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Rishi Kapoor wins best actor award at NYIFF
MUMBAI: Rishi Kapoor has won the best actor award at the 11th New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) that concluded on 8 May in Manhattan.
The festival, which started on 4 May, chose the Arjun Gourisaria and Moinak Biswas-directed Sthaniya Sambaad (Spring in the Colony) as the best feature film, while Abhay Kumar’s Just That Sort of a Day won the best short film. The Max Carlson-directed Bhopali was adjudged the best documentary.
Other awardees include Aparna Sen as best director for Iti Mrinalini, Konkona Sen Sharma as best actress and Mohan Raghavan’s T.D. Dasan Std. VI B for best screenplay.
While Habib Faisal directed Do Dooni Chaar opened the festival, Rituparno Ghosh’s Nauka Dubi was the closing film.
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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.
