadhyay said that the movie has relevance for today‘s generation which is witness to the Maoist unrest in Jangalmahal.
The novel, which depicted weaknesses of armed rebellion against the British raj, showed Tagore‘s emphasis on the humane side of the revolutionary movement, though the dramatist never hesitated to raise his unqualified protest against British colonialism.
It may be remembered that eminent director Kumar Shahani had earlier directed Char Adhyay in Hindi, but Bandyopadhyay would interpret the story in a different way. “My interpretation will be different. The tale had intrigued me both as a reader and a filmmaker for long,” Bandyopadhyay said.
Bandyopadhyay‘s first feature film, Sampradan (Offering of the Daughter), was selected in the competitive section of the 6th Dhaka International Film Festival, 2000. His second film, Silpantar (Colours of Hunger), was premiered at the Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria, and it was the only Indian film other than Devdas that was selected at the 2003 Helsinki International Film Festival.
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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.
