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SACF honours Shyam Benegal for Excellence in Cinema
MUMBAI: Filmmaker Shyam Benegal has been presented with the South Asian Cinema Foundation‘s Excellence in Cinema Award in London. The director was chosen for the award for his contribution to the Indian Cinema.
Rita Bhagwati, wife of the Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Dr Jaimini, presented the award to Benegal at British Film Institute (BFI). The citation described Benegal as ‘the pioneer of the new Indian Cinema Movement‘.
“I am absolutely delighted at this award and I will continue to make films. Any award is a kind of recognition. I accept it with great delight and pleasure. I still have a long way to go. For me it is important,” Benegal said after receiving the award.
Bhumika and Junoon, two of the director‘s named works, were also screened on the occasion.
Benegal is the sixth filmmaker SACF has honoured so far. Previous recipients of the award include MS Sathyu (2004), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2006), Saeed Akhtar Mirza (2008), Girish Kasaravalli (2009) and Gulzar(2010).
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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.
