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3 Idiots, Paa bag most Screen awards
MUMBAI: The 16th Annual Star Screen Awards saw Vidhu Vinod Chopra‘s 3 Idiots bag as many as 10 awards.
3 Idiots won the best film, best director (Rajkumar Hirani), best editor (Rajkumar Hirani), best screenplay (Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi, Vidhu Vinod Chopra), best Choreographer (Bosco Ceaser), best dialogue (Abhijat Joshi), best Newcomer – Male (Omi Vaidya), best actor in a comic role – Male (Omi Vaidya), best actor in a negative role (Boman Irani) and popular choice award for best actor – Female (Kareena Kapoor).
On the other hand, R Balki‘s Paa bagged a few awards. Amitabh Bachchan won the best actor male award while Vidya Balan bagged the best actor female award. Pratik Katare got the best child artiste award.
Rishi Kapoor won the best male supporting actor award for Zoya Akhtar‘s Luck By Chance, while Arundhati Nag won the best female supporting actor award.
Shahid Kapur received the best actor award in the popular category for Kaminey.
Javed Akhtar was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by Yash Chopra and Amitabh Bachchan while the Jodi No 1 award was bagged by the father-son duo of Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan.
The best music award was bagged by AR Rahman for Delhi 6 and the best background score was awarded to Amit Truvedi for Dev D. Kavita Seth won the best female playback singer award for Iktaara in Wake Up Sid while Rahat Fateh Ali Khan lapped up the best male playback singer award for Aaj din chadeya from Love Aaj Kal.
Nandita Das bagged the award for the most promising debut director for Firaaq as well as the Ram Nath Goenka Award. The most promising newcomer Female award went to Mahie Gill for Dev D. Zoya Akhtar‘s Luck by Chance also won the Best ensemble cast award. The best story award went to Imtiaz Ali for Love Aaj Kal.
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Jio Studios, Sanjay Dutt team up to revive Khal Nayak
Rights acquired for new version, format under wraps as remake plans take shape.
MUMBAI: The villain is back and this time, he’s rewriting his own script. Jio Studios has partnered with Three Dimension Motion Pictures and Aspect Entertainment to revive the 1993 cult classic Khal Nayak, marking a fresh chapter for one of Bollywood’s most iconic anti-hero stories. The original film, directed by Subhash Ghai under Mukta Arts, was a commercial and cultural milestone, with Sanjay Dutt’s portrayal of Ballu becoming one of Hindi cinema’s most memorable performances.
Dutt, along with Aksha Kamboj, has now acquired the rights from the original creators, bringing on board Jio Studios and its President Jyoti Deshpande to steer the project creatively.
While the exact format whether remake, sequel, prequel, or a completely new narrative remains undisclosed, the collaboration aims to reinterpret the story for contemporary audiences while retaining the essence that made the original a defining film of the 1990s.
The move taps into a broader industry trend of reviving legacy intellectual property, particularly characters with strong recall value. “Khal Nayak” was notable for pushing mainstream Hindi cinema into morally grey territory at a time when heroes were largely one-dimensional, making Ballu’s character a standout.
The project also marks the film production debut of Aspect Entertainment, signalling a push towards more technology-led storytelling frameworks. Meanwhile, Jio Studios continues to expand its slate, having built a library of over 200 films and series, with more than 60 titles collectively winning 500-plus awards.
For Dutt, the revival is as much personal as it is strategic, a return to a role that reshaped his career. For the industry, it is another sign that nostalgia, when paired with scale, remains a powerful box-office proposition.
Because in Bollywood, some villains never fade, they just wait for the perfect comeback.
