From Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan to Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2, a look at the most awaited Hindi movies of 2023.
2022 hasn’t been a good year for Bollywood with most releases flopping at the box office. In fact, we saw some terrible Hindi movies this year like Shamshera, Liger, Bachchan Pandey, Heropanti 2 and Dhaakad. The industry would look to make a strong comeback and our hopes are high from below mentioned movies. A lot is driving on these most awaited Bollywood movies of 2023.
Pushpa 2
Pushpa 2 is unarguably the most anticipated Indian movie of 2023. The first instalment, Pushpa: The Rise, has garnered a huge fan following. It was a box-office blockbuster, especially in Hindi belts. One can expect Pushpa 2 to replicate the success of Baahubali 2 and KGF Chapter 2.
Release Date: Not announced yet
Pathaan
Pathaan marks the return of Shah Rukh Khan to the big screen after a hiatus of four years. It is the fourth instalment in the YRF Spy Universe after Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) and War (2019). Siddharth Anand’s directional went on to become the highest grossing Hindi movie of all time with gross collection of Rs 530+ Crore.
Release Date: Jan 25, 2023
Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar
The Luv Ranjan directorial seems to stay true to the filmmaker’s roots. This romantic comedy stars Ranbir and Shraddha trying to maintain balance in their relationship. The movie was a box office hit with collection of Rs 100+ Crore.
Release Date: March 8, 2023
Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan
Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan is an action comedy directed by Farhad Samji. The movie stars Salman Khan, Venkatesh, Pooja Hegde and Jagapathi Babu with an ensemble supporting cast. It is an official remake of the 2014 Tamil movie Veeram.
Release Date: April 21, 2023
Jawan
Shah Rukh Khan has teamed up with Tamil movie director Atlee for an action thriller titled Jawan. This collaboration has already created a huge buzz on social media. Atlee has a 100% success record at the box office with blockbusters like Mersal, Bigil and Theri to his name.
Release Date: Sep 7, 2023.
Adipurush
Adipurush is an Indian mythological film directed by Om Raut and produced by T-Series. The lavishly VFX-loaded film starring Prabhas, Saif Ali Khan, and Kriti Sanon is a modern retelling of the Ramayana and is made on a whopping budget of Rs 500 crore. It was a box office dud.
Release Date: June 16, 2023
Bawaal
Bawaal is a romantic action drama starring Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor in lead roles. It is helmed by Nitish Tiwari (director of hits like Chhicchore and Dangal).
Release Date: July 21, 2023
Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani
With Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, Karan Johar returns to direction after seven years. The movie stars Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, and Dharmendra, along with Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. The movie, which combines romance and family drama, is anticipated to have a lot of drama, appealing music, and other enjoyable elements.
Release Date: July 28, 2023
Gadar 2
Gadar 2 is a direct sequel to 2001’s blockbuster action drama Gadar. Anil Sharma is back as director as Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel and Utkarsh Sharma reprise their roles.
Release Date: Aug 11, 2023
Dream Girl 2
Dream Girl 2 is the spiritual sequel to the 2019 hit Ayushmann Khurran’s comedy movie Dream Girl. It stars Ayushmann, Ananya Pandey, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Annu Kapoor and others.
Release Date: Aug 25, 2023
Salaar
Despite Prabha’s poor box office form recently, Salaar is one of the most-anticipated releases of 2023. One of the main reasons fans are excited about it is because Prashanth Neel is directing it. He has directed KGF and KGF 2 and brings Prabhas in an all-action avatar.
Release Date: Sep 28, 2023
Tiger 3
The third and probably the last movie in YRF’s Tiger franchise will release on Diwali 2023. Salman and Katrina will reprise their respective roles while Emraan Hashmi will play the lead antagonist in the movie. Reportedly, Shah Rukh Khan has an extended cameo in the spy action thriller directed by Maneesh Sharma.
Release Date: Nov 10, 2023
Emergency
Based on the Indian Emergency, this biographical historical drama movie stars Kangana Ranaut as former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi. The film also features Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Mahima Chaudhry and Milind Soman in pivotal roles.
Release Date: Nov 24, 2023
Sam Bahadur
Directed by Meghna Gulzar, Sam Bahadur is a biopic on Sam Manekshaw who was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, and the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal. It stars Vicky Kaushal in a titular role along with Fatima Sana Sheikh and Sanya Malhotra.
Release Date: Dec 1, 2023
Fukrey 3
The third movie in the super hit comedy franchise Fukrey stars Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Manjot Singh, Richa Chadha and Pankaj Tripathi. Ali Fazal will not feature it.
Release Date: Dec 1, 2023
Animal
This upcoming drama starring Ranbir Kapoor examines the tumultuous connection between a father and son and its effects on the latter. Helmed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, the movie also stars Anil Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, Bobby Deol, and Tripti Dimri.
Release Date: Dec 1, 2023
Dunki
Blockbuster director Rajkumar Hirani and Shah Rukh are finally collaborating on a social comedy movie titled Dunki.
As per IMDB, the film will highlight the uncontrolled use of an illegal backdoor route called ‘Donkey Flight’ by Indians to immigrate to countries like Canada and the USA. The movie stars Taapsee Pannu and will release on Christmas 2023.
Release Date: Dec 22, 2023
So, this is our list of the most awaited Bollywood movies of 2023? Which of these movies are you waiting for? Share your views with us in the comments section.