Prahaar Release Date, Cast, Trailer: All We Know

Prahaar Release Date, Cast, Trailer and Box Office: Everything We Know

Prahaar, Rajkummar Rao's 26/11 courtroom drama as prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, releases in theatres on 16 October 2026 alongside Nayyi Navelli.

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Prahaar: The Untold Story of Ujjwal Nikam, a Hindi crime drama from Maddock Films, releases in theatres on Friday, 16 October 2026. The film stars Rajkummar Rao as special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, who led the trial of 26/11 gunman Ajmal Kasab, with Jaideep Ahlawat, Wamiqa Gabbi and Lalit Prabhakar as Kasab(1, 4). It is directed by Avinash Arun (9, 12).

Prahaar release date

The film is confirmed for an October 16, 2026 theatrical release, a date repeated across the film's trailer drop and subsequent promotion (1, 4, 9, 10).

Prahaar cast

Actor	Role
Rajkummar Rao	Ujjwal Nikam
Wamiqa Gabbi	Rao's co-star in the romantic track; plays opposite him in a domestic storyline (13, 14)
Jaideep Ahlawat	Lawyer defending Kasab, as reported (4)
Sikandar Kher	Cast member
Lalit Prabhakar	Ajmal Kasab(3)
Nassar	Cast member
Ashish Vidhyarthi	Cast member
Ritwik Sahore	Aniket Nikam, Ujjwal Nikam's son (10)

Rajkummar Rao and Jaideep Ahlawat, who studied together at the Film and Television Institute of India, are sharing the screen for the first time in this film (15). Rao gained eight kilograms to play Nikam, who is 73, while Rao himself is 42 (9).

Prahaar story

The film traces Ujjwal Nikam's courtroom pursuit of Ajmal Kasab following the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, focusing on the prosecution rather than the attack itself (1, 12). Nikam has said the film is built around the trial and the decision to try Kasab rather than execute him outright, and that it avoids glorifying the violence (12). Alongside the courtroom narrative, the film also follows a family strand involving Nikam's son, Aniket, played by Ritwik Sahore (10). A romantic subplot features Rao's character and Wamiqa Gabbi's character navigating a relationship depicted through domestic scenes such as a wedding and shared city walks (13, 14).

Prahaar trailer and songs

The trailer, titled Prahaar: The Untold Story of Ujjwal Nikam, was released on 29 September 2026, with its launch staged at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai, the site targeted in the 26/11 attacks (1, 2, 5, 6). Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis attended the launch and praised the film's handling of the subject (5, 6). The trailer runs roughly two minutes and shows Rao as Nikam and Ahlawat as Kasab's defending lawyer (4). The real-life Ujjwal Nikam was present at the event (5).

The first song, Mere Rehte, sung by Vishal Mishra and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, was released on 2 October 2026, described as built around courtroom imagery and news footage from 2008 (8). A second track, Tujh Mein Basi Meri Jaan, composed by Pritam with lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya and sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Sonu Nigam, released on 9 and 10 October 2026, marking the duo's first romantic duet together in over a decade (13, 14).

Prahaar rights deals and budget

The film is produced by Dinesh Vijan's Maddock Films (2, 12).

Prahaar advance booking and box office

Prahaar is set to open on the same Friday, October 16, as Nayyi Navelli, starring Yami Gautam Dhar, who visited Patna Sahib Gurudwara ahead of the release (7, 11).

Prahaar OTT release

No OTT release date for Prahaar has been reported yet.

Sources

Last updated 11 October 2026. This guide is kept by CutMirchi's automated Guide Desk from the stories listed above and from our release tracker, and is refreshed as new reports come in. Dates and figures are as those reports gave them; trade figures are estimates.