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Road Movie slotted to open Berlin Film Festival
MUMBAI: Dev Benegal‘s Road Movie will open the 60th Berlin International Film Festival that will open on 11 February and will go on till the 21st of the month.
The film presented by The Indian Film Company (TIFC) in association with Studio 18 has already received glowing public receptions in Toronto, Tokyo and Doha.
International Sales giant Fortissimo Films, is representing Road Movie, its first Hindi language title.
Remarks Indian Films Company CEO Sandeep Bhargava, “The film made for the international audience has been earlier appreciated at the several festivals it had attended. The dream to have it shown in a European film festival has been fulfilled with the film being selected to open the Berlin film festival.”
Road, Movie follows Vishnu played by Abhay Deol, as a restless young man who rejects his father‘s faltering hair-oil business and hits the road with a Chevy travelling cinema in search of freedom.
Along the journey Vishnu ponders his life‘s priorities as he learns to appreciate his culture and the power of friendship and love.
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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.
