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Ramchand Pakistani to compete in Tribeca Film Fest
NEW DELHI: Pakistani film Ramchand Pakistani, directed by Mehreen Jabbar, has been selected for the competition section of the Tribeca Film Festival. The film will also be screened at the Seattle Film Festival.
The film, slated for a simultaneous release in theaters pan India and Pakistan in August, is about a Pakistani Hindu boy and his father who accidentally cross the border into India from their village in Pakistan.
They end up spending five years in an Indian prison while the mother is left wondering about her husband‘s and son‘s whereabouts. The story aims to capture the plight of an eight-year old child who learns to cope with the trauma of forced separation from his mother while being held prisoner.
Javed, producer of Ramchand Pakistani, said at a press meet at the ongoing 10th OCFF that this was the first-ever Pakistani film to be shot in the Bhuj area of Gujarat . It also stars Rashid Farooqi, Fazal Hussain, Nouman Ijaz and Maria Wasti.
When asked about her experience with the film, Nandita Das said that she often forgot she was in a different country and behaved as she does when in her own home. “Human emotions are universal and so I had no difficulty to adjusting to working in Pakistan,” she added.
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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.
