Hindi
Kukunoor remakes Taiwanese film as Mod
Going by the success of his last film Dor that he adapted from award-winning Malayalam film Perumazhakkalam, Nagesh Kukunoor purchased the remake rights of a Taiwanese film Keeping Watch and made a Hindi film Mod.
Keeping Watch, a romantic thriller, is the story of a girl, running her ancestral clock store, leading a monotonous life. She experiences love and romance for the first time when a man arrives as her neighbour, saying that he was her old schoolmate. Suddenly, he vanishes and the estranged girl goes in search of the man, only to learn that he had died years ago.
Greatly touched by the Taiwanese film, Kukunoor decided to remake it for the Indian audiences by buying its rights. Kukunoor felt that though the concept of the film was good, it was badly executed and that he could do a much better job.
But the Indian version has been kept close to the original in terms of the plot and characters. Though the story remains the same, it has been more Indianised.
The film stars Ayesha Takia opposite Rannvijay Singh (of Roadies fame) besides Raghuvir Yadav.
Mod, shot in Ooty on a start-to-finish schedule, is awaiting an early release.
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.
