Overview

• Industry sources describe an upcoming face-off between Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal as one of the biggest action sequences ever mounted in Indian cinema, with prep now underway at a grand undisclosed location.
• Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt visited Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Mumbai office on July 16 as principal photography advances.
• Bhansali publicly rejected claims that Love & War draws on Raj Kapoor’s Sangam, dismissing the speculation.
• The studio shoot in Mumbai is slated to wrap by the end of 2025 before the production shifts to outdoor filming in Europe post-October following a recce in Rome.
• Set in the 1960s and 70s, the film reunites Bhansali with Ranbir and Alia while marking his first collaboration with Vicky Kaushal ahead of a March 2026 release.