Entertainment headlines have a new entry this week, and EXCLUSIVE: Excel Entertainment teaming up with Kanika Dhillon for an intense thriller is generating real conversation. Here is everything you need to know about the story that everyone is talking about.
The Story So Far
Add as a preferred source on Google Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's Excel Entertainment is rapidly expanding its production pipeline following its definitive deal with Universal Music India (UMI) earlier this year. The banner is assembling a enormous slate for the coming years, spanning genres and scales and featuring significant features, including Aamir Khan and Sunny Deol.
In the latest development, Excel Entertainment is teaming up with screenwriter Kanika Dhillon for an intense thriller. Kanika has written the screenplay and will co-produce the project under her Kathha Pictures banner, marking her third production venture following the 2023 Kajol and Kriti Sanon-led mystery thriller Do Patti and the highly anticipated Taapsee Pannu starrer Gandhari, which is slated to first screening on Netflix later this year.
Details of the project are being kept under concludes, but industry insiders reveal it will be an engaging thriller exploring themes of morality, ethics and complex societal issues, with two bold and complex characters at the centre of the narrative. Farhan and Kanika have been actively developing the project over the past few months and are in advanced discussions to finalise the lead cast.
Although the filmmaker is yet to be locked, the producers are planning to take the movie on floors by the end of this year or early 2027. Kanika is widely known for writing critically acclaimed captures centred around complex, bold and flawed female protagonists, including Haseen Dilruba, Manmarziyaan, Guilty and Judgementall Hai Kya.
Her writing credits also include Dunki, Kedarnath and Raksha Bandhan. Up next, she has written and is producing Gandhari, a gripping action thriller starring Taapsee Pannu as a fierce mother on a mission. Joram and Bhonsle filmmaker Devashish Makhija is directing the Netflix movie, which is currently in post-production.
Meanwhile, Excel Entertainment has half a dozen projects in various stages of production. The slate includes Lalkaara, an Aamir Khan starrer sports drama directed by Ashutosh Gowariker; Antony, a high-octane, suspense-driven action thriller starring Sunny Deol and Jyothika; and Mirzapur: The movie, the cinematic adaptation of the popular Prime Video series, which releases in cinemas on September 4.
Also in the works are Neeraj Pandey's R.D. Burman biographical drama and Abhishek Chaubey's next Prime Video series. Also Read: Excel Entertainment turns 25: Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani announce Excel Origins to back filmmakers under 30 Catch us for latest Bollywood News, fresh Bollywood Movies update, box office numbers, fresh Movies arrival, Bollywood News Hindi, Entertainment News, Bollywood Live News Today & highly anticipated Movies 2026 and stay updated with latest hindi movies only on the publication.
For now, fans have plenty to discuss, and the industry has plenty to analyse. TeraMovies will be tracking every twist in this story as it unfolds, bringing you the full picture from the world of entertainment.
