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Viacom18 buys remaking rights of Seeta Aur Geeta
MUMBAI: Viacom18 and Sunil Bohra have teamed up and bought the remaking rights of the 1972-made film Seeta Aur Geeta that starred Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Sanjeev Kumar in pivotal roles.
Seeta Aur Geeta is a story about identical twins who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. The twins then swap places.
This theme has been earlier repeated in several films like Ram Aur Shyam starring Dilip Kumar in a dual role, Jeetendra-starrer Jaise Ko Taisa and the Anil Kapoor-starrer Kishen Kanhaiya.
While Katrina Kaif will essay the role that Hema Malini played, Abhay Deol and Akshay Kumar are being considered for the roles played by Sanjeev Kumar and Dharmendra respectively.
The film is set to go on floors soon.
Hindi
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.
