Hindi
Student Of The Year pulls young audiences
MUMBAI: Student Of The Year found its main following in youth at multiplexes to make Rs 257 million in its first weekend. SOTY‘s collections on Saturday were Rs 10 million higher and on Sunday about Rs 20 million more, than on Friday.
The film has maintained steady collections as the new week began and weeklong Dussehra vacations till 29 October in Delhi and NCR and the Dussehra holiday in general on Wednesday will give the collections some boost.
Aiyyaa proved to be a debacle with just Rs 65 million to show for its first week. Bhoot Returns flopped at the Box Office and Makkhi did poor.
English Vinglish was steady in its second week. The film collected Rs 94 million taking its two-week tally to Rs 304 million.
OMG Oh My God! continued to enjoy a tremendous run at the box office as it added Rs 127 million for the third week thus taking its total to Rs 686 million (excluding figures from the Eastern Circuits).
Barfi! managed to collect a reasonable Rs 17 million in its fifth week taking its total collection to Rs 1.08 billion.
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.
