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Mukta Arts’ JV company inks Rs 400 million 4-movie deal with Eros
MUMBAI: Soon after Mukta Arts stepped in to pick up a majority stake, Red Carpet Films has sealed a four-movie deal with Eros. Being medium budget projects, the total investment is expected to be around Rs 400 million.
“The production cost of these four mid-budget films would be around Rs 400 million. We expect to complete them in a year‘s time. The first to come on floor will be in the next six months. ,” Mukta Arts CEO Ravi Gupta tells Indiantelevision.com.
Red Carpet Films will produce the four films which are to be financed and distributed by Eros Multimedia. “We also have a profit sharing arrangement with Eros across all the revenue streams,” says Gupta.
Mukta Arts recently acquired a 50.01 per cent stake in Red Carpet Films, a newly started movie company by Manish Goswami, for Rs 2,50,470.
“We acquired a stake as Red Carpet Films had funding and distribution in place with Eros. We can increase the bandwidth of our production capability through this joint venture company. The Eros deal means that Red Carpet Films will have a film project every quarter,” says Gupta.
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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.
