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Music maestros to feature in Enter The Showman
MUMBAI: One time copywriter, producer and director Girish Patel has shot into the headlines with a first. For his debut film Enter The Showman, Patel has picked up music maestros like Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pandit Jasraj and singer Shaan and Sunidi Chauhan to star in the film.
“We are trying to experiment with a new idea. This film is neither a commercial nor is it for the masses. It is for the niche audience. We are trying to mix the rich classical tradition of Indian music with the modern,” said Patel in a report.
Enter The Showman deals with the lives of people who come to make it big in Bollywood but at a later stage end up doing something else.
The film that has music by Uttam Singh will have Chaurasia playing the flute, Hussain the tabla and Jasraj lending classical vocals while Shaan and Sunidhi will croon.
The shooting of the film, which has already begun, will go on till December.
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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.
