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UTV ventures into Malayalam films
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has forayed into Malayalam films with director Saji Surendran‘s Husbands in Goa.
Starring Jayasurya, Asif Ali, Biju Menon, Indrajith, Bhama, Bhavana and Samvritha Sunil, the film is the story of three husbands (Jayasurya, Indrajith and Asif) who are on a trip to Goa to take a break from their messy married lives.
During the trip, they become friends with a rogue husband (Biju Menon), who is on the verge of divorcing his wife. Things get more interesting when their wives join them in Goa and from then on, it is a cat-and-mouse game.
Indrajith, who plays a lawyer in a family Court, is married to Bhavana, the pampered sister of four brothers. Owing to her laziness, he has to do the household chores. Jayasurya, the second friend, is a chartered accountant married to Bhama; he is an extremely devotional man. Asif Ali, a bank officer, is married to Samvritha Sunil, a highly educated woman who runs entrance coaching class.
The film will go on floors in February next year. Meanwhile, UTV is reportedly planning to do a project with Mohanlal, to be directed by B Unnikrishnan.
UTV‘s last film in the South was the Vikram starrer Tamil film, Deiva Thiirumagal.
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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.
