If you were waiting for a quiet week at the Hindi box office, October 23, 2026, is not it. Eight Hindi films are arriving in theatres on the same Friday, and the spread is unusually wide: comedy drama, supernatural romance, horror, sports nostalgia and family comedy.
The Friday line-up
Here is your quick scan of the eight titles hitting cinemas on October 23, 2026.
- Udta Teer — Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan lead Akash A Kaushik’s comedy drama. Bilal, a Pakistani officer on a covert task in India, loses his memory and wakes up convinced he is a patriotic Indian officer; Indian agencies then recruit him by mistake.
- Tu Hai Meri Kiran — Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal star in Karan Rawal’s supernatural romantic thriller. What starts as an innocent connection turns into a possessive and dangerous obsession.
- Pehla Pyaar Doosri Baar — Six school friends reunite ten years after graduation for a wild vacation, and old crushes meet modern relationship chaos.
- Main Na Raha Mera — Adhyayan Suman and Divita Rai play Raj and Simran in this romantic drama. Raj, who learned romance from 1990s Bollywood films, comes face-to-face with the love he lost at her wedding twelve years later.
- Khaali Kheti — Jackie Shroff, Sharad Kelkar and Neha Sargam headline a horror thriller that uses a rustic farming backdrop as a supernatural mirror to society.
- Tum Mere Ho — Gurmeet Choudhary and Isha Malviya feature in a romance about a passionate skydiver whose love and marriage are tested by twists and heartbreak.
- Doosra — Abhinay Deo directs a sports drama set around India’s 2002 NatWest Final, when a young girl finds the courage to speak the truth.
- Little Thomas — Set in 1990s Goa, Kaushal Oza’s family comedy follows seven-year-old Thomas as he tries to bring his quarreling parents together because he desperately wants a little brother.
Why a crowded Friday works both ways
Eight releases in one day is a gift for moviegoers, but it splits screens and attention quickly. This is not a weekend with one big tentpole doing all the work; it is a week of mid-sized and smaller titles that will need strong word of mouth to hold shows into the second weekend. For fans, the first-day choice can quietly decide which films stay around.
How to pick your film
Use genre as your filter. For plot-driven comedy with a spy twist, start with Udta Teer. For family warmth, Little Thomas. For a thriller night, choose Tu Hai Meri Kiran or Khaali Kheti. For romance, Main Na Raha Mera and Tum Mere Ho fit. For sports nostalgia, Doosra is built around the NatWest Final, while Pehla Pyaar Doosri Baar is the reunion-comedy option.
Book early if a title matters to you. In a week this crowded, smaller films can lose shows quickly after the opening weekend, especially if early audiences stay quiet.
Source: PINKVILLA