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Asian Women’s Film Festival calls for entries for eleventh edition slated for March next year
NEW DELHI: Held every day at the International Women’s Day, the IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival, will hold its 11th edition next year in the capital from 3 to 5 March.
The event will showcase the works of Asian women directors in a range of genres – animation, documentary, experimental, short fiction and feature fiction. The director could be living in any part of the world but should be of Asian origin.
The Festival has called for entries which have to be sent in by 15 October.
The 2015 edition of the festival seeks to have an exciting selection of films that are diverse in context, content and form. Apart from the general programme, there will also be some curated sections. The festival will feature the second edition of Soundphiles for which a separate entry form will be out in the coming days. There will also be a special section on Asian Experimental Cinema as well as other packages.
The International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) is a global organisation of professional women working in electronic and allied media with a mission to strengthen initiatives that ensure women’s views and values are an integral part of programming and to advance the impact of women in media.
The India chapter of the IAWRT was set up as a non-profit trust with a network of members across the country.
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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.
