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Michele Garra is SPHE senior VP, Asia Pacific
MUMBAI: Michele Garra has been promoted to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE).
In her new post, Garra will oversee all business functions in the key and expanding markets of India, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Korea to support key retail customers and business partners.
Formerly MD, Australia and New Zealand, and based in Sydney, Garra will relocate to the company’s home office in California. The announcement was made by SPHE executive VP, International Matt Brown to whom she will report.
Says Brown, “Michele ran our very successful Australian operation for over a decade and we are thrilled to offer her this opportunity to broaden her horizons and bolster SPHE’s strong position across the Asian-Pacific market. As the growing home entertainment business of the emerging economies in Asia becomes an important revenue source for our business, having an executive with the keen business sense and experience which Michele possesses is an important strategic move to insure the success of these territories.”
Garra has had a 16-year tenure at SPHE. She played a role in the evolution of the home entertainment market in Australia and New Zealand.
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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.
