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Film investors, filmmakers to be on a single platform on 27 April in Mumbai
MUMBAI: On the occasion of the ‘International Conference on Film Finance’, to be held for the first time in India at Mumbai on 27 April, the Banknet Group and Six Sigma Films are set to bring film investors and filmmakers on a single platform.
The main goal of the conference will be to educate equity and debt financiers on film business opportunities while mitigating risks; provide producers with effective approaches to fundraising, and offer filmmakers several ways to create viable content and distribution options to generate revenue.
The conference will have specialised sessions with presentations and interactive panel discussions on various issues like film/TV financing; monetisation of scripts; trends in film financing; cash flow in film projects; film insurance; managing risks in film production; film distribution network; co-production and co-financing; and entertainment technologies.
The event will have the participation from private equity and hedge funds; venture capitalists; high net worth and angel investors; film investors, bankers and lenders; financiers; producers; directors; studio executives and technology experts from Asia-Pacific, UK and the US.
Premier film industry associations like Western India Film Producers’ Association and Indian Film Exporters Association (Indian Council of Impex for Films & TV Programmers) as well as leading film journal Complete Cinema are supporting the conference. IndianTelevision.com is online media partner.
Banknet Group is India’s leading research, analyst and online media channel for financial services and technology with community of over 1,00,000 professionals worldwide.
Six Sigma Films is a production house, which believes in an open and collaborative approach and aims to deliver creative and innovative cinema and advertising with the highest integrity and professionalism to achieve global standards. It has community of 8,000+ media and entertainment professionals.
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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.
