With the New Yr come New Hopes.

Joginder Tuteja takes a have a look at the theatre line-up this January.

 

Jan Neta
Launch date: January 9

Extensively promoted as Vijay’s final movie as he prepares to enter politics full-time, Jan Neta is the Hindi model of his Tamil movie Jana Nayagan and is a pan-India launch.

The Raja Saab
Launch date: January 9

Prabhas’ final movie, Kalki 2898 AD, was an enormous success.

Now, he stars in The Raja Saab, which is a VFX and CGI heavy fantasy venture, and the primary pan-India launch of 2026.

Directed by Maruthi, the movie has been closely promoted and the trailers promise an enormous display screen spectacle.

Sanjay Dutt performs the antagonist.

Rahu Ketu
Launch date: January 16

{Photograph}: Sort courtesy Pulkit Samrat/Instagram

The primary comedy of 2026, Fukrey actors Pulkit Samrat and Varun Sharma will now be seen as Rahu and Ketu.

The movie is directed by first-timer Vipul Vig, identified for writing the Fukrey sequence.

A narrative about confusion and unhealthy omens, Rahu Ketu stars Shalini Pandey because the main woman.

Glad Patel
Launch date: January 16

Produced by Aamir Khan Productions, humorist Vir Das stars in and directs the oddball comedy, Glad Patel.

He performs a detective in Goa, who’s surrounded by a number of ‘bizarre’ characters in bizarre conditions.

Vir’s Delhi Stomach co-star Imran Khan in addition to Aamir Khan will play cameos.

Border 2
Launch date: January 22

The largest launch of January 2026 is the much-awaited Border 2, which sees Sunny Deol return as a military man.

Giving him firm are Varun Dhawan, Diljit Dosanjh and Ahan Shetty.

Anurag Singh returns to course six years after delivering the superhit Kesari and one waits to see how he has mounted this warfare movie.

Haunted 3D: Ghosts Of The Previous
Launch date: January 30

Mahaakshay Chakraborty’s solely huge display screen success is Haunted 3D, a Vikram Bhatt directorial, which was one of many largest horror thrillers of its time.

Whereas the primary launched in 2011, the second within the franchise arrives a few years later with the identical director-actor combo.

Pictures curated by Satish Bodas/Rediff