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PVR Director’s Rare to release Chaurahen on 16 March
MUMBAI: PVR Director‘s Rare, the recently launched alternative programming initiative of PVR Cinemas, will release Rajshree Ojha’s Chaurahen (Crossroads) on 16 March.
Chaurahen is an evocative and poignant film consisting of three separate stories set in three different cities in contemporary India. The vignettes present snippets of everyday life. There is a troubled adulterous affair in Kolkata, a family dealing loss of a son in Kochi and a young man in Mumbai dealing with memories of his ancestral home.
The crossroads at which their lives are at render heartfelt situations between characters that create empathy. The film is presented in English language with Rajshree Ojha‘s inimitable, stark visual story telling style.
Said PVR Ltd. joint managing director Sanjeev Kumar Bijli, “I feel extremely proud that our second movie under the PVR Director‘s Rare Banner is releasing on March 16th this year and it will be released exclusively at select PVR Cinemas. Chaurahen is a well-woven film based on three different stories. It also boasts of an ensemble cast consisting of very talented actors.”
The film has won rave reviews during its festival rounds at the South Asian International Film Festival – New York, Mumbai International Film Festival (MAMI), Mumbai Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival -New Delhi, Cairo International Film Festival – Egypt, Marbella Film Festival – Spain, Imagine India, Madrid Film Festival, Everglades Film Festival, Durban – South Africa, Cape Town Bollywood Film Festival, The Swansea Bay Film Festival, England, Bogotá Film Festival in Columbia and the Trichur Film Festival.
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.
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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.
