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Bollywood Sets Crowded 2026 Slate as Ikkis Opens the Year

Studios target festival windows with pan-India spectacles to revive box-office fortunes.

Overview

  • Ikkis released on January 1, directed by Sriram Raghavan and featuring Agastya Nanda with Dharmendra in his final role.
  • Border 2 is slated for January 23 over the Republic Day weekend, with Sunny Deol, Varun Dhawan and Diljit Dosanjh under director Anurag Singh.
  • Cocktail 2 is in production for a June window, while Battle of Galwan is planned for 2026 with differing reports on the exact date.
  • Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Love & War has faced delays, with coverage indicating a shift into the second half of 2026.
  • Ramayana: Part 1 is scheduled for November 6, pairing an A. R. Rahman–Hans Zimmer score with DNEG’s VFX for a multilingual, global release push.