The upcoming year 2023 is going to be a boon for entertainment lovers as many big projects are in queue to grace the big screens. Here is the list of some most awaiting Pan India Movies that can create history at box-office.
Pathaan
Release Date: January 25, 2023
Star Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Ashutosh Rana, Dimple Kapadia, Salman Khan (cameo), Hrithik Roshan (cameo)
Director: Sidharth Anand
Producer: Yash Raj Films (YRF)
Budget: Rs. 250 crore
Pathaan will mark a huge comeback for superstar Salman Khan after four years on big screen and will be released in Hindi and dubbed versions in Telugu and Tamil languages. It is the highly anticipated film is the fourth instalment in the YRF Spy Universe after Ek Tha Tiger, Tiger Zinda Hai and War withe the fifth one being Salman’s Tiger 3.
Jawan
Release Date: June 2, 2023
Star Cast: Shah Rukh Khan
Director: Atlee
Producer: Gauri Khan (Red Chilles Entertainment)
Budget: Rs. 180 Crore
Jawan is another highly anticipated film of SRK and his first ever collaboration with South India’s popular filmmaker, Atlee and lady superstar Nayanthara, who is playing the female lead role. The film will be released in Hindi and dubbed Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages.
Adipurush
Release Date: June 16, 2023
Star Cast: Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Saif Ali Khan, Sunny Singh, Devdatta Nage, Vatsal Sheth, Sonal Chauhan
Director: Om Raut
Producer: Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Om Raut, Prasad Sutar, Rajesh Nair (T-Series Film and Retrophiles)
Budget: Rs. 500 crore
Based on Sanskrit epic Ramayana, Adipurush is epic Hindu mythological film is simultaneously shot in Telugu and Hindi and will also be released in dubbed Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam versions along with these two languages.
Despite much-hype, the film faced a massive backlash from netizens after its teaser was released on October 2 due to its poor VFX and misinterpretation of the characters shown in the film. Now, the makers have decided to modify the film’s VFX following backlash.
Kabzaa
Release Date– N/A
Star Cast– Upendra, Kichcha Sudeepa, Shriya Saran, Murali Sharma, Nawab Shah
Director– R Chandru Producer– R Chandra Shekar
Budget– 100 Cr+
Kannada Film Industry is growing so fast, its low budget movie like Kantara shook Box office and crossed 400 Cr WW, now period gangster drama Kabzaa will be releasing on big scale like KGF series, Kabzaa to entertain 7 Indian languages audiences including Bengali, Marathi with Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu.
Vedat Marathe Veer Daudle Saat
Release Date– Diwali 2023
Star Cast– Jay Dudhane, Utkarsha Shinde, Vishal Nikam, Virat Madke, Hardik Joshi, Satya, Akshay Kumar (Cameo)
Director– Mahesh Manjrekar
Producer– Vaseem Qureshi
Budget– 100 Cr+
Bollywood Superstar to make his Marathi debut through filmmaker-actor Mahesh Manjrekar who is all set to bring a historical war drama on Diwali 2023, the film has had great launch event in early November attended by CM Eknath Shinde, MNS chief Raj Thackeray, Akshay Kumar and others.
Shaakuntalam
Release Date: N/A
Star Cast: Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Dev Mohan, Mohan Babu, Aditi Balan, Ananya Nagalla, Prakash Raj, Gautami, Madhoo, Kabir Bedi
Director: Gunasekhar
Producer: Neelima Guna (Sri Venkateswara Creations)
Budget: Rs. 65 Crore
The Gunashekhar directorial is the mythological drama film based on a popular play Abhijnanashakuntalam by classical Sanskrit author Kalidasa. The film will be released in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada along with its the Original (Telugu) version.
Salaar
Release Date: September 28, 2023
Star Cast: Prabhas, Prithiviraj Sukumaran, Shruti Haasan, Jagapathi Babu, Madhu Guruswamy, Easwari Rao, Sriya Reddy, Pramod
Director: Prashanth Neel
Producer: Vijay Kiragandur (Hombale Films)
Budget: Rs. 200 Crore
Sandalwood’s acclaimed director Prasanth Neel, who has delivered biggest blockbusters of all-times- KGF 1 & 2, is ready to create new records with his next Pan India project Salaar which is an action thriller and will be released in Kannada and dubbed Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam versions.
Indian 2
Release Date: November 14, 2023
Star Cast: Kamal Haasan, Nendumudi Venu, Gouthami, Gulshan Grover, Siddharth, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Samuthirakani, Bobby Simha, Delhi Ganesh, Jayaprakash, Vennela Kishore
Director: S. Shankar
Producer: Subaskaran Allirajah, Udhayanidhi Stalin (Lyca Productions, Red Giant Movies)
Budget: Rs. 220 Crore
The vigilante action thriller is the sequel of Kamal Haasan’s 1996 blockbuster Indian. The big budget film will be released in Tamil along with Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam dubbed versions.
Tiger Nageswara Rao
Release Date: N/A
Star Cast: Ravi Teja, Nupur Sanon, Gayatri Bhardwaj
Director: Vamsee
Producer: Abhishek Agarwal (Abhishek Agarwal Arts)
Budget: Rs. 50–60 Crore
Based on the real-life incidents of a notorious thief , the much hyped Pan-India film stars ‘Mass Maharaja’ Ravi Teja in the titular role, with Nupur Sanon and Gayatri Bhardwaj playing the female leads. The big-budget film will be released theatrically in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam.
The Vaccine War
Release Date: N/A
Star Cast: N/A
Director: Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri
Producer: Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, Abhishek Agarwal Aarts (I Am a Buddha, Abhishek Agarwal Arts)
Budget: N/A
After delivering a massive blockbuster, The Kashmir Files, filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri is all set to be back with his next most ambitious project, titled The Vaccine War, which is a tribute to the endless support and dedication of our healthcare workers, doctors, and scientists towards saving people’s lives during the COVID-19 crisis. It is said to be the first ever pan-Indian film, which will be released in 11 languages, including Hindi, English, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, and Bhojpuri.