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Percept Picture Company readies first of eight horror films
MUMBAI: The horror genre will get a boost in Bollywood with Percept Picture Company (PPC) readying a slate of movies under the Horrorotainment brand.
PPC plans to roll out eight films in this genre over three years, made each on a budget between Rs 80-100 million. The first in the pipeline is 8, made in association with Glorius Entertainment.
A youth-oriented horror film, 8 will be directed by noted special effects director Wilson Louis. Says PPC chief executive Navin Shah, “Today it is the youth who rules the box-office and horror films are extremely to their liking. Our research department has found out that besides reading horror stories, the youth is attracted to the horror-genre may it be through TV serials or films.”
Why the name 8? “You see when you write the figure 8 you start at a point and taking a curve end up at the same point. That is life. The story of our film is similar. In fact before arriving at the title, we did a market survey and all the respondents okayed it,” says Shah.
All the horror films will be made under the Percept Horrorotainment banner. “We are already working on Grrr, a film directed by Priyadarsan, that involves the Tiger. It is akin to numerous creature films like Annaconda, Lake Placid and Deep Rising,” avers Shah.
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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.
