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Love Lies And Seeta releasing on 18 May
MUMBAI: Producer Chandra Pemmaraju is gearing up to release Love Lies And Seeta under the banner of Movie Depot on 18 May.
This Indo–American independent film is about falling for a girl who doesn’t believe in love and interweaving friendships that cross-traditional borders of ethnicity. The movie follows the lives of the male leads – Rahul, Tom, and Bhavuk, who have all independently met the beautiful Seeta at different stages in their lives.
As the friendship amongst the three men grow, a chance encounter with Seeta makes them realise they all have fallen in love with the same woman. They reach out to their friends outside the group to cope with falling in love with Seeta. The love triangle envelops the characters and their friends. The city backdrop depicts a New York summer and makes its urban-natural beauty an important supporting character.
“The idea was simple to make the first of its kind fun, young urban romantic comedy in an extremely low budget yet with international standards. The movie took a year and half to make. I enjoyed the process of writing the story as well as making the movie, and I hope the Indian audience will like the movie as much as I liked making it,” said Premraju in a statement.
Shot in 50 plus different locations in just 28 days, using the revolutionary red camera, the film has been shot completely in Manhattan and Brooklyn NY with an ensemble cast of Indian and American actors. The film aims to appeal to the hipster generation of moviegoers as well as all the audience who love cinema.
Chandra Pemmaraju is a film writer, producer and director of Indian origin based out of New York. The film is to be distributed by Cinemax Motion Pictures in India.
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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.
