Hindi
Batra’s ‘Lunchbox’ wins jury special mention at Cinemart
MUMBAI: Ritesh Batra‘s The Lunchbox has won a Jury Special Mention at the 29th CineMart, the co-production market of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
The project is a co-production of Anurag Kashyap Productions Pvt Ltd (India) and Cine Mosaic (USA).
The ARTE France Cinéma Award (10,000 Euro) for the Best CineMart 2012 Project was given to Duncharon by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece), a co-production of Haos Films and Faliro House Productions (Greece), Maharaja Films (France) and The Match Factory GmbH (Germany).
The Eurimages Co-Production Development Award (30,000 Euro) for the Best CineMart 2012 Project with an European partner went to Humidity by Nikola Ljuca (Serbia), a co-production of Dart Film (Serbia) and zischlermann film produktion GbR (Germany).
Cinemart concluded on 1 February in Rotterdam.
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.
