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Filmmaker Brett Ratner ties up with Big Entertainment
MUMBAI: Hollywood filmmaker Brett Ratner, who made films like Rush Hour and X-Men: The Last Stand, has tied up with Big Entertainment to bring cinematic material from all over the world to India.
Ratner has now acquired a French graphic novel on behalf of the production house to be made into a film.
To be titled Infinity, the film will be directed by Sylvain White. “I feel the boundaries between Bollywood and world cinema are evaporating. And material with a strong visual appeal will enable Bollywood to go global,” Ratner told the media..
According to Ratner, this tie-up with Reliance has given him more creative and financial freedom. “For example, I’ve this deal with Paramount. I can go to them now with Reliance’s financial proposal and get more room for quick and effective negotiation,” he said.
Ratner wants to use his partnership with Reliance to distribute films of Jackie Chan in the Indian market. “Having done those Rush Hour kind of films with Chan, I share an incredible relationship with him. And he has told me that his cinema has an amazing market in Bollywood. Hence, I thought that if I cut a deal with Reliance, I could bring the Jackie Chan movies into India,” he said.
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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.
