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Fortissimo Films acquires international rights of Miss Lovely
MUMBAI: Days before the Cannes Film Festival, Amsredam-based Fortissimo Films has acquired the international rights of director Ashim Ahluwalia‘s Miss Lovely.
The film will have its premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at 65th Cannes Film Festival. Taking advantage of the situation, Fortissimo will also market the film at the festival.
Set in the lower depths of Bombay‘s “C” grade film industry, Miss Lovely follows the devastating story of two brothers who produce sex horror films in the mid-1980s.
Commented Fortissimo in its official website, “The film gets under the skin of the Bollywood underground, an audacious cinema with wild cinemascope compositions, lurid art direction, rollicking background soundtracks and gut-wrenching melodrama.”
The production, sales and distribution company has been behind films like Wong Kar Wai‘s In the Mood for Love. It had earlier acquired international rights of Indian director Anand Gandhi‘s Ship of Theseus which is currently under production.
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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.
