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UTV releasing Paan Singh Tomar on 2 March
MUMBAI: UTV is readying to release Tigmanshu Dulia’s Paan Singh Tomar on 2 March. The film has been lying in the cans for two years.
Starring Irrfan Khan and Mahie Gill, the film is based on the life of athlete Paan Singh, a subedar in the army who turns a dacoit. Khan plays the dacoit while Gill plays his wife.
It is said that Dhulia researched on the subject for two years before he visited Singh’s village in Bhind while Khan trained rigorously with steeplechase coaches.
Shot on actual locations in Chambal and Roorkee, the film has been produced by UTV Motion Pictures.
Incidentally, the film premiered at the British Film Institute London Festival in 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.
