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Shemaroo taps Studio Canal’s films for home video
MUMBAI: The home video distributor Shemaroo Entertainment has licensed 70 titles from Studio Canal, a subsidiary of the French Pay TV Group Canal+.
Shemaroo will distribute these 70 titles on home video in SAARC countries – India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives.
A two decade old player, Shemaroo is a big operator of domestic Indian films. With this deal, the company boosts its presence in the international film category.
Shemaroo Entertainment director Hiren Gada said, “We are glad to be associated with Studio Canal and license some of their phenomenal films for home video distribution. Given our strong distribution network in the mainstream Hindi film category, we will be able to give a good boost and widespread distribution to these titles.”
Meanwhile, for the first time in India, some of the major titles’ DVD will have the extra feature of 5.1 surround sound.
StudioCanal Home Entertainment EVP Francoise Guyonnet said, “It has been a pleasure working with Shemaroo Entertainment from the very start. We are confident they will be the best partners for the distribution of our titles throughout India.”
Some of the major titles Shemaroo has licensed are Rambo Triology, Basic Instinct, Terminator 2, Cliffhanger, Red Sonja, Total Recall, Serpico, Murder on the Orient Express, Universal Soldier, Raw Deal, Lock-Up, Escape from New York, Red Heat, The Graduate, four titles from Carry on Series and Air America among others.
Shemaroo claims of acquiring close to 300 titles, across all genres. Studio Canal holds the largest non US film library with 5186 titles.
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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.
