COLOURING THE BLCAK AND WHITE HINDI MOVIES

The coloured version of 60s era black and white Bollywood classic Mughal-e-Azam grossed over Rs 16 crore when it was released in 2004. The film not only recovered the estimated Rs 5 crore that went into digitally colouring it, but also returned a tidy profit.

There is planning to release a coloured version of its 1957 hit Naya Daur soon.

Hyderabad based Goldstone media which is digitally restoring and colouring 1960s hits Satya Harishchandra, Hum Dono soon. Hum Dono, a Dev Ananda-Sadhana starrer, will be out by December this year and Satya Harischandra by November this year.

Typically, it costs anywhere from Rs 24-56 lakh to buy the rights to these old movies.

COLOURING THE BLCAK AND WHITE HINDI MOVIES