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Best of Cannes in Indian theatres to coincide with festival
NEW DELHI: At a time when cinema houses are being forced to re-release old films following the multiplex-filmmakers imbroglio, NDTV Lumi?re is screening ‘Experience Cannes’, a seven-day cinematic treat of acclaimed and handpicked contemporary films from the Festival de Cannes, in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.
Experience Cannes is presented by Himalayan – The natural mineral water in association with SG private banking. The ‘Experience Cannes‘ film festival will be held at PVR Cinemas in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore from 8-14 May with a different movie to be screened every day at 1 pm.
Some of the films to be showcased at the festival include, ‘The Class’ – winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2008 Festival de Cannes, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s ‘Three Monkeys’ which won him the Best Director Award at the 2008 Fesival de Cannes and ‘Persepolis’- winner of the Jury Prize at the 2007 edition. The other cinematic gems to be screened are Tulpan, Days of Glory, Silent Light, Mourning Forest and The Edge of Heaven.
These films will also be showcased on the NDTV Lumi?re TV channel from 13- 24 May.
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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.
