Hindi
Kya Super Kool collects Rs 231 mn in first three days
MUMBAI: Kya Super Kool Hai Hum has withstood the box-office limitations of the Ramzan month, collecting Rs 231 million in the opening weekend.
Balaji Telefilms‘ Girish Johar claims this to be the biggest opening weekend collection for a Ramzan month release.
Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai fared miserably to collect a little over Rs one million in its first week.
Challo Driver netted just Rs 600,000 in its first week, while Gattu, a Children‘s Film Society enterprise, collected Rs 1.5 million.
Cocktail‘s box office total stood at Rs 713 million with Rs 175 million coming from the second week.
Bol Bachchan did reasonably well in its third week to collect Rs 109 million. This took its three-week total to Rs 930 million.
Gangs Of Wasseypur collected Rs 2.5 million in its fifth week to take its total to Rs 267 million.
Ferrari KI Sawaari added Rs 1.3 million in its sixth week. The movie has so far collected Rs 282.8 million.
Having netted Rs 2.5 million in the eighth week of its run, Rowdy Rathore has mopped up Rs 1.38 billion so far.
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.
