Maharashtra Cinemas Open: Bollywood Biggies Secure New Release Dates

Just yesterday, we reported how Rohit Shetty’s Sooryavanshi will be releasing during Diwali this year.

This news has emerged after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray declared that the state’s cinema halls will reopen from October 22.

Welcoming the development, Alok Tandon, CEO, INOX Leisure Limited, said:

“We welcome the government of Maharashtra’s decision to allow cinemas and multiplexes to reopen from October 22.

We are completely geared up and prepared to ensure the safety of our guests and employees.

This decision has steered in a lot of cheerfulness, not just for the entire film industry and its audiences, but also for the employees of the cinema exhibition sector and their families, who have been waiting for this to happen.”

“We are also confident that with this much-awaited announcement, content producers would also plan their releases, which should strengthen the Hindi film content pipeline in the months to come and usher in better health for the cinema exhibition industry.

With the hugely successful vaccination program and significantly low COVID-19 cases, we are optimistic that people will return to cinemas as before and we will witness the same happy emotions in our lobbies.”

Alongside Sooryavanshi, the highly-awaited sports films ‘83 and Jersey will be released during Christmas and New Years’ Eve, respectively this year.

The highly-awaited Bunty Aur Babli 2 will also be finally hitting the big screens this November on the 19th.

Furthermore, Suniel Shetty’s son Ahan Shetty makes his Bollywood debut with Tadap, which also releases on 3rd December this year.

Now, an influx of Bollywood films have revealed new dates and this happened after Yash Raj Films unveiled their 2022 lineup.

Following this other production houses like Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment and Reliance Entertainment also announced many of their titles see the light of day next year.

So which films are releasing when? Here are the currently confirmed dates:

• Gangubai Kathiawadi (dir, Sanjay Leela Bhansali) – Alia Bhatt: 6th January 2022
• RRR (dir, SS Rajamouli) – Ajay Devgn, Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt: 7th January 2022
• Radhe Shyam (dir, Radha Krishna Kumar) – Prabhas, Pooja Hegde, Bhagyashree: 14th January 2022

• Prithviraj (dir, Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi) – Akshay Kumar, Manushi Chillar, Sonu Sood, Sanjay Dutt: 21st January 2022

• Laal Singh Chaddha (Dir, Advait Chandan) – Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan: Valentines Day Release 2022

• Jayeshbhai Jordaar (dir, Divyang Thakkar) – Ranveer Singh, Shalini Pandey, Boman Irani, Ratna Pathak Shah: 25th February 2022

• Bachchan Pandey (dir, Farhad Samji) – Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon, Jacqueline Fernandez: 4th March 2022

• Shamshera (dir, Karan Malhotra) – Ranbir Kapoor, Vaani Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt: 18th March 2022

• Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (dir, Anees Bazmee) – Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani, Tabu: 25th March 2022

• Mayday (dir, Ajay Devgn) – Ajay Devgn, Rakul Preet Singh, Amitabh Bachchan: 29th April 2022

• Heropanti 2 (dir, Ahmed Khan) – Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria: 6th May 2022

• Maidaan (dir, Amit Sharma) – Ajay Devgn, Priyamani: 3rd June 2022
• Ek Villain Returns (dir, Mohit Suri) – John Abraham, Disha Patani, Arjun Kapoor, Tara Sutaria: 8th July 2022

• Raksha Bandhan (dir, Aanand L Rai) – Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar: 11th August 2022

• Ram Setu (dir, Abhishek Sharma) – Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nushrratt Bharuccha: Diwali Release 2022

• Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (dir, Abhishek Kapoor) – Ayushmann Khurrana: 10th December 2022

The list will be updated as more announcements are made so say tuned to Filme Shilmy.