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Slumdog Millionaire bags Cadillac People’s Choice Award at TIFF
MUMBAI: British film Slumdog Millionaire has bagged the Cadillac People‘s Choice Award at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
The TIFF awards were announced at the end of the 11-day festival that closed with the screening of Stone of Destiny, a Scottish period thriller.
Directed by British national Danny Boyle, the film is a story of an 18-year-old underdog who surmounts heavy odds to win the jackpot on the Indian version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”, with eccentricities of Mumbai‘s slum as a backdrop.
Slumdog Millionaire, was shot entirely in Mumbai with a star cast that include Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Mahesh Manjrekar and Saurabh Shukla, besides newcomers, Dev Patel and Freida Pinto.
The music of the film has been scored by AR Rehman.
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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.
