2025’s Biggest Releases Will Arrive On…

The
biggest
releases
of
2025
will
actually
start
arriving
in
theatres
from
the
Independence
Day
weekend.

Joginder
Tuteja
looks
at
the
year’s
biggies,
coming
up.

War
2

Release
date:
August
14

The
biggies
start
with

War
2,
which
is
expected
to
be
the
year’s
biggest
hit.

Hrithik
Roshan
and
NTR
Jr
have
a
face
off
in
this
spy
thriller.

One
can
also
expect
Shah
Rukh
Khan
and
Salman
Khan
making
guest
appearances
in
this
Ayan
Mukerji
directorial,
produced
by
Yash
Raj
Films.

The
Delhi
Files

Release
date:
August
15

Vivek
Agnihotri
made
the
hard
hitting

The
Kashmir
Files
a
couple
of
years
ago,
which
created
a
huge
stir.

Now,
the
filmmaker
is
back
with

The
Delhi
Files
and
one
waits
to
see
the
chapters
he
rewrites
in
this
political
affair.

Baaghi
4

Release
date:
September
5

The
only
action
franchise
in
India
has
moved
into
fourth
instalment.
Yet
another
creation
by
Sajid
Nadiadwala,
who
is
also
bringing


the
only
fifth
installment
in
Hindi
cinema
in
the
same
year.

Tiger
Shroff
promises
never-seen-before
action
sequences
that
will
be
more
brutal
and
lethal.

Sanjay
Dutt
plays
the
antagonist.

The
film
will
introduce
Miss
Universe
2021


Harnaaz
Sandhu
to
the
world
of
films.

Hai
Jawani
To
Ishq
Hona
Hai

Release
date:
October
2

After

Sunny
Sanskari
Ki
Tulsi
Kumari,
Varun
Dhawan
will
be
seen
in
his
second
rom
com
of
the
year,

Hai
Jawani
To
Ishq
Hona
Hai.

With
this
film,
he
reunites
with
dad
David
Dhawan
after
the

Coolie
No
1
remake.

The
title
has
been
sourced
from
the
chartbuster
song

Ishq
Sona
Hai
featuring
Salman
Khan
and
Sushmita
Sen
in

Biwi
No
1.

The
leading
ladies
here
are
Pooja
Hegde
and
Mrunal
Thakur.

Kantara:
A
Legend
–
Chapter
1

Release
date:
October
2

The
Kannada
film

Kantara
was
a
huge
blockbuster
in
2022.

Now,
actor-director
Rishab
Shetty
makes
a
prequel
to
the
film,

Kantara:
A
Legend
–
Chapter
1.

The
film
has
bagged
a
big
weekend
release
during
Gandhi
Jayanti
and
one
can
expect
the
dramatic
quotient
to
be
elevated
to
a
whole
new
level.

De
De
Pyaar
De
2

Release
date:
November
14

Ajay
Devgn
and
Rakul
Singh
return
in
the
sequel
to
their
hit,

De
De
Pyaar
De.

The
first
romcom
had
Tabu
as
the
third
angle.
The
sequel
promises
twice
the
fun,
as
R
Madhavan
reunites
with
Devgn
after
their
big
hit,

Shaitaan.

120
Bahadur

Release
date:
November
21

Farhan
Akhtar
features
in
the
story
of

120
Bahadur
where
120
valiant
Indian
soldiers
took
on
thousands
of
Chinese
soldiers
and
stayed
defiant.

Based
on


a
true
story,
expect
a
true
blue
patriotic
film.

Sajid
Nadiadwala’s
next
with
Shahid
Kapoor

Release
date:
December
5

Sajid
Nadiadwala
will
have
a
very
busy
2025
with
as
many
as
five
releases:

Sanki,
Sikandar,
Housefull
5,
Baaghi
4
and
this
yet-untitled
film
starring
Shahid
Kapoor.

Shahid
reunites
with
Vishal
Bhardwaj
after

Kaminey,
Haider
and

Rangoon.

Triptii
Dimri
plays
his
leading
lady.

Welcome
To
The
Jungle

Release
date:
To
be
announced

Originally
slated
for
release
in
Christmas
2024,

Welcome
To
The
Jungle
has
been
pushed
ahead
to
2025.

Probably
the
biggest
multi-starrer
in
India,
this
one
is
led
by
Akshay
Kumar
and
features
a
whole
lots
of
celebrity
faces.

The
film
will
mark
the
return
of

Hera
Pheri
Producer
Firoz
Nadiadwallah
to
the
world
of
film-making.

Alpha

Release
date:
December
25

2025
will
close
with

Alpha,
the
second
film
in
the
spy
universe
in
the
same
year.

Alia
Bhatt
and
Sharvari
star
in
India’s
first
spy
film
that
features
women
as
the
protagonists.
One
can
count
on
Producer
Aditya
Chopra
to
make
it
count.

The
film
is
being
directed
by

The
Railway
Men
Director
Shiv
Rawail.