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Ujwal Nirgudkar to make presentation on Bollywood at ACVL in California
MUMBAI: Filmlab technical director Ujwal N.Nirgudkar will be making a presentation ‘Bollywood-The Story of Indian Cinema’ at the annual International conference of Association of Cinema & Video Laboratories (ACVL) of USA on 5 June in California.
Incidentally, Nirgudkar is the first Indian to be selected on the board of ACVL, an organization which started operating in 1953.
This 45-minute presentation that has been invited by ACVL because of the recent success of Slumdog Millionaire, will be about technical and historical developments in the Indian Film Industry.
The presentation will cover events from Late Dadasaheb Phalke‘s contribution to Indian Cinema to the current events and will cover industry efforts in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore and other parts of India. It will also have some statistics about the Indian film history.
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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.
