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Reliance MediaWorks teams up with video management and licensing firm
MUMBAI: Reliance MediaWorks has tied up with Thought Equity Motion, Inc, a provider of video management and licensing services, to offer integrated, digital content solutions in India.
Reliance MediaWorks aims to help its clients increase the accessibility and value of their content libraries through Thought Equity Motion‘s cloud-based video platform.
It will support Indian film studios, broadcasters and sports bodies as they move to digital file based workflows and expand their distribution avenues across new media such as tablets, 3G, and HD Streaming.
Reliance MediaWorks CEO Anil Arjun said, “Through our partnership with Thought Equity Motion, we bring together the next generation of integrated media services, storage, access, and delivery for content. We‘ll make available to Indian media companies the world‘s deepest stock footage collection and will also be able to generate new utility and monetization for local film libraries.”
Thought Equity Motion licenses sports, news, entertainment, editorial, and creative content to the world‘s leading producers in advertising, film, television, publishing, and interactive media and works with more than 400 rights holders globally to store, manage, and monetise their libraries.
Reliance MediaWorks had initially partnered with Thought Equity Motion in April this year to offer media and content services including restoration, image enhancement and up-rezzing from SD to HD to various global film archives and libraries.
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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.
