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YRF in 3-film deal with South Africa’s Avalon Group
MUMBAI: South Africa’s oldest and largest independent cinema exhibition and entertainment company, Avalon Group, has signed a three-film slate deal with Yash Raj Films.
Both Avalon CEO AB Moosa and Avtar Panesar, head of the international distribution arm of YRF, said the films will feature Bollywood star power.
Moosa said the movie slate will be blockbusters. “We are having Salman Khan in the first release, Shah Rukh Khan in the second and Aamir Khan in the third,” he added.
The treaty enables productions from both territories to qualify for the incentives available in each country for homegrown content producers. It is designed to enable collaborations between producers from both countries.
“The slate agreement with Avalon was concluded at the right time when South Africa strengthens their relations with Ireland,” commented Panesar.
As far as the treaty with Ireland is concerned, South Africa has attracted recent international productions as Chronicle, Safe House and Dredd. It already has similar arrangements with Canada, Germany, Italy, the UK, France, Australia and New Zealand.
Signing the treaty on Sunday were South Africa‘s minister of arts and culture Paul Mashatile and Irish arts minister Jimmy Deenihan.
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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.
