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Pinki’s ‘smile’ wins the Oscar
The 39-minute Smile Pinki is a chronicle of how Pinki from Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh, along with thousands of others from different parts of India, are operated upon without charge, at a hospital funded by the international charitable organisation ‘Smile Train’. The film was premiered at SilverDocs and was also nominated for best documentary short at the 2008 International Documentary Association 2008. Director-producer Megan Mylan is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker and Goggenheim Fellow. Earlier, her film Lost Boys of Sudan, co-directed with Jon Shenk, won an Independent Spirit Award and was nominated for two national Emmys. |
Pinki, who has been completely cured of the curse of having been born with a cleft lip in a free operation, is the central focus of the film, made by Megan Mylan.
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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.
