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Gangs of Wasseypur bags four nominations at Asia-Pacific Film Fest
MUMBAI: Anurag Kashyap`s Gangs of Wasseypur has bagged four nominations, including best film and best director, at the 55th Asia-Pacific Film Festival.
It has also been nominated in the best supporting actress category (Huma Qureshi) and best art direction (Suikal Bose).
Two other films – Kahaani and Barfi‘ have also been nominated. While Vidya Balan has been shortlisted in the best actress category for Kahaani, Barfi has been nominated for its music by Pritam Chakraborty.
The other films in contention for the best movie along with Gangs of Wasseypur 1 & 2 are I Wish, Life Without Principle, Lore, Masquerade and Bunohan Apparat.
Thirty films will contend for the final awards in this year`s festival with the theme The New Starting Line.
Nominated for best actor are Lee Byung-hun (Masquerade), Lau Ching Wan (Life Without Principle), Eddie Garcia (Bwakaw), Joseph Chang (GF*BF), Masato Sakai (Key of Life) and Tony Leung Kar Fai (Cold War) while the nominees for best actress besides Vidya are Song Jia (Falling Flowers), Gwei Lun Mei (GF*BF), Im Soo-jung (All about My Wife), Prisia Nasution (The Dancer) and Nora Aunor (Thy Womb).
The list will be assessed by the juries through two rounds of voting.
Winners will be announced on 15 December.
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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.
