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Cinema India Expo 2008 kicks off in Mumbai on 7 June
MUMBAI: Cinema Systems magazine is set to start the eighth successive Cinema India Expo (CIE) on 5 June this year.
CIE, an international exhibition and a tradeshow on conventions for the motion picture industry, will be a three-day conference that will take a look at digital cinema technology, film production, cinema theatre equipment and multiplex design and solutions.
The expo, which ends on 7 June, will be held in the Bombay Exhibition Centre. Various players in the film technology industry including Kodak, Real Image, Adlabs Films, Lesna, Inc, Promedia and Cinechina will be present on the Cinema India exhibit floors.
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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.
