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Deutsche Bank acquires 10.55% stake in Indian Film Company
MUMBAI: Deutsche Bank AG has taken a 10.55 per cent stake in The Indian Film Company (IFC), a specialist film investment firm listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange.
Deutsche Bank has purchased 5.80 million equity shares. Earlier on 17 September IFC had said in a press release that it had received an interest from Deutsche Bank for a 10.55 per cent stake.
Raghav Bahl, a director and substantial shareholder of both Network18 Fincap Ltd and BK Media Mauritius, continues to hold 21.64 per cent in IFC.
Deutsche Bank would have paid around $4.64 million for the stake at the current market price. The shares of IFC are currently trading at 43.50 pence as against the listing price of 100 pence.
Last year, HSBC Investments (Singapore) Ltd. increased its stake to 9.10 per cent in The Indian Film Company.
The Indian Film Company raised ?55 million (Rs 4.4 billion) through an initial public offering (IPO) in Hune 2007. The company seeks to invest in films where it retains full ownership of all Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), although ownership may be shared with co-producers, directors and actors if necessary.
IFC has released successful Bollywood films like Jab We Met, Welcome and Singh is Kinng.
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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.
