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Third London Indian Film Fest from 20 June
MUMBAI: The London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) is set to return for the third year from 20 June to 3 July. The two-week event will screen Bollywood as well as regional and alternative cinema from India.
“The festival brings to UK audiences a selection of cutting edge films from some of India‘s hottest independent talents,” said a LIFF statement. “Going way beyond Bollywood, these are films that challenge, shock, generate debate and present a more realistic view of India today in all its colour and diversity.”
Anurag Kashyap‘s Gangs of Wasseypur will have its premiere on the opening night. The film centres around warring mafia clans clashing for power and passion in the steel belt towns of Bihar in Northern India.
This year’s festival will also include world premieres of two UK Asian films including Tooting Broadway on 22 June and the UK premiere of Srijit Mukherji’s Baishey Shrabon (Seventh August) on 3 July, the closing day.
The Satyajit Ray Foundation has joined the Festival with a ‘Short Film’ competition in which the winning filmmaker will receive a ?1,000 award on 3 July.
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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.
