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PVR to release Chaurahen on 16 March
MUMBAI: PVR Cinemas is gearing up to release director Rajshree Ojha’s film, Chaurahen (Crossroads), across Delhi Gurgaon, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore on 16 March.
The film is based on short stories penned by author Nirmal Verma. An urban film about relationships and set in three cities, the film shows a Mumbai couple going through ups and downs in their relationship, an extra-marital affair in Kolkata and a father coming to terms with his son’s death in Kochi.
Chaurahen stars Zeenat Aman, Victor Banerjee, Roopali Ganguly, Soha Ali Khan and Shayan Munshi in pivotal roles.
Interestingly, Charlie Chaplin’s granddaughter Kiera has an important role in the film. She plays Lea, who has an extramarital affair in Kolkata.
Explaining how she got Kiera on board, Ojha disclosed, “She had watched my first film Moment (1999) which I made as a student in America. It fetched me a Student Academy Award (an Oscar competition for student films initiated by Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences). After that she evinced interest in working with me. I informed her that I was shooting in Mumbai. She said she had no issues and that’s how she came on board.”
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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.
