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Over 4000 films received for Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival
NEW DELHI: Over 4000 entries have been received from across the country in various Indian languages on the theme of the Swachh Bharat Mission.
The winners of the best films will be felicitated by Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi on 2 October 2016. MoS I and B Rajyavardhan Rathore will also be present on the occasion.
The Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival was organized by the National Film Development Corporation on behalf of the Ministry. The key objective of the Festival was to generate awareness, inspire people and include them as stakeholders in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
The short films festival was a competition inviting films of duration not more than 3 minutes. The jury comprised eminent theatre and film actor–producer Vani Tripathi, award-winning filmmaker Ms. Gitanjali Rao, and celebrated advertising personality Prahlad Kakar, has selected 20 short films out of the 4346 entries.
The Directors of the top ten films would be given cash awards of Rs 10 lakhs (One Million for top film), Rs 500,000 (next three films) and Rs 200,000 respectively (last 6 films), while the next ten would be awarded certificates. All participants would be given certificates of participation.
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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.
