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Gautam Rajadhyaksha passes away
MUMBAI: Veteran film and fashion photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha passed away early this morning following a massive heart attack. He was 60 years old.
Rajadhyaksha was very popular among film personalities and worked on portraits of almost all the leading stars of the Indian film industry.
In his illustrious career as a photographer, Rajadhyaksha had clicked the biggest names of Bollywood. In fact, it was said during the ‘90s that you ain‘t anybody in Bollywood unless you have been clicked by Rajadhyaksha.
A cousin of writer and socialite Shobha De, Rajadhyaksha was a keen collector of opera recordings and had held several talk shows on the subject. One of India‘s most celebrated portraitist, he has photographed almost all the icons of the Indian film industry.
A classmate of actor Shabana Azmi, Rajadhyaksha left his advertising job in 1987 and took up commercial photography. He worked for De‘s magazine ‘Celebrity‘ and soon emerged as a leading celebrity photographer.
Tweeted Madhur Bhandarkar, “Shocked to hear about the demise of best portraitist photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha. He was a great human being and will be missed always. RIP!”
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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.
