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Udaan is best film at IFFLA awards
MUMBAI: The Grand Jury of the Indian Film festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) has adjudged the Vikramaditya Motwane-directed Udaan as the ‘Best Film’ while the ‘Best Picture Audience Prize’ was annexed by the Nila Madhab Panda-directed film I Am Kalam.
I Am Kalam is filmmaker Sonia Gulati’s story of coming home to India wanting to disclose her sexual orientation and meeting other closeted and openly gay and lesbian Indians and their parents. Big in Bollywood is the story of Omi Vaidya’s launch from obscurity to the heights of Bollywood stardom through 3 Idiots, documented by his college friends.
The Eclipse of Taregna by Rakesh Chaudhary won the Best Short (Grand Jury) while Audience’s Favourite was Tubelight Ka Chaand by Shlok Sharma.
The 9th edition of the festival was held from 12-17 April at ArcLight Hollywood in Los Angeles, California.
Hindi
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.
