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Mukta Arts to pump in Rs 850 million for films in FY’09
MUMBAI: Subhash Ghai promoted Mukta Arts plans to invest Rs 850 million this fiscal.
The company has lined up four Bollywood movies during the year. The films include Ghai’s Yuvraaj which was made on a budget of Rs 500 million, Neeraj Pathak’s Right Yaaa Wrong, Manoj Tiwari’s Hello Darling and Paristosh Painter’s Paying Guest.
“We will be investing Rs 850 million in the fiscal,” says Mukta Arts CEO Ravi Gupta.
Mukta Arts has already sold for Rs 650 million the distribution, TV, home video and music rights for the film Yuvraaj. While Eros has bagged the distribution and TV rights as part of a Rs 730 million three-movie deal, T-Series has got the music and Ultra the home video rights.
Mukta Arts has paid Rs 2.5 million to acquire a 51 per cent stake in Chennai-based value-added service company Coruscant Tec. “Though Coruscant is a small company, it was attractive to us because of the tie ups it has with the telecom operators. We see potential in growing this company as 3G Spectrum opens up,” says Gupta.
Red Carpet, where Mukta Arts has a controlling stake, has tied up with four directors. “They are at the pre-production stage. We will make small budget movies through this company,” 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.
