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Mumbai fest to pay homage to Kaul, Husain and Shammi Kapoor
MUMBAI: The 13th Mumbai Film Festival, which will run between 13 to 20 October, will pay homage to named film personalities like Mani Kaul, MF Husain and Shammi Kapoor who passed away lately.
Offering its tribute to Kaul, the Mumbai fest will screen his film Siddheshwari on 16 October. The film on the life of Hindustani singer Siddheshwari Devi is a national award-winning documentary.
The following day, MF Husain’s film Through The Eyes of a Painter will be screened as a tribute to the painter-filmmaker. The short film, produced by the Films Division, was written and directed by Husain way back in 1967. It also won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Then on 18 October, the festival will screen Vijay Anand’s Teesri Manzil as a tribute to veteran actor Shammi Kapoor.
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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.
