A new lease for old films

Rohini Kapur Alva was 10 and a half when she watched Karan Arjun, the 1995 Shah Rukh-Salman Khan-starring reincarnation drama, the first of the three times she’d see it that year in Minerva cinema in what was then Bombay. Like the ‘Bhaag Arjun Bhaag’ one and the ‘Jaati Hoon Main’ song in which Kajol dances in the stables in an electric blue backless dress.” Three decades later, the now 40-year-old SRK fan eagerly awaits the film’s re-release in cinemas on November 22. The Triptii Dimristarrer earned Rs 11.2 crore, exceeding the film’s Rs 10 crore budget and becoming a hit A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE As heartwarming as it is to re-experience an old film with a new audience, the success of re-rel­eases The lack of interesting new films is benefitting the likes of Imtiaz Ali who had three of his old films release in 2024: Jab We Met, Rockstar and Laila Majnu. “The resurgence of interest in classic and beloved films is also fuelled by the limited opportunities to see them again on the big screen,” says Devang Sampat, MD, Cinepolis India. “We are very proud of the Foundation that we are responsible for bringing back classics into theatres, the way they should be seen, and making old films popular and available,” says Dungarpur.