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Rahul Dholakia making film inspired by Nandigram
MUMBAI: Rahul Dholakia, best known to pick up political and social issues and churn them into films like Parzania and Lamha: The Untold Story of Kashmir, has this time chosen corporate crime as the theme for his forthcoming movie Kanoon to be produced by B.R. Films.
” It‘s a fiction set in Kolkata. It‘s a courtroom drama on corporate crime and has a close reference to the Nandigram issue. Actually, it shows how common poor people suffer and lose their lives in political or corporate clashes. It‘s something around those lines,” Dholakia has been quoted as saying.
Dholakia had started working on the film a year ago but it got stalled as BR Films head honcho Ravi Chopra was undergoing some health problems. “Almost after a year, B.R. Films has revived it again. Actually Ravi was not keeping well, hence it got delayed. We are ready with the first draft of it. We are sitting and reviving that. Hopefully, we will finish that very soon and after that we would approach the actors,” said Dholakia.
As the film is set in Kolkata, it would have some Bengali artistes. “It would be a star-studded film and there would be someone from Bengal. The film will also be staged in Kolkata,” Dholakia maintains.
Dholakia has also rebuffed the false claims of director Akashdeep who recently said that the former would direct portions of his next Baap Ka Maal.
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.
