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Guwahati fest jury to include Onir and Cyrus Dastur
MUMBAI: The second Guwahati International Short Film Festival (GISFF) will include filmmaker Onir and theatre personality Cyrus Dastur.
The jury, to be held from 4 to 6 May, will be headed by senior filmmaker Gautam Bora. It will also consist of National award winning director Sanjeev Hazarika and this year‘s National award winning film critic Manoj Barpujari as members.
Interestingly, Onir‘s film ‘I Am‘, a compendium of four short films that won the National Award for the best Hindi Film as well as best lyrics recently, will have its northeast premiere at the festival.
The preview jury will be headed by noted cinema and theatre personality Nayan Prasad and have film critic Chandan Sarmah, editor Kaju and film society activist Nesimul Mazid as members. The preview juries will shortlist the entries for final screening at the festival.
The festival will organise a number of seminars, workshops and open discussions in April as a run-up towards the main event.
While the competitive sections of the festival will have Northeast Shorts Competition (open only for filmmakers from northeast) and National Mobile Phone Short Filmmaking Contest, the non-competitive sections will have World/Indian premiere, world kaleidoscope, Indian kaleidoscope and student kaleidoscope.
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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.
