Hindi
Kiran Rao turns director with Dhobi Ghaat
MUMBAI: Kiran Rao, who has assisted husband Aamir Khan on various projects like Taare Zameen Par and Lagaan, is ready to make her directorial debut with Dhobi Ghaat.
Rao will also be producing the film under her own independent production house Cinema 73, which falls under the Aamir Khan Productions banner.
The casting of the film, which is yet to be finalised, will mainly include new comers.
Dhobi Ghaat is a low budget film with a story that hovers around present-day Mumbai.
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.
