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Imagine Entertainment in deal with Reliance Big Entertainment
MUMBAI: Brian Grazer and Ron Howard‘s Imagine Entertainment is among the leading Hollywood production companies to have signed development/production financing deals, entitled Creative Partnerships, with Reliance Big Entertainment.
The first project under the deal will be Mofos, a film about two 20-something best friends who are unemployed, strapped for cash, down on their luck and decide to start up a business as Los Angeles‘ most unlikely male escorts. The film will be produced by Brian Grazer and written by Josh Berghaus and Jay Shore.
Said Brian Grazer, “Ron and I are pleased to have signed this deal with our friends at Reliance. With their huge expertise in one of the most exciting film industries in the world, they bring a wholly different global perspective to our Hollywood based industry and we welcome the extra independence that their financing will give us.”
Confirming the partnership, Reliance Big Entertainment‘s chairman Amit Khanna commented, “Brian Grazer and Ron Howard have forged Imagine as a major powerhouse in Hollywood and I‘m delighted to have been able to close this deal. Our ‘creative partnerships‘ have proven very attractive to filmmakers seeking innovative ways in which to develop and finance individual films. We are now looking forward to moving into the filmmaking stage on several projects.‘
“These creative partnerships will lead to Reliance co-financing with the US Studios where existing first-look deals are in place. From the conversations to date, we know that the respective studios welcome our development silos and our subsequent co-financing ability. We broke completely new ground by empowering some of the best talent in Hollywood and continue to do so,‘” Khanna added.
The deal was brokered by CAA on behalf of Reliance Big Entertainment and Josh Berghaus and Jay Shore.
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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.
