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Osborne announces pact with Kamal Hassan
MUMBAI: Lord of the Rings producer Barrie M Osborne has formally announced his collaboration with the Kamal Hassan.
Osborne, who flew down to Singapore to announce the association with the Tamil thespian on the sidelines of the IIFA said that the project was still at a nascent stage with just the ideation happening.
“Kamal‘s concept inspired me and the discussions we‘ve had convinced me that it would be something worthy for us to pursue. I am impressed by what he has accomplished on Vishwaroop. After that we started talking about ideas and about the possibility to work together.
His knowledge about history, literature and films is encyclopedic. Kamal presented an idea to me that was so compelling that I couldn‘t resist working with him,” Osborne said.
Hassan added that he was honoured to work with Osborne. “You keep doing your work, after sometime you don‘t know whether you are doing good work or not. Its only when people like Barrie come up to you, all the hard work makes sense. He has worked with the champions in Hollywood like Coppola,” he quipped.
The film is yet to be titled and Hassan‘s role in it, be it that of a director, writer or actor, is yet to be decided.
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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.
