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Indian short film Panchabhuta at Busan Intl fest
MUMBAI: Mohan Kumar Valasala’s Panchbhuta (The Five Elements) will compete at the 29th Busan International Short Film Festival that will be held from 10 to 14 May.
The film captures the existence of the five elements on a dumping ground in Kolkata. The focus of the documentary is on the existence of the elements and life in this space.The documentary portrays only visuals and sounds to evoke. It does not have voice over, story, plot, characters, dialogues and interviews. I Panchbhuta is structured in sync with the different times of the day – morning, afternoon, evening, night and back to morning. The further structuring is divided into capturing the moments of the elements – fire, water, air, ether and soil.
Panchbhuta is the only Indian film to be shown at the festival. It had its world premiere at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.
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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.
