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Excel releases ‘Unknown Pleasures’ and ‘Platform’ on DVD
MUMBAI: Excel Home Videos has partnered with NDTV Lumiere to release Chinese film-maker Jia Zhang Ke‘s Unknown Pleasure and Platform on DVD.
Priced at Rs 499, the DVDs also includes additional features such as ‘about the director/ movie‘, ‘filmography‘ and ‘awards‘.
Platform, a 2000 release,examines the transition of China from Mao-inspired collectivism to commercialism,westernisation, and popular culture. The film follows a group of performing artists in the state-run Fenyang Peasant Culture Group who change with the cultural, economic and political changes in China.
Unknown Pleasure, nominated for the Palme d‘Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, gives an account of disillusioned youth living in China. The story ruminates on the boredom, longing and helplessness of two teenage Chinese boys stuck in the province with nothing to do but dream of a better future that evades them.
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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.
