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Paramount scraps $450 mn funding deal with Deutsche Bank
MUMBAI: Paramount Pictures’ plan of a $450 million film financing deal with Deutsche Bank has collapsed.
Had the deal taken place, Deutsche would have funded 25 per cent of each Paramount film, capped at $30 million per movie.
However, as per reports, Paramount declined from negotiating with the bank on the deal because the terms had become unattractive compared with alternative sources of financing available.
Deutsche has decided to shut its film finance unit, thereby axing the entire film finance team, which includes the unit‘s top executive Laura Fazio.
Paramount is currently looking forward to revive the deal with another bank and aims to release the films, affected by the deal, on the same scheduled dates.
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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.
