Hindi
Balaji Tele’s movie arm acquires in-film rights of Tamil track
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms‘ movie division Alt Entertainment has acquired the in-film rights of a chart-busting Tamil track for incorporation in their soon-to-release film, The Dirty Picture.
The Emraan Hashmi-Vidya Balan starrer has incorporated Naaka Mukka from the film Kadhalil Vizunthen.
Remarked director Milan Luthria, "The track is rhythmic and sensual, and needless to add, extremely successful. I heard the track while shooting in Hyderabad and liked the way my production unit reacted to it."
The track will feature at various points in The Dirty Picture while its original form has been retained.
Incidentally, Naaka Mukka played at the opening ceremony of the Cricket World Cup 2011 held at Mirpur in Bangladesh and later at the inaugural ceremony of the IPL 2011 held in Chennai.
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.
