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PVR to release Persepolis on 20 June
MUMBAI: PVR Cinemas is set to release NDTV Lumi?re’s Persepolis on 20 June this year in Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore.
Based on the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis is an animation film which was nominated for the best animated feature film at the 2008 Oscars.
The film, with a total of 600 animated characters, has voices of Sean Penn, Gena Rowlands and Iggy Pop.
Persepolis is a story of a young Iranian girl coming of age and struggling to find her place in the ever evolving society.
The film has been made in three different languages namely English, French and Persian to cater to the audience across the globe.
Earlier, Persepolis has won the jury prize at the Festival de Cannes with an additional 15 awards and 21 nominations at various other international festivals.
Hindi
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.
