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Stars start converging at Toronto for IIFA
MUMBAI: Just a day before the 12th Indian International Film Academy (IIFA) weekend and awards get going, Toronto is witnessing the biggest convergence of Bollywood stars unseen in the past.
The event, to be held between 23 and 25 June, will see the screening of 20 Bollywood films including Chak De India, Hera Pheri, Dabangg and Dil To Pagal Ha among others in Toronto and its sister cities of Brampton, Mississauga and Markham.
“With a number of film briefings taking place, the media will be privy to sneak previews of some highly anticipated films including Love Breakup Zindagi, Aazaan, Politics of Love and Tell Me O Khuda,” IIFA organisers said in a statement.
According to the organisers, more than 22,000 people are expected to attend the IIFA Awards that will be beamed internationally to over 700 million people. In addition to the main awards show, the IIFA Film Festival will take place at cinemas across four cities in the Greater Toronto area from 24 June.
Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, the Deol clan of Dharmendra (Sunny, Bobby, Esha and Hema Malini), Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu, Mallika Sherawat, Dia Mirza, Anil Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Neetu and Rishi Kapoor, Arbaaz and Malaika Arora Khan are expected to attend the festival.
The three-day show, which will open with Salman Khan‘s debut production Chillar Party, will culminate with the Bollywood Oscars night on 25 June.
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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.
