Apr 01, 2026 7:16pm IST
Mohanlal and Mammootty’s ‘Patriot’ Gets a New Release Date; To Clash With Riteish Deshmukh’s ‘Raja Shivaji’ at the Box Office
Mohanlal and Mammootty-starrer pan-India Malayalam biggie “Patriot,” earlier scheduled to hit the screens on April 23, will now be released on May 1.
The two lead stars of the film have shared the new release date on their social media handles. Since the release has been pushed out by only a week, Mammuka and Lalletan fans are not disappointed.
Interestingly, “Patriot” will now lock horns with another pan-India biggie, “Raja Shivaji.” The Riteish Deshmukh-starrer Marathi historical action drama is based on the life of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of the Maratha Empire.
Talking about “Patriot,” this action drama is directed and written by Mahesh Narayanan and also stars Revathi, Darshana Rajendran, Sreeparvathy, Geethi Sangeetha, Grace Anthony, Kunchacko Boban, Fahadh Faasil, Nayanthara and Rajeev Menon. The film’s music is composed by Sushin Shyam, cinematography by Manush Nandan and editing by Mahesh Narayanan and Rahul Radhakrishnan.
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“Raja Shivaji” also stars Sanjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sachin Khedekar, Vidya Balan, Bhagyashree, Fardeen Khan, Jitendra Joshi, Amole Gupte, Boman Irani and Genelia Deshmukh, with Salman Khan in a cameo role.
Directed by Riteish Deshmukh, the film’s music is composed by the duo Ajay-Atul and its cinematographer is the legendary Santosh Sivan. Apart from Hindi and Marathi, the film will also have a dubbed Telugu version.
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