# Alia Bhatt-Produced Rom-Com Don’t Be Shy Gets September 25 Release 2026-08-24T13:26:53+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Prime Video has announced September 25, 2026 as the global premiere date for Don't Be Shy, a young-adult romantic comedy produced by Alia Bhatt and Shaheen Bhatt under Eternal Sunshine Productions. The film is written and directed by Sreeti Mukerji and stars newcomers Aarushi Bajaj, Ansh Duggal, Bianca Arora and Piyush Khati in lead roles, with Kunaal Roy Kapur, Anurag Basu, Neha Dhupia and Anju Alva Naik in supporting roles. The story follows young adults navigating friendship, love, heartbreak and ambitions. The film will stream exclusively on Prime Video in Hindi with English subtitles across India and more than 240 countries. Ram Sampath is composing the music. Alia and Shaheen Bhatt said in a joint statement that the film captures something honest about being young and praised the cast's energy and vulnerability. Prime Video's Nikhil Madhok described the film as a celebration of friendship and growing up. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both ABP Live and 123Telugu report the same facts neutrally, with ABP Live providing fuller cast details and the producers' statement while 123Telugu notes Alia Bhatt's Alpha releasing on Netflix the same week. The uniform straight coverage means the story is a standard streaming announcement with no political or ideological slant. The real news is the simultaneous global release strategy, which reflects Prime Video's push for wider reach on young-adult content. The September 25 premiere will test audience appetite for a newcomer-led rom-com. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - news.abplive.com (neutral report) Straightforward announcement with full cast and producer quotes - 123telugu.com (neutral report) Brief factual release with mention of Alia Bhatt's other project This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-24T16:26:24+00:00. Tags: Alia Bhatt, Don't Be Shy, Prime Video, Sreeti Mukerji Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/alia-bhatts-dont-be-shy-to-premiere-on-prime-video-on-september-25/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/alia-bhatts-dont-be-shy-to-premiere-on-prime-video-on-september-25/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/