Hindi
Rajnikanth starrer Kochaidayyan complete
MUMBAI: Kochaidayyan, starring Rajnikanth and Deepika Padukone, is complete.
The Tamil super star along with the entire team of the film, including KS Ravikumar and Soundarya, watched the edited version of the film recently.
The Robot star was elated after seeing and said that the film was thrilling, big in canvas and much larger in grandeur than he ever anticipated.
Director Soundarya, who is in seventh heaven, is now gearing up and working rapidly towards the film’s worldwide release in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English.
It may be remembered that the film commenced its shooting last year somewhere in March at the Pinewood Studio, London and was completed in 25 days. The studio is famous as most of super hit Hollywood films have been shot there. The final schedule of the film was held in Trivandrum .
Kochaidayyan happens to be Asia‘s first performance capturing film using the technology that was earlier used in Avatar and The Adventures Of Tin Tin.
Besides Rajnikanth and Deepika, the film also stars R Sarathkumar, Nassar, Jackie Shroff, Aadhi, Shobana and Rukmini.
The film is an Eros International Media Limited presentation and Mediaone Global Entertainment Limited Mega Production.
The film is expected to hit the screens in summer.
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.
