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Three Indian films to screen at Barbara International Film Festival
MUMBAI: Three films from India would grace the 28th Barbara International Film Festival that will be held from 24 January to 3 February.
While Anurag Kashyap‘s Gangs of Wasseypur has been selected for the competition section, Manjeet Singh‘s Mumbai Cha Raja and Suman Ghosh‘s Shyamal Uncle Turns Off the Lights will be screened in Pan Asia section.
A co-production, Blood Brother (India, USA) by Steve Hoover will compete in Documentary section. The film chronicles the story of a man-dissatisfied with his life in America-who decides to move to India and restart his life among children living at an orphanage for those infected with HIV.
Another film concerning India is One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das by Jeremy Frindel, that will be showcased in the Cinesonic section. The film tells the story of Jeffrey Kagel who sold allhis possessions and moved from suburban Long Island halfway across the world to India, where he studied under Neem Karoli Baba. He later emerged as Krishna Das and became a world-renowned chant master and spiritual leader, helping to bring what he had learned to the West.
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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.
