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Ram-Leela to sell offline apps at retail stores
MUMBAI: After Shotformat’s recently launched offline app store – Biscoot Aap Bazaar, Ram-Leela has become the first movie in the country to sell apps at the retail stores (Biscoot retail stores).
Biscoot Aap Bazaar stocks movies, music, apps and games that will now be available at retail stores across India.
Through Shotformats, one can watch Ram-Leela’s songs, video clips and the full-length movie right to consumers’ mobile screens through retails stores. Not only this, forthcoming films like R Rajkumar and Bullet Raja will also soon reach the 400 Biscoot retail outlets across Mumbai and 10, 000 retail outlets across India in a very short span after their launch.
Through this offline app store, people can access games, apps, music and latest legal, HD quality and superior sound movies in just a few weeks of the release for dirt cheap prices between Rs 5 to Rs 30. The Biscoot stores are a chain of already existing retail stores selling mobile recharge, accessories etc. The stores will also soon make available digital music cassettes of movies for mobile on the day of the music release. This new distribution chain of entertainment content will also add an additional revenue stream for the entertainment industry.
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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.
