Feb 10, 2026 1:22pm IST
Aamir Khan-Backed ‘Lahore 1947’ Featuring Sunny Deol And Preity Zinta Locks Independence Day Weekend
Finally, we have the date for Aamir Khan’s upcoming production venture titled "Lahore 1947". The movie, featuring Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta, will hit theaters on August 13, the Independence Day weekend.
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The production house revealed the release date, cast and crew details on social media. The post read, "Aamir Khan Productions sets 13th August 2026, during the Independence Day week, as the theatrical release date for their upcoming period drama Lahore 1947. The film brings together Sunny Deol, director Rajkumar Santoshi and producer Aamir Khan for the first time. Starring Sunny Deol, Shabana Azmi, Preity G. Zinta, Abhimanyu Singh, Karan Deol and Ali Fazal, the film features music by A. R. Rahman, lyrics by Javed Akhtar and dialogues by Rajkumar Santoshi & Asghar Wajahat.
"Cinematography is by Santosh Sivan, editing by Shyam Salgaonkar, sound design by Resul Pookutty and production design by Subrata Chakraborty & Amit Ray. ‘Lahore 1947’ marks Sunny Deol’s next major project following his recent blockbuster successes."
“Lahore 1947” marks the reunion of Sunny Deol and director Rajkumar Santoshi after their 1990s blockbusters, “Ghayal,” “Damini” and “Ghatak.”
Aamir Khan also remembered the late Dharmendra in the press release, which stated that it was one of the latter’s favorite scripts, and that he had watched the film before his demise. "This was one of the favourite scripts of Dharamji, and I am so glad he could see the film," the “Lagaan” star said in the statement.
The movie also marks the reunion of Sunny and Preity, who previously collaborated for “Farz” (2001) and “The Hero: Love Story of a Spy” (2003).
Sunny Deol has been on a roll as his last three films — “Gadar 2”, “Jaat” and “Border 2”—have done phenomenal business at the box office.
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