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Firaaq wins best film award at Asian Festival of 1st Films
MUMBAI: Actress Nandita Das’ first directorial venture Firaaq, which talks about sectarian violence in Gujarat, has bagged the best film award at the Asian Festival of 1st Films in Singapore.
The film, co-written by Nandita Das, also won the best screenplay and Foreign Correspondents Association Purple Orchid award.
Dante Nico Garcia swept away the best director award for Ploning. China‘s Jia Xuhua took away the best actress award for The Mountain and the Song while Bosco Francis was named best actor for playing a magician in My Magic.
The Asian Festival of 1st Films showcases first time documentaries and films across award categories including producers, directors, actors, screenplay writers and technicians.
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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.
