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Dilip Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar to receive Lifetime achievement award
NEW DELHI: Thespian Dilip Kumar, the legendary Lata Mangeshkar and veteran actress Saroja Devi will receive the Lifetime Achievement Awards to commemorate the 60th anniversary of India‘s Independence during the presentation of the 54th National Film Awards by President Pratibha Patil.
Tapan Sinha will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for contribution to cinema for 2006. The Award, instituted by the Union Government, carries a cash price of Rs one million, a Swaran Kamal and a shawl.
Meanwhile, awards will be presented in 31 different categories in the feature film section and 22 categories in the non-feature film section. Three awards will also be given away for best writing on cinema.
A day after the President gives away the Awards, a festival showcasing these films will commence at the Sirifort complex in New Delhi. The films will be screened from 3 September to 12 September.
A total of 47 films will be screened during the 10-day period. Of these, 31 are feature films and 16 non-feature films.
Interestingly, the National Film Awards for 2005 were also presented early this year. This is because the process for the 53th National Awards for 2005 had got mired twice in court cases, first on the requirement of censorship and then when feature film jury member Shyamali Banerjee Deb challenged some of the awards.
From this time onwards, the prize money has been hiked five times, after President Pratibha Patil directed the government to do so during the 53rd National Awards presentation ceremony.
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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.
