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Prasoon Joshi, Chandra Prakash Dwivedi in Trust of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
NEW DELHI: Well known television producer-actor known of Chankya fame, Chandra Prakash and ad guru and renowned lyricist Prasoon Joshi are among the new trustees/members of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
Senior journalist Ram Bahadur Rai is the new president, according to the reconstituted board announced by Culture minister Mahesh Joshi.
The IGNCA was established in the memory of former prime minister Indira Gandhi and is envisioned as a centre for study of arts. The IGNCA was launched on 19 November 1985 by the late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Renowned dancers Sonal Man Singh and Padma Subrahmananiam are among the twenty members (including the president, culture secretary, additional secretary and financial adviser in the Culture ministry, and the IGNCA member secretary). Others from the field of arts are Saryu Doshi and Vasudeo Kamath..
An official announcement said the trust of the IGNCA had been reconstituted ‘in public interest.’
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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.
