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Box Office: ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ shines; ‘Piku’ marches forward
MUMBAI: Tanu Weds Manu Returns has braved two vital IPL matches to put up decent weekend figures. The film, while not finding much favour as it went from A to B to C class screens, however, performed well at elite multiplexes improving over Saturday and Sunday over its comparatively weak opening of Friday. The film collected Rs 38.7 crore in its opening weekend and will need to continue the good run to break even.
Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet met with total rejection from day one by moviegoers. The film ended its opening Friday with pathetically poor collections and failed to improve over the next two days. Monday onwards it was a free fall, collections deteriorating each day to put together a lowly Rs 21.65 crore for its first week. Earlier, when people in the trade cited a high-priced disaster, it was Razia Sultan. For this generation, it is Bombay Velvet. At least, Razia Sultan enjoyed some shelf value and curiosity, thanks to its music and popularity of stars.Bombay Velvet is utterly forgettable.
Piku continued to maintain strong trends in its second week, too. Being a wholesome entertainer, it holds appeal to all which reflects on its box office collections. The film has added Rs 23.8 crore to its first week figure of Rs 41.42 crore and takes its two-week total to Rs 65.22crore. Adding another Rs 6.5 crore for its third weekend, the film’s 17-day tally stands at Rs 71.22 crore.
Gabbar Is Back has managed to collect Rs 4.3 crore in its third week to take its three-week total to Rs 78.8 crore.
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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.
