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Salman Khan playing a RAW agent in YRF’s Ek Tha Tiger
MUMBAI: Recently Yash Raj Films (YRF) caused a euphoria when it announced a film, Ek Tha Tiger, with Salman Khan in the lead.
It has now been disclosed that Salman Khan will play an undercover agent for India‘s external intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). Khan is supposed to be a RAW agent who is taught to blend with the mainstream, to not stand out in a crowd and to be as non-descript as possible.
For this director Kabir Khan has done extensive research and is looking to give an entirely new dimension to Khan‘s personality. Though Khan is a documentary maker, he has decided not to forget his origins even while making a feature film. “My roots are in documentary filmmaking. And even if I make feature films, I can‘t stray too far away from my origins,” he says.
Meanwhile, the production house has confirmed that the film would be shot in five countries across the globe of which three have been confirmed. They are Chile in South America, Dublin in Ireland and Istanbul.
Ek Tha Tiger, being touted as YRF’s biggest-budget films in recent times, will go on the floors in July and has been scheduled for an early summer release.
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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.
