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Pirated DVDs of Gulaal seized
MUMBAI: Mumbai police has seized 2960 pirated DVDs of Gulal, just a week after the theatrical release of the Anurag Kashyap directed movie. Gulaal, the home production of Zee Limelight, was released on 13 March.
The cost of the DVDs total to approximately Rs 8,80,000. The seizure was aided by the Society for Copyright Regulation of Indian Producers for Film and Television (Script).
Assisted by the Script team, the Dadar and Shivaji Park police stations of Mumbai conducted raids on three establishments on 17 March in Dadar. Four people were arrested and an FIR has been registered at the Dadar police station under section 51, 52(A), 63, 64 and 68 (A) of the copyright act 1957. The Mumbai police are making a detailed enquiry in the matter.
It has been estimated that piracy causes a loss of Rs 6 billion annually to the Indian music and film industry.
Gulal is a critically acclaimed contemporary film set in the backdrop of college politics and regionalism and stars KK Menon, Aditya Srivastav, Piyush Mishra, Ayesha Mohan, Abhimanyu Singh and Jessie Randhawa.
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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.
