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Wave Cinema pockets theatrical rights of Ready for Rs 540 million
MUMBAI: Producer T-Series has sold the worldwide theatrical rights of the Salman Khan Asin-starrer Ready to distributor Ponty Chadda‘s Wave Cinema for Rs 540 million.
Not just that, Salman‘s father Salim Khan has picked up the C.P.-Berar, C.I. and Rajasthan rights of Ready from Chadda. He has also sold the Nizam rights of the film for Rs 27 million.
Earlier, in 2005 Chadda had made the Sunny Deal-starrer Jo Bole So Nihaal.
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.
