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Jodhaa Akbar sweeps Iifa technical awards
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures (UMP) and Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar has notched up five out of 14 awards in the technical categories for the Idea Iifa Awards 2009.
The International Indian Film Academy (Iifa) announced today the winners who will be presented their trophies on the night of the Idea Iifa Awards that will be held on 13 June in Macau, China.
Jodhaa Akbar got awards for the ‘best background score’ (AR Rahman), ‘best costume design’ (Neeta Lulla), ‘best editing’ (Ballu Saluja), ‘best art direction’ (Nitin Chandrakant Desai) and ‘best make up’ (Madhav Kadam).
The biggest blockbuster of 2008 and Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini won three awards for the ‘best action’ (Peter Heins and Stun Siva), ‘best sound recording’ (Resul Pookutty and Amrit) and ‘best visual special effects’ (Prime Focus).
Among the other winners was Rock On!! which pocketed the awards for ‘best cinematography’ (Jason West) and ‘best song recording’ (Purple Haze); Farah Khan won the award for ‘best choreography’ for the song Desi Girl in Dostana while Leslie Fernandes got the award for ‘best sound re-recording’ for the movie Race. Manu Rishi got the ‘best dialogue’ award for Oye Lucky Lucky Oye and the ‘best screenplay’ award was bagged by Neeraj Pandey for A Wednesday.
The winners were chosen based on an industry voting for the Idea Iifa Awards 2009 in March. Results of the industry voting were audited by PriceWaterhouse Coopers, the auditing firm for the Iifa and the Oscars.
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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.
