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Piranha 3DD to release in India on 15 June
MUMBAI: Film distribution firm Multivision Multimedia is readying to release Piranha 3DD on 15 June across 350 screens in 3D in India.
Produced by Mark Canton and Joel Soisson, Piranha 3DD is the sequel of the 2010 comic-horror Piranha 3D. Like its predecessor, Piranha 3DD not only will be equipped with bone-chilling scares, flesh-eating piranhas and sexy and young victims but it also promises to raise the bar with double the action and double the fun.
The film also boasts of a lot of underwater sequences that will supposedly look more exciting as it comes in 3D.
The film is set in a giant water park, where the blood-thirsty piranhas wreak havoc on the unassuming summer visitors. Piranha 3DD is directed by John Gulager who has earlier directed another horror film called Feast.
Multivision Multimedia director Amit Jethani said, “The movie couldn‘t have been timed better. Piranha 3DD is a fun summer movie that the audiences have been waiting for. We plan to release this across India in English and three Indian languages like Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. We are quite hopeful that the response to the movie will be above our expectations.”
Piranha 3DD stars Christopher Llyod, Katrina Bowden, Ving Rhames, David Koechner, Paul Scheer, Gary Busey, Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush and Chris Zylka along with Baywatch fame David Hasselhoff.
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.
