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             BOLLYWOOD GUP-SHUP                                                        AUGUST 21, 2026                                      43

                       Bollywood Gup-Shup

              RAJKUMMAR RAO                                                     VIR DAS

              ‘Prahaar’ to hit theatres on October 16                           Director wraps up shooting for ‘Baara Number’
              R       ajkummar    biopic                                                                                 ir Das has wrapped
                                    Rao’s
                      upcoming
                                                                                                                         shooting for his sec-
                      on public prose-
              cutor Ujjwal Nikam titled                                                                          Vond directorial ven-
                                                                                                                   ture, ‘Baara Number’, a
              ‘Prahaar’ has got a new re-                                                                            found-footage   psycholog-
              lease date. Maddock Films                                                                              ical thriller  that  explores
              announced the new release                                                                               an immersive storytelling
              date on its Instagram han-                                                                              format.
              dle on Thursday. The film is                                                                                Das serves as the film’s
              now scheduled to release on                                                                             director, producer and a
              October 16. The film was ear-                                                                          member of its ensemble cast.
              lier slated to release on Au-
              gust 7. The movie is directed                                                                            Speaking about the com-
              by Avinash Arun, known for                                                                          pletion of the shoot, Das said,
              ‘Paatal Lok’ and ‘Three of Us’.                                                                   “Baara Number has been an
              It is produced by Dinesh Vijan                                                                 incredibly intense and rewarding
              under the Maddock Films ban-                                                              experience for me because it challenged
              ner. “PRAHAAR - The Untold                                                me in almost every way possible.” He added, “Making
              Story of Ujjwal Nikam, in cinemas                                  a psychological thriller is already a very specific exercise in re-
              16th October 2026,” wrote Maddock            Films. The official   straint, atmosphere and character, but choosing to tell it through
              teaser of ‘Prahaar’ was released in June, offering the first glimpse   the found-footage format added an entirely different layer to the
              of Rajkummar Rao in a powerful transformation as celebrated In-   process.”
              dian public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.

                  The teaser introduces viewers to a tense and investigative
              world, built around a wall covered with case files, photographs and
              notes linked to “Terror in Mumbai: City Under Siege.”

              RAM GOPAL VARMA

              Director announces new film ‘Police Company’
                      am Gopal Varma announced his new movie titled ‘Police Company’ which
                      will star Harshvardhan Rane in the lead role. Ram Gopal Varma penned
              Ra long note on his X handle announcing the movie while sharing the syn-
              opsis of the film. The movie is produced under the banner of T Series. “My NEXT
              film’s NAME being produced by T SERIES is .. POLICE COMPANY With the
              tag line “It Is More Dangerous Than D Company “ The police is an institution, and
              an underworld company is a money making organisation.. But when an institution
              is given extra powers, it will soon become a company After DAWOOD IBRAHIM
              brutally finished most of his rival gangs, he grew his GANG into a COMPANY and
              then left for DUBAI leaving his protegee CHOTA RAJAN to head the operations of
              D COMPANY Subsequently a chain of events led to a split between Dawood and Rajan, which in turn caused
              a vacuum in the Mumbai underworld.”

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