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The Way Home, I am Sindhutai Sakpal bag top honours at Madrid fest
MUMBAI: Dr. Biju Kumar’s film, The Way Home, has won the best film award at the 10th Imagineindia film festival while the director was adjudged the best director.
The plot of ‘The Way Home‘ revolves around a doctor who is assigned the case of a woman who is the member of a terrorist group.
“As a pan-Indian film, The Way Home captures India’s diverse topography and natural wonder with some exhilarating photography. This is the first Indian film which covers 5 states as the locations,” states the official website of the festival describing the film.
The second winner in the best film category was bagged by Ananth Mahadevan’s ‘I am Sindhutai Sapkal‘ while ‘Arranged Happiness‘ by Daniela Creutz won the third honour.
While Vijanath Biradar won the best actor trophy for ‘Riding the Stallion of Dreams‘, Tejaswini Pandit won the Best Actress for ‘I am Sindhutai Sapkal‘.
The festival ran in Madrid, Spain, from 17 to 31 May.
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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.
