Overview
- Director Homi Adajania shared an unseen throwback photo from the 2012 Cocktail shoot on Instagram, tagging #TheSicilianChapter to tease the sequel’s setting and nostalgic tone
- Kriti Sanon has been officially announced as the female lead while Shahid Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna are widely reported to join as co-leads
- Reports from Pinkvilla and Mid-day indicate that principal photography will launch in August across India and Italy with producers targeting a January 2026 wrap
- Producer Dinesh Vijan and writer Luv Ranjan have reunited with Adajania to develop the follow-up to the 2012 rom-com that starred Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone
- Separately, Anita Advani’s claim of a private marriage to Rajesh Khanna has circulated in a limited-source interview and remains publicly contested