Overview
- Producer Dinesh Vijan announced at FICCI Frames on Wednesday that Stree 3 will now arrive in 2028 after moving off its previously announced August 13, 2027 date.
- Vijan said Amar Kaushik has finished writing Stree 3 but will first direct Mahavatar, which is scheduled to shoot from late January through June 2027.
- The team expects to start principal photography for Stree 3 toward the end of 2027, with the makers targeting either an Independence Day or Christmas release window in 2028 as possible options.
- Reports and panel comments name returning leads Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor and list supporting players such as Pankaj Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurana, Abhishek Banerjee and a likely reprise by Akshay Kumar.
- The delay is procedural rather than creative: the completed script promises familiar franchise elements alongside surprises, and the shift will lengthen the marketing timeline and set production sequencing across Maddock Films’ horror-comedy universe.