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Salman’s ‘Ready’ fires up the box office
MUMBAI: Ready has lived up to all expectations and the hype it generated with a bumper opening response and handsome weekend take.
With Ready, Salman Khan makes a hat-trick, giving his third successive hit after Wanted and Dabangg.
‘Ready has been accepted well at both, multiplexes as well as single screens. The first weekend figures of Rs 425 million amply justify that.
Kucch Luv Jaisaa is below par, collecting Rs 26 million in its first week.
Sheetalbhabi.com, a repackaged old product, is a total write off.
Pyaar Ka Punchnama is reasonably steady, collecting Rs 38 million in its second week run to take its two-week total to Rs 84 million.
Stanely Ka Dabba collects Rs 9.5 million in its third week; the three week total is Rs 51.5 million.
Haunted 3-D is steady in its fourth week and collected Rs 19.5 million; the total stands at Rs 27.5 million.
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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.
