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Stree 3 pushed to 2028, Mahavatar shoot in January 2027
Maddock Films producer Dinesh Vijan said at FICCI Frames 2026 on Wednesday (30 September) that Stree 3 will go on floors only at the end of 2027 and arrive in cinemas in…
Maddock Films producer Dinesh Vijan said at FICCI Frames 2026 on Wednesday (30 September) that Stree 3 will go on floors only at the end of 2027 and arrive in cinemas in 2028, likely on Independence Day or Christmas. The horror-comedy starring Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor had previously been announced for an August 13, 2027 release, Hindustan Times reports.
Vijan confirmed that director Amar Kaushik must first complete Mahavatar, the mythological drama starring Vicky Kaushal. Times Now reports Kaushik will start shooting Mahavatar after the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Love And War on January 21, 2027. Bollywood Hungama states Mahavatar shoot begins in January 2027. Vijan said Kaushik will finish Mahavatar in June 2026 and then begin Stree 3 at the end of 2027.
Vijan teased that the finished script for Stree 3 will take audiences somewhere unexpected while retaining what fans loved. The Stree franchise began in 2018, Stree 2 earned over Rs 500 crore in 2024.
Indian Opinion Analysis
All three outlets report the same facts from Dinesh Vijan’s FICCI Frames announcement, but each frames the delay differently. Hindustan Times leads with “Stree 3 release date pushed,” emphasising that the film had previously been set for August 2027 and now moves to 2028. Bollywood Hungama and Times Now lead with the new timeline itself and add Mahavatar details, Bollywood Hungama giving the January 2027 shoot start, Times Now noting Vicky Kaushal’s physical transformation and the Love And War release date. The coverage is uniform on the core facts, differences lie only in which additional Mahavatar information each outlet chose to include. A reader combining all three gets the full picture: Stree 3’s 2028 release is contingent on Mahavatar’s completion, and that film’s shoot depends on Love And War’s January 21, 2027 release.
No outlet omits or exaggerates anything material, all three attribute the timeline to Vijan’s own words.
Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral
Sources (3): bollywoodhungama.com (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (neutral report), timesnownews.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
