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Ijjodu selected for Ahmedabad Intl Film Festival
MUMBAI: Reliance Big Entertainment‘s Kannada film Ijjodu has been selected for the Ahmedabad International Film Festival which is being held from 25 to 28 June.
The film, the official selection in the Feature Films Competitive category, was screened on 27 June.
The film starring Meera Jasmine, Anirudh, Srivatsa, Nagkiran and Arundhati Jathakara is directed by M S Sathyu.
The film is a story of a young photo journalist‘s brief encounter with a girl who was made a ‘Basavi‘ at the altar of the village deity to save people who were hit by a devastating epidemic. Basavi is a cult very similar to that of the Devdasi.
Director MS Sathyu and Meera Jasmine were present at the film‘s screening.
Commenting on the official selection for the competition, director MS Sathyu said, ‘‘I am happy that Ahmedabad International Film Festival has selected Ijjodu in the competition section. The film has a positive theme and will be of interest to Indian as well as international audience. The film juxtaposes the old and new, past and present, ritualistic and contemporary.‘‘
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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.
