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UTV Spotboys’ ‘Welcome to Sajjanpur’ to compete at London Film Festival
MUMBAI: Shyam Benegal‘s latest venture, Welcome to Sajjanpur, is set to be screened in the competition section of World Cinema at the London Film Festival, to be held from 15 October to 30 October.
Welcome to Sajjanpur will be featured on 25 October at OWE1 and on 26 October at Waterman‘s Art Centre in London.
Presented by UTV SpotBoy, the film will be released on 19 September in India.
Welcome to Sajjanpur revolves round the story of Mahadev, one of the few educated young men from Sajjanpur. Mahadev’s ambition is to be a novelist. However, he makes a living by writing letters.
“Welcome to Sajjanpur is a journey to the real India and shares with you some harsh and some not so harsh reality of that India. It also brings alive the simplicity and the beauty of the heartland which is far removed from the city life. Its Mr. Benegal’s uncorrupted storytelling style that makes you thoroughly enjoy the ride to this India,” UTV Spotboy COO Vikas Bahl.
The film stars Shreyas Talpade, Ravi Kishan, Divya Datta and Amrita Rao, amongst others.
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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.
