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Queens! Destiny of Dance wins six awards at LAMA
MUMBAI: Miraj Entertainment’s Queens! Destiny of Dance recently made its dent on the global film circuit when it won six awards at The Los Angeles Movie Awards (LAMA) in the International Films category recently.
Besides winning the first prize in the international films category, the film won awards for best director for David Atkins, best cinematography, best costume design, best supporting actress for Seema Biswas and best special effects.
Queens! – Destiny of Dance takes one into the heart of an upmarket hijra community run by a lovingly-firm mother-figure called Guru Amma. The story is told through the eyes of a young hijra called Mukta – the archetype of hijras – beautiful, the best dancer in the community, a natural leader whom all the other ‘girls‘ look up to, and potentially the next Amma of the community.
That is….until the entry of a total stranger into their midst – a young 16-year-old whom Amma names Nandini.
Right from the outset Nandini is an enigma and a mystery – where has she come from? Who has sent her (if at all)? And the purpose of her coming? And what really is she? Is she in actual a goddess as Amma resolutely believes her to be? Is she a female? Is she male? Is she a hijra?
The mystery persists throughout. However, with Nandini‘s coming, things start going drastically wrong in the community, which ultimately compels Mukta to pursue the truth. The rest forms the crux of the film.
Said Miraj entertainment COO Sonal Deshpande, “We are here to make quality films. Queens, for us, is a journey of life in human experience that is seldom understood. The film is made with the honest efforts to show such lives in a better light. And through this film we hope to celebrate a way of life in every colour through dance of destiny.”
Queens! Dance of Destiny stars Seema Biswas, Vineeth, Laxminarayan Tripathi and Archana Gupta.
The Los Angeles Movie Awards aims to celebrate Independent Motion Picture and Literary Arts by providing a platform for filmmakers and writers to have an opportunity to be awarded for their work.
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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.
