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Rajkummar Rao bags Dadasaheb Phalke Award for ‘Citylights’
MUMBAI: Actor Rajkummar Rao has added yet another feather to his cap for his role in Citylights.
The actor, who received recognition for his role in the movie, has now bagged the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. With critically-acclaimed films like Kai Po Che!, Shahid and Queen, Rao is being touted as one of Bollywood’s promising actors.
Rao got to know about the award just three days before the Dadasaheb Phalke Awards function. He said that it was very unexpected and out of the blue but a great feeling nonetheless.
“Citylights is a special film and it’s always a great feeling when your efforts are recognised. I am glad I won this honour for Citylights as a lot of hard work went into the making of the film. I didn’t even know I was being considered for the award so it was a pleasant surprise,” Rao said.
Rao will next be seen in Mohit Suri’s intense love story, Hamari Adhuri Kahani, which is slated to release in June 2015 and in another film titled Shimla Mirchi, which is directed by veteran director Ramesh Sippy.
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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.
