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Pune Intl. fest goes underway on 12 January
MUMBAI: The curtains of the 10th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) will go up on 12 January at City Pride, Kothrud in Pune.
The eight-day festival, jointly organised by the Pune Film Foundation and Government of Maharashtra, will screen 200 films from 40 countries.
Films in various categories will compete for cash awards. While the World Competition section will have 14 films, the Marathi Competition section will have seven and the Whistling Woods International Student Competition section will consist of 18 films.
Also, different sections will highlight global cinema, retrospectives, contenporary Indian cinema, Marathi cinema, documentaries and tributes.
This year the special ‘Country Focus’ section will screen 47 films from Germany.
As per a tradition of PIFF, the SD Burman award for creative music and sound is given to a person who has made a significant contribution in the field of music.
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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.
