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Three-year agreement between DFS and AFI ends
MUMBAI: The three-year agreement between The Dallas Film Society (DFS) and the American Film Institute (AFI) has come to an end.
The agreement came into force in 2006 to support the launch of city‘s international film festival and help establish it among the film industry‘s foremost events.
The 2009 AFI Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) was the concluding event under the agreement.
“AFI is proud to have played a role in launching the Dallas Film Society‘s annual film festival. Dallas is home to many of this nation‘s premier arts organisations and the AFI is honoured to have helped establish a proper place for films along with the other arts in this great city,” said AFI president and CEO Bob Gazzale.
“The relationship with the AFI has helped DIFF to take its place among the nation‘s top 20 film festivals with more than 100,000 attendees in our first three years,” added Dallas Film Society Chair Ruth O‘Donnell Mutch.
The two entities are now discussing ways of working together on project basis.
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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.
