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PVR Director’s Rare to release Chaurahen in 16 March
MUMBAI: PVR Cinemas’ recently launched alternative programming initiative, PVR Director’s Rare banner, will release Rajshree Ojha’s Chaurahen (Crossroads) on 16 March.
The film will release in PVR cinemas at Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Gurgaon and Chennai.
Chaurahen features three separate stories set in three different cities in contemporary India. There is a troubled adulterous affair in Kolkata, a family dealing with the loss of a son in Kochi and a young man in Mumbai dealing with memories of his ancestral home.
The film stars Soha Ali Khan, Ankur Khanna, Victor Banerjee, Kiera Chaplin, Roopa Ganguly, Zeenat Aman, Shayan Munshi, Karthik Kumar, Suchitra Pillai, Arundathi Nag, Nedumudi Venu, and Siddharth Makkad among others.
Earlier, the film travelled to several film festivals in 2007 like South Asian International Film Festival – New York, Mumbai International Film Festival (MAMI), Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival and Cairo International Film Festival among others.
PVR Director’s Rare has been launched to support the theatrical release of critically acclaimed small independent films.
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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.
