How can we ever forget Akshay Kumar? The man who is doing action, thrillers, comedy, drama, everything you could imagine with your life, at the age of 56. And we are here to show you exactly what you would have guessed – Akshay Kumar’s lineup, longer than a python.
At this stage of his life, what does he want to show you and what is he currently hiding from you that he will show you soon? Well, he doesn’t need to reveal it. Scroll down the page and see it for yourself.
1. Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue (2023)
Director – Tinu Suresh Desai
Produced by – Pooja Entertainment
Release – 6 October 2023
Akshay Kumar in his next venture shows us the story of India’s biggest rescue mission, playing the role of Late Jaswant Singh Gill, the mastermind behind the rescue operation of Raniganj Coalfields collapse of 1989, in West Bengal.Â
Co-stars – Parineeti Chopra, Kumud Mishra, Ravi Kishan, Pavan Malhotra, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
2. Vedant Marathe Veer Daudle Saat
Director – Mahesh Manjrekar
Produced by – Qureshi Productions Private Limited, Mahesh Manjrekar Movies
Release – Diwali 2023 (now postponed)
Akshay Kumar plays the role of legendary Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja in his extended cameo in a film based on a tale of 7 of his most fierce warriors. The film marks his official debut in Marathi film industry, after working in Mumbai for 32 years and counting.
Co-stars – Pravin Tarde, Vishal Nikam, Jai Dudhane
3. Soorarai Pottru Remake
Director – Sudha Kongara
Produced by – Suriya & Jyotika, Cape Of Good Films
Release – 16 February 2024
This untitled remake of Tamil classic Soorarai Pottru is produced by the lead actor of the original, Suriya himself and directed by Sudha Kongara, the same director as the original. Our Babu bhaiya, Paresh Rawal plays the same role he played in the original film. Basically, it is a replica of another film already available to all of us, in Hindi.
Co-stars – Radhika Madan, Paresh Rawal, Suriya (cameo)
4. C. Shankaran Nair Biopic
Director – Karan Singh Tyagi
Produced by – Dharma Productions
Release – Unknown
In this film based on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Akshay Kumar plays the role of C. Shankaran Nair, an Indian lawyer standing against this shameful act by the Britishers.
Co-stars – R. Madhavan, Ananya Pandey
5. Housefull 5
Director – Tarun Mansukhani
Produced by – Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Release – Diwali 2024
Housefull becomes the first Indian franchise to get 5 installments with only Akshay Kumar and Ritesh Deshmukh confirmed as the leads, and the producer has confirmed that the film will have the biggest cast ever, almost all the actors from the previous franchises.
According to some rumours, Nadiadwala ke paas duniya bhar ka Paisa hai as the film’s budget is supposed to be around ₹350 Crore, more than films like Jawan, Pathaan and Tiger 3, that too for a comedy genre. Let’s just hope they put this money to good use.
Co-stars – A lot of actors from the previous films.
6. Singham Again (Extended Cameo)
Director – Rohit Shetty
Produced by – Reliance Entertainment
Release – 15 August 2024
Co-stars – Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh, Jackie Shroff, Tiger Shroff, Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Arjun Kapoor
7. Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
Director – Ali Abbas Zafar
Produced by – Pooja Entertainment
Release – Eid 2024
Co-stars – Tiger Shroff, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Alaya F, Sonakshi Sinha, Manushi Chillar.
8. Hera Pheri 3
Director – Farhad Samji
Produced by – Firoz Nadiadwala
Release – Not Announced
Co-stars – Paresh Rawal, Suniel Shetty, Sanjay Dutt
9. Welcome To The Jungle
Director – Ahmed Khan
Produced by – Firoz Nadiadwala
Release – Christmas 2024
Co-stars – Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Arshad Warsi, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Rajpal Yadav, Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda, Daler Mehndi, Mika Singh, Rahul Dev, Mukesh Tiwari, Sharib Hashmi, Inaamulhaq, Zakir Hussain, Yashpal Sharma, Raveena Tandon, Lara Dutta, Jacqueline Fernandez, Disha Patani and Vrihi Kodvara.
10. Awara Paagal Deewana 2
Director – Ahmed Khan
Produced by – Firoz Nadiadwala
Release – Not Announced
Co-stars – Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Johnny Lever
11. Sky Force
Director – Sandeep Kewlani and Abhishek Anil Kapur
Produced by – Maddock Films
Release – 2nd October 2024
Co-stars – Veer Pahariya, Sara Ali Khan, Nimrat Kaur
12. Khel Khel Mein
Director – Mudassar Aziz
Produced by – T-Series
Release – Not Announced
The comedy film is going to be a remake of the 2016 Italian thriller Perfetti Sconosciuti or Perfect Strangers (In English). The film has been remade in multiple languages all around the world since it’s eternity, including Mohanlal’s 2022 Malayalam thriller 12th Man being inspired from it.
The original is based on a story of 7 friends sitting in 1 room who decide to display all their calls and messages to the whole room which leads to them revealing many of their secrets providing hilarious twists. If anything, the premise does tell that the remake would be a huge multistarrer and with a great director and a man like Akshay Kumar, it would be a delight to watch.
Co-stars – Taapsee Pannu, Fardeen Khan, Vaani Kapoor
13. Jolly LLB 3
Director – Subhash Kapoor
Produced by – Fox Star Studios
Release – Not Announced
It is said that we will witness Jolly vs Jolly in this film, with our beloved Judge, Sundar Lal Tripathi.
Co-stars – Arshad Warsi, Saurabh Shukla
Out of all these upcoming films, 3 are confirmed (Housefull 5, Hera Pheri 3 and Awara Paagal Deewana 2) but have not gone into production. So they may take longer than others.
7 of them are set to release in 2024 – Soorarai Pottru Remake, BMCM, Sankaran Nair Biopic, Singham Again, Vedant Marathe Veer Daudle Saat, Welcome To The Jungle and if they stick to their timelines, Housefull 5 as well.
Which one of these avatars are you most excited to watch?
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