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Katiyabaaz is the sole Indian film at Tribeca Film Festival
MUMBAI: Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar‘s feature documentary Katiyabaaz (Powerless) is the sole Indian film in competition at the 12th Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
Set amidst extreme power shortage in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, the film tells the story from the perspective of an electricity thief and an IAS officer, who has vowed to eliminate electricity theft.
This is the duos first full-length feature film.
Katiyabaaz had its world premier at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival and was well received by critics and the audience.
Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2002 with the mission of revitalisation of lower Manhattan in the wake of the 9/11 disaster. Since then the festival has grown into one of the most important celebrations of films and filmmakers 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.
