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Ben Affleck’s Argo turns Warner Bros green
MUMBAI: Ben Affleck‘s latest film Argo has become one of the best films this year in India, coming out of the stables of Warner Bros.
The thriller is based loosely on Tony Mendez‘s account of the historical rescue of six US diplomats from Tehran, Iran during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
The film stars Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, and John Goodman, and was released in North America on 12 October.
The film is co-produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, who previously collaborated on the critically acclaimed Good Night, and Good Luck.
The box-office collection of Argo jumped 84 per cent from Friday to Saturday and 105 per cent on Sunday.
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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.
