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Anupam Kher to set up acting school in Sydney
MUMBAI: Spreading wings, Anupam Kher has announced the setting up of his acting school in Australia.
To be known as Actor Prepares Australia, the school will be based at Fox Studios in Sydney. Actor Prepares already has branches in the US and the UK.
Kher said, “We are planning to launch the school in London and Durban around August and the school in Sydney is scheduled to begin functioning by October”.
Kher has also entered into alliances with other film organisations in Australia. The tie-ups include the rights to host the inaugural Global Debut Acting Awards named Thespis. The awards, said to be Kher‘s brainchild, will honour debut performances in various categories across the world.
While Kher will also be the first ambassador for the Indian International Film Festival and Awards being organised by Sydney-based Events Temple company this year, Australia‘s famous TV personality and film administrator Peter Castaldi will be the festival manager.
After the inaugural awards in Australia, the annual ceremony is slated to travel around the globe on the lines of IIFA.
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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.
