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Hollywood filmmaker Paul Schrader to move to Bollywood
MUMBAI: The noted Hollywood filmmaker Paul Schrader, writer of classics Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, is shifting to Mumbai and has agreed to write and direct the Bollywood action movie Extreme City.
Incidentally, Bollywood director Anubhav Sinha (Dus and Cash fame) has roped in Schrader, where Sinha is donning the hat of a producer.
The director of American Gigolo and The Walker, Schrader feels the US film market has become barren. “I take a good look around and what I see is a barren, barren place,” he said. “In terms of the financial community, in terms of audiences, in terms of distribution. It‘s cold out there.”
Extreme City will have dialogues in Hindi and English. It tells the story of an American who travels to India to resolve a kidnapping incident for his father-in-law, only to get caught up in gangster business.
Though the film will feature musical numbers, it will not be a Bollywood masala movie.
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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.
