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NFDC to conduct two-session Screenwriters’ Lab
MUMBAI: The National Film Development Corporation Ltd. (NFDC), in association with Binger FilmLab, Netherlands and Venice International Film Festival, will conduct Screenwriters‘ Lab 2011 in two sessions.
The lab aims at improving a completed screenplay in its final stages and to increase its international marketability.
The first session will be held during the Venice International Film Festival in September where participants will get first-hand experience of the workings of the international film community and get to train with their screenplay mentors.
The 2nd session will be held under the premises of Film Bazaar, Goa, from 24 to 27 November where participants will apply their training and pitch their revised screenplays to participants at the film market.
The workshop will be conducted by artistic director Marten Rabarts of Binger Filmlab. He will be aided by Ido Abram, director of communications, Eye Film Institute, Netherlands, and Philippa Campbell, a producer from New Zealand.
The Corporation has called for entries to the Lab. The last date for submission of entries is 17 June.
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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.
