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Mukta Searchlight Films to release two films on 27 May
MUMBAI:Subhash Ghai’s Mukta Searchlight Films will release Love Express and Cycle Kick on 27 May.
Love Express, directed by a Whistling Woods graduate Sunny Bhambhani, is a love story set on a train with Punjabi family wedding as its backdrop. The film stars four lead actors – also from Whistling Woods International.
Cycle Kick, directed by Shashi Sudigala, is about two friends trying to achieve their respective goals and dreams in life and how something as small as a cycle and a football become so important to them in making them realise their dreams.
Earlier on 29 March, Ghai, in an innovative measure to promote his forthcoming films, had declared that he would give viewers a chance to see both the films by buying just one ticket.
“Why should we charge heavy price of a ticket like Rs 200 or more at multiplexes to see our small budget films made by new talent or by independent art cinema makers? I have decided to release both the films under our banner Mukta Searchlight Films. In this unique innovative way, cinegoers will get a chance to watch both these films by paying for just one ticket. This is a win-win situation for the producer, distributor and exhibitor. I have got a very good response already,” Ghai said.
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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.
