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Canada hosts poster exhibition of Indian cinema
MUMBAI: With the impending IIFA awards to be held there in the last week of June, Canada is becoming more and more Bollywood-friendly.
Mississauga-based Picture House has organised ‘The Art of Bollywood’, an exhibition of hand painted billboards and posters of Indian cinema from 12 May to 10 July.
Original billboards and vintage posters from 1940s to 2010 will be displayed in the exhibition. The exhibition will also include a multi-media installation by Canadian artist Mike Hansen, who explores cross-cultural references between Bollywood and Hollywood films.
Curated by Ali Adil Khan with Asma Arshad Mahmood, this exhibition is said to be a tribute to the unique art practice that has evolved over the last 85 years in India.
This exhibition coincides with the Year of India celebrations in Canada and the International Indian Film Awards (IIFA) in Toronto from 23 to 25 June.
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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.
