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MFF introduces Film Business Centre
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Film Festival has introduced a business centre this year that would provide networking facilities for Indian and foreign companies.
The business centre aims at facilitating industry professionals from all over the world to explore business opportunities in India while its purpose is to encourage B2B interactions under the aegis of the Mumbai Film Festival.
Representatives from film production and distribution companies, film sales agents from various countries and directors of film festival will be attending the Film Business Centre.
The Film Business Centre will be hosted for a period of four days from 30 October to 3 November at Fun Cinemas, Andheri, the central hub for MFF. The Film Business Centre will be open to the members of film industry on an invitation basis and also to the registered delegates of MFF.
Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) backed 11th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) will take place in Mumbai from 29 October to 5 November.
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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.
