# Nayyi Navelli trailer: Yami Gautam plays mysterious bahu 2026-09-30T15:38:19+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 4 independent outlets (5 source reports) Amazon MGM Studios and Colour Yellow unveiled the trailer of Nayyi Navelli at a Mumbai event on Wednesday, 30 September. The fantasy family entertainer stars Yami Gautam Dhar as Mohini, a newly married woman whose arrival in the Awasthi household in Meerut sparks suspicion. Her brother-in-law Bantu, played by Anurag Thakur, suspects she is a ‘daayan’ (witch), but the trailer hints at a connection to the Treta Yug and the need for a saviour to eradicate evil. Directed by Balaji Mohan and written by Himanshu Sharma and Divy Nidhi Sharma, the film also features Addinath M Kothare, Sunita Rajwar, Mita Vasisth, Aaditya Kulshreshth, Susmita Mukherjee and Prateek Pachori. Music is by G. V. Prakash Kumar. Nayyi Navelli releases in cinemas on 16 October, ahead of Dussehra, and will clash with Raj Kummar Rao’s Raftaar. Speaking about her role, Yami Gautam Dhar said Mohini ‘moves seamlessly between family, humour, emotion, fantasy and action while still staying rooted at heart’. Director Balaji Mohan said he is excited for audiences to experience his first Hindi film on the big screen this Dussehra. Update, 30 September 2026: Bollywood Hungama published a photo gallery of the trailer launch event, showing Yami Gautam Dhar, Aanand L Rai, Rajesh Dubeay, and the cast. The earlier report that Anurag Thakur plays the brother-in-law Bantu is confirmed by multiple sources. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The coverage of the Nayyi Navelli trailer launch is uniform straight reporting. All five sources confirm the release date of 16 October and the clash with Raj Kummar Rao’s Raftaar. Bollywood Hungama and Times of India lead with the family dynamics and Yami’s performance, while Cinema Express and NDTV foreground the ‘daayan’ label and the Treta Yug mythology. The differences are limited to which details each outlet chose to include in the first paragraph, not in any editorial slant. The box-office clash remains the concrete event to watch on 16 October. ## Coverage Coverage: 5 sources, 4 neutral, 1 sensationalist - bollywoodhungama.com (neutral report) Leads with warmth and mystery, quotes director and actor at length - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Leads with family dynamics and netizen reactions, no opinion inserted - ndtv.com (sensationalist) Foregrounds 'daayan' and 'sinister Raavan Raj' in headline - cinemaexpress.com (neutral report) Starts with 'witch or saviour' question but keeps a straight report - bollywoodhungama.com (2) (neutral report) Photo gallery of launch event, no story framing beyond captions This brief was synthesised by AI from the 5 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Amazon MGM Studios, Balaji Mohan, Colour Yellow, Dussehra, Nayyi Navelli, Yami Gautam Dhar Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/nayyi-navelli-trailer-out-yami-gautam-plays-mysterious-bahu/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/nayyi-navelli-trailer-out-yami-gautam-plays-mysterious-bahu/#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/