Hindi
Indian to helm supernatural thriller in Hollywood
MUMBAI: Having directed two music videos of music album Kinaara, director Mohan Savalkar of Able & Will Films has taken a big leap into Hollywood by bagging a contract to helm a supernatural thriller Dark Stone being produced by Los Angeles-based Shock Studios Ltd.
The production house is currently conducting casting calls in London and Los Angeles and will be utilising A-list, internationally known stars in the film that will be released worldwide late next year.
The film is scheduled to commence filming in Jakarta and Indonesia in the first quarter of 2013.
This film is being co-produced with New York’s 6to4to3Films and LA’s Blitz Media.
Incidentally, Savalkar had earlier directed 27-13.20 Nakshatra that starred Anupam Kher and Milind Soman.
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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.
