# Dil Raju locks Salman Khan’s Monster and Akshay Kumar’s comedy for 2027 2026-11-13T17:51:03+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Outlets counted: bollywoodhungama.com, odishatv.in, timesnownews.com Producer Dil Raju has confirmed the release windows for two upcoming Bollywood films. Salman Khan and Nayanthara's action entertainer 'Monster, targeting an Eid 2027 release in March 2027. The film marks the actor's first collaboration with Telugu director Vamshi Paidipally and a substantial portion of the shoot is already complete. Akshay Kumar's comedy with Anees Bazmee, reportedly titled 'Mauja Hi Mauja, will now release in February 2027 after an earlier December 2026 plan was dropped. Vidya Balan and Raashii Khanna co-star. The title and exact date are yet to be officially confirmed. Dil Raju made the announcements at the success meet of 'Ramayana' in Hyderabad and in an interview with Telug360. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All three sources report the same two release-date updates from producer Dil Raju with near-identical framing, straight factual reporting with no discernible slant. Times Now and Odisha TV lead with the Monster Eid 2027 window, then the Akshay Kumar February 2027 slot. Bollywood Hungama leads with the Akshay Kumar update, adding its own previous exclusives about distribution rights and pricing, but the core facts are uniform across outlets. No source questions the timelines or adds critical commentary. The coverage serves as a plain announcement of Dil Raju's theatrical plans. No analysis is needed beyond noting the uniformity. The concrete takeaway is that Monster and Mauja Hi Mauja are locked into March and February 2027 release windows respectively, pending official title and date confirmations. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - timesnownews.com (neutral report) Straight factual reporting of producer's announcements - odishatv.in (neutral report) Straight factual reporting of producer's announcements - bollywoodhungama.com (neutral report) Straight factual reporting, adds own distribution exclusives This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Akshay Kumar, Anees Bazmee, Dil Raju, Monster, Nayanthara, Salman Khan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/dil-raju-locks-salman-khans-monster-and-akshay-kumars-comedy-for-2027/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/dil-raju-locks-salman-khans-monster-and-akshay-kumars-comedy-for-2027/#story-in-brief Gate decision: pass (pass: linked qualifying outlets 3 of 3, relevance 6) Freshness: pass (fresh: newest qualifying source 2026-11-13 16:32Z (feed), 1.3 h old) Image: photograph. Source: https://images.timesnownews.com/thumb/msid-156505982,thumbsize-198406,width-1280,height-720,resizemode-75/156505982.jpg. 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/