Hindi
Chaalis Chaurasi nets Rs 13.5 mn at BO
MUMBAI: Chaalis Chaurasi has done fair business at single screens and collected Rs 13.5 million over the opening weekend.
Ghost has netted Rs 14 million during its first weekend while Sadda Adda‘s collections remained poor.
Players, the first of the three-film structural deal project between Viacom18 and Wave, has proved a debacle all around. Though Rs 360 million had been paid till the film’s delivery by Wave, the cut off recovery target was set at Rs 260 million with the balance amount to be treated as advance. Wave is said to have recovered about Rs 90 million by selling circuits excluding Delhi-UP, Punjab and Bombay.
The heist film has been able to collect a mere Rs 216 million in its first week. As things stand after the film’s poor show, Viacom 18 is reported to have offered Vidhya Balan starrer Kahani to Wave for nil consideration as compensation.
Don 2 has added Rs 50.5 million in its third week to take its total to Rs 1.08 billion.
Ladies Vs Rikcy Bahl‘s collections at the end of five week reached Rs 342 million.
The Dirty Picture collected Rs 50 million in its sixth week to take its total to Rs 830 million.
Hindi
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.
