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Gurvinder Singh’s film wins Hong Kong Fest award
MUMBAI: Gurvinder Singh’s The Fourth Direction has won the Paris Project award at the 10th Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum that concluded recently.
Produced by Kartikeya Narayan Singh, the film combines two short stories by well-known Punjabi writer Waryam Singh Sandhu, in the backdrop of the movement for a Sikh separatist state in the ‘80s.
The Fourth Direction is the second feature film project of Singh after Anhey Ghore Da Daan, that got him the National Award for best director.
The Fourth Direction will share the prize with Flowing Stories directed by Tsang Tsui-shan. The award presented by the Paris Cinéma International Film Festival comprises 5,000 Euros.
The 10th Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) was held from 19 to 21 March.
The festival also happens to be Asia’s premier project market that connects Asian filmmakers with upcoming film projects with internationally prominent film financiers, producers, bankers, distributors, buyers and funders for co-production ventures.
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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.
