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Rushdie to play Hindu sage in film based on Midnight’s Children
MUMBAI: Salman Rushdie is all set to make his big screen debut. He will play the role of Shri Ramram Seth — a mystic who floats six inches above the ground and hangs pictures of Vishnu‘s avatars on his walls in the screenplay adaptation of his own Booker-winning novel, Midnight‘s Children.
The novel which also won the Booker of Bookers prize recently is to be directed by Deepa Mehta. The film will go on the floors next year.
Sources reveal that Rushdie already had a narration of the film with Mehta and Shabana Azmi (leading lady) before Deepa announced that she would make the film at a film festival in New York last year.
Though it is not known who will play the lead of character of Saleem Sinai, the narrator of the film, Shabana Azmi will play Jamila Singer (Saleem‘s sister) while Nandita Das would play Padma Mangroli (Saleem‘s girlfriend and the listener).
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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.
