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Kahaani to show on VOD from 20 April via Mela
MUMBAI: Video on demand service Mela has acquired the streaming service rights of Sujoy Ghosh‘s Kahaani.
The film will start airing on the service from 20 April.
“Mela is thrilled to announce that we have acquired non-exclusive online rights to the hugely successful and highly popular recent Bollywood hit, Kahaani. The film‘s release on Mela comes a month after its theatrical premiere in India. We will provide distribution of the film on the Mela Movies iPad App and Roku channel starting 20 April,” the company said.
The Sujoy Ghosh-directed film stars Vidya Balan as a 7-month pregnant woman who travels to Kolkata in search of her missing husband only to find that everyone she asks his information from claim that no such person exists. The film received instant public and critical acclaim upon its theatrical release on 9 March collecting praise for its cinematography, originality, screenplay, and performances.
Kahaani arrives on the heels of last year‘s hit The Dirty Picture that earned Vidya Balan the best actress Filmfare award.
Mela‘s services are available worldwide.
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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.
