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Mukta Arts bags rights to distribute Pirates of the Caribbean
MUMBAI: Mukta Arts Ltd has acquired the distribution rights of Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides (3D) from The Walt Disney Company (India) Private Limited for territories of Mumbai, that includes the city of Mumbai, western Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and part Karnataka, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.
The film will release on 20 May simultaneously with its world release. Apart from the film, Mukta Arts will be releasing its own productions – the Rituparna Ghosh- directed Nouka Doobi (Bengali) based on a novel by Rabindranath Tagore and its Hindi version Kashmakash.
Mukta Arts will also release two of its Hindi productions – Love Express and Cycle Kick – in May and June.
In the financial year, the distribution house has distributed more than 50 films. Its exhibition business has also shown an upward trend in the last year.
Currently, Mukta Arts is managing programming for over 160 cinemas, or 425 screens, for various multiplexes as well as single screens.
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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.
