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Patwardhan’s Jai Bhim Comrade wins Hong Kong fest award
MUMBAI: Anand Patwardhan‘s 198-minute documentary, Jai Bhim Comrade, has won the Firebird award in Documentary Competition at 36th Hong Kong international Film Festival.
Shot over 14 years, this documentary follows the tradition of activism and music of Dalits in India.
The Jury prize in documentary competition was annexed by director Petr Lom‘s Back to the Square (Norway/Canada). This documentary follows 5 Egyptians to see how their lives changed six months after the Tahrir Square Revolution in Egypt.
The 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival concluded on 5 April.
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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.
