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Fame to merge with Inox
MUMBAI: Inox Leisure Ltd is having its own say on how Fame India is going to be run, after brushing aside Reliance ADAG‘s threat to own the multiplex chain.
Fame and its three subsidiaries are going to merge with Inox to create the country‘s largest multiplex chain with 257 screens. Big Cinemas has 252 screens, PVR Ltd 162 screens , Cinemax India 141 screens and Fun Cinemas 73 screens.
The board of Inox will meet on 15 June to consider the merger proposal.
“The board will consider the amalgamation of Fame India Limited with Inox,” said InoxLeisure Ltd CEO Deepak Asher.
The merger of Fame India Limited (a subsidiary of the company) with Inox will also include the existing wholly owned subsidiaries (namely, Fame Motion Pictures Limited, Big Picture Hospitality Services Private Limited and Headstrong Films Private Limited), Inox said in its filing to the BSE on 7 June.
In early 2010, Reliance Capital had launched a hostile bid for a 62.08 per cent stake at Rs 83.40 a share, 63.5 per cent higher than Inox‘s open offer of Rs 51. The promoter group of Fame had offloaded their 43.28 per cent stake to Inox for Rs 66.48 crore in an all-cash deal. Inox further upped its stake in Fame India through an open offer.
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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.
