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NYIFF, Whistling Woods to aid directors
MUMBAI: The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF), the oldest festival for Indian cinema in the US, will partner with three prestigious film schools in New York and India to help directors reach a wider platform with their storytelling.
Aimed at helping foster a new generation of filmmakers, the partnership will be with Subhash Ghai‘s Whistling Woods International (WWI)in Mumbai, the Department of Cinema Studies at Tisch, New York University and the New York Film Academy.
WWI, an institute for film, television, animation, and media arts, awards the top short films from its film students each year. These award-winning shorts will now travel to New York and screen at NYIFF each year allowing emerging filmmakers to reach audiences and industry professionals in the US.
For the last two years, NYIFF has teamed up with the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. In addition, the New York Film Academy has offered a one-week scholarship valued at $1,575 for film study to an emerging filmmaker whose work will be screened at the film festival.
Organised by the Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC), the 11th annual New York Indian Film Festival will run from 4 to May 8 in Manhattan.
This year‘s line-up includes Incerto, Flip, Punha, Daily Soap, Kalapaani and Uss Paar.
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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.
