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Women’s Film Festival to begin from 1 March
MUMBAI: The second edition of the Women‘s Film Festival (WFF) will be held from 1 March onwards.
Hosted by Indo-Korean Cultural and Information Centre in Chennai, the festival will be organised by The Inko Centre in association with National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), National Film Archives (NFAI), The Directorate of Film Festivals of India (DFFI), The Indo-Cine Appreciation Foundation, Chennai, Women’s International Film Festival in Seoul and Sathyam Cinemas.
WFF, which ends on 8 March, will screen approximately 150 films produced in 30 countries. The films selected will be either those which are made by women directors or films made by male directors whose work presents a distinct women’s perspective.
The festival will also hold an international seminar on the subject ‘The Eye Behind the Camera: Looking at Films’.
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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.
