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Excel Entertainment collaborates with Hollywood studio for ‘Three Stories’
MUMBAI: 2015 is going to be one lucky year for Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment. Having a lot on its platter, from Dil Dhadakne Do and Bangistan set for release to starting preparations for Rock On 2 and Raees, the production house seems to be on a roll.
Adding to the kitty, it has signed a co-production deal for its next film – Three Stories with a popular Hollywood studio, Relativity Media.
Aiming at an international audience, this California based film studio will be helping Excel Entertainment in the mainstream release of the movie. Relativity Media has previously produced films like The Bourne Legacy, Magic Mike among others.
Directed by ad filmmaker Arjun Mukherjee, the film in question stars Sharman Joshi, Shefali Shah and Pulkit Samrat. The actresses’ names are still being kept under wraps. Sidhwani who is excited about taking the film to a global audience stated that Three Stories is an emotional tale with elements of humour. It is being said that the story revolves around three chawl residents in Mumbai who are trying to deal with the situations in an urban society.
It is slated to go on floors in January 2015.
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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.
