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Gandu to have Asian premiere at Mumbai fest
MUMBAI: Kaushik Mukherjee’s experimental film Gandu will open the Naya Cinema Film Festival on 15 July in Mumbai.
The festival that will go on till 31 July will also screen films like Do Dooni Chaar, Udaan, Mirch Masala, Inshallah Football, 36 Chowringhee Lane, John and Jane, Albert Pinto ko Gussa Kyon Aata hai, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Shor in the City, Om Dar-Ba-Dar, Dil Chahta Hai, Hkhagoroloi Bohu Door, Frozen, Black Friday, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Girni and Vihir and Harishchandrachi Factory.
The screenings will be held across several venues in Mumbai like Cinemax Versova, Mumbai Times Café, World College School of Media Studies, Willingdon Club, Edward Theatre, Cricket Club of India and NCPA.
Nainsukh, directed by Amit Dutta, will be the closing film of the festival.
The festival has been organised by Enlighten Film Society.
Hindi
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.
