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Excel to release Fox titles on blue-ray DVDs
MUMBAI: Excel Home Videos has partnered with Twentieth Century Fox to release the Hollywood studio‘s existing titles on blue-ray DVDs in India.
Priced at Rs 1499 each, the first batch of the DVDs will release titles such as The Devil Wears Prada, 27 Dresses, Alvin And The Chipmunks, AVP2, Hills Have Eyes 2, Hitman, What Happens In Vegas, Horton Hears A Who!, Jumper, Me, Myself & Irene, Meet The Spartans, The Omen, Shutter, The Sand Pebbles and Transporter 2.
Says Excel Home Video CEO Roby Abraham, “Enhancing the consumer experience of its products is prime reason behind the blue ray initiative. It‘s a newly introduced home video product. It also provides backward compatibility with the existing home entertainment libraries while also aggressively protecting intellectual property from piracy.”
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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.
