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Prayag Film City in Midnapore gets SRK’s endorsement
MUMBAI: Prayag Group, with diverse interests in infrastructure, hospitality and film production, has announced the launch of its dream venture named Prayag Film City. This film making studio has been endorsed by Shah Rukh Khan.
Prayag Film City will be a mega-sized integrated film city complex and a one-stop entertainment destination to be opened to the public in two phases at Chandrakona, West Midnapore, 165 km from Kolkata.
Designed by eminent art director Nitish Roy, the opening of the phase I of the flm city is slated for 15 April, a day after the Bengali new year on 14 April.
Said Prayag Group managing director Avik Bagchi, “The Indian Film Industry which is regarded as one of the largest of its kind in the world is poised for more growth, it is eminent that significant infrastructural overhaul is the need of the hour to sustain rapid development of the industry. This mega project comes up just at this juncture when the entire film industry looks up to better facilities, comfort and convenience in order to create and showcase more quality products worldwide.”
Averred Shah Rukh Khan, “I belong to the industry and projects like this build its future; so I’m very happy to be the ambassador for Prayag Film City.”
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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.
