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Benegal, Karnad, Bhandarkar to receive presidential honour
MUMBAI: Three personalities from theatre and the film industry like Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad and Madhur Bhandarkar will be conferred the Ganga Sharan Singh Award by President Dr Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhavan this Wednesday for their contribution to Hindi language.
This isn‘t the first time Bhandarkar, Benegal and Karnad are being felicitated. Earlier, Benegal was felicited with the Padma Shri award in 1976 and Padma Bhushan award in 1991. Karnad too was conferred the Padma Shri award in 1974 and the Padma Bhushan award in 1992.
For Bhandarkar, this would be the fourth time that he would receive a Presidential award. In 2001 and 2005, he was conferred the National Film Award for best film for Chandni Bar and Page 3, respectively, by the then President APJ Kalam. In 2007, he was conferred the National Film Award for best director for Traffic Signal.
The Ganga Sharan Singh award is a literary honour that the Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (Central Hindi Organisation), Ministry of Human Resource Development annually confers on writers of outstanding works in Hindi literature. The award is also bestowed upon those who play an important role in promoting the Hindi language through their area of expertise.
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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.
