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NYIFF unveils films to be screened this year
MUMBAI:The 11th New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) has unveiled the line up of films that would be screened at the festival that is to take place from 4 to 8 May at Manhattan.
The festival, presented by the Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC), will open with the Habib Faisal-directed Do Dooni Chaar and will close with Mukta Arts’ Rituparno Ghosh directed film Nauka Dubi. Aparna Sen’s Iti Mrinalini (An Unfinished Letter) will screen as the centerpiece selection.
Other films that will be screened at the festival are The Bengali Detective (Documentary), Bhopali (Documentary), Daayen Ya Baayen, A Decent Arrangement, Geeta in Paradise, Holy Kitchens, The Legend of Rama, Made In India (Documentary), Meherjaan, Metropolis@Kolkata, Raakh, Semshook and Shala.
Sound Of Heaven: The Story of Bal Gandharva, Sthaniya Sambaad, T. D. Dasan Std. VI B, 10ml love, The Way Home, Yeh Saali Zindagi and You Don’t Belong (Documentary) will also be screened.
Along with, shorts from Whistling Woods International Film School directed by Rahul Prakash, Sonika Mody, Rohit Tiwari, Monalisa Banerji, Preeti Aneja and Arati Kadav will also be showcased.
Film personalities like Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Habib Faisal, Rituparno Ghosh and Aparna Sen are likely to grace the festival.
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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.
