Hindi
Akshay Kumar to remake Pokkiri Raja in Hindi
MUMBAI: Akshay Kumar has bought the remaking rights of Malayalam film, Pokkiri Raja.
Titled Naam Bhai Boss, the film will have Kumar and Imraan Abbas reprise the roles that Mammootty and Raavan star Prithviraj essay in the original.
The film revolves around Madhavan Nair who unknowingly kills a teenager and his eldest son, Raja, take the blame and is sentenced to jail for five years.
After returning from jail, Raja moves to Madhurai where he rescues the life of the daughter of Maniannai. The village landlord hen turns his right hand. He is named as Madhurai Raja. Years later, he started being known as Pokkiri Raja.
The film will be directed by Antony D‘souza.
Incidentally, Kumar has also bought the rights of the super hit song ‘Appadi Podu‘ from the Tamil film Ghilli and plans to use it in Naam Bhai Boss.
The film is expected to hit the screens by the end of this year.
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.
