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Percept Picture Company to invest Rs 1.5 bn in 9 films
MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company (PPC) will be investing Rs 1.5 billion in a nine-movie line up slated for later release, chief executive officer Navin Shah tells Indiantelevision.com.
PPC has entered into enduring tie-ups with eminent directors such as Madhur Bhandarkar, Nagesh Kukunoor, David Dhawan, Priyadarshan and Aneez Bazmee. The future movies will be created from this talent pool.
Apart from these future projects, PPC has also lined up a slate of films for 2009-10. The first to come out of the Percept stable will be 24×7 Raftaar, a movie directed by Shamim Desai, followed by Madhur Bhandarkar’s Jail.
Then there are films like Bumm Bumm Bole directed by Priyadarshan, Aashayein and Yeh Hausla directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, and Carry on Pandu directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni.
Percept started the year with Firaaq, Kanchivaram and 8×10 Tasveer. Says Shah, “PPC is ready with the next set of releases, the first being 24x7Raftaar which is scheduled for August 2009 release followed by Madhur Bhandarkar’s Jail. We eagerly await the strike to get over as we are ready with most of our films.”
Percept Picture Company is a part of Percept Holdings, a strategic holding company that promotes, owns and manages a spectrum of marketing communication companies. Percept Holdings has a capitalised billing of Rs 16.5 billion and employs over 1,000 employees in 64 offices across 22 locations.
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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.
