{"id":738507,"date":"2026-07-02T07:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/738507\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T07:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:54:08","slug":"nagraj-manjules-khashaba-unveils-teaser-2027-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/738507\/","title":{"rendered":"Nagraj Manjule&#8217;s &#8216;Khashaba&#8217; Unveils Teaser, 2027 Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/jio-studios\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jio-studios\" data-tag=\"jio-studios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jio Studios<\/a> and Aatpat Productions have unveiled a teaser and worldwide release date for Indian filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/nagraj-manjule\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nagraj-manjule\" data-tag=\"nagraj-manjule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nagraj Manjule<\/a>\u2018s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/khashaba\/\" id=\"auto-tag_khashaba\" data-tag=\"khashaba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Khashaba<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Marathi-language biographical sports drama tells the story of Indian Olympic wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe film marks Manjule\u2019s return to Marathi-language cinema following his Indian National Film Award-winning \u201cFandry\u201d and his 2016 hit \u201cSairat.\u201d It comes after his 2022 Hindi-language feature debut \u201cJhund,\u201d starring Amitabh Bachchan, and his Prime Video series \u201cMatka King,\u201d starring Vijay Varma, which premiered earlier this year. Jio Studios, which previously backed the \u201cDhurandhar\u201d duology, which are amongst the highest grossing Indian films of all time, and \u201cRaja Shivaji,\u201d which is the highest-grossing Marathi-language film of all time, is producing alongside Aatpat Productions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cKhashaba\u201d centers on the wrestler\u2019s rise from Maharashtra\u2019s traditional akharas, or wrestling mud-pits, to a bronze medal at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, making him independent India\u2019s first individual Olympic medalist. The teaser, which debuted in theaters before its digital release, depicts the world of competitive wrestling against the backdrop of a newly independent India.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe film carries a score from composers Ajay-Atul. The identity of the actor playing Jadhav has not yet been revealed. The supporting cast includes Jitendra Joshi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Girish Kulkarni, Vaibhav Mangale, Chhaya Kadam and Gargee Kulkarni. The cast also includes Vaibhav Mangale, Chhaya Kadam and Gargee Kulkarni, rounding out a film that pairs Manjule\u2019s storytelling instincts with a story of national sporting history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJyoti Deshpande and Gargee Kulkarni are producing \u201cKhashaba,\u201d with Manjule directing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cKhashaba\u201d opens in theaters worldwide on Jan. 1, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWatch the teaser here:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jio Studios and Aatpat Productions have unveiled a teaser and worldwide release date for Indian filmmaker Nagraj Manjule\u2018s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":738508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,154853,317588,206,317589],"class_list":["post-738507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-jio-studios","tag-khashaba","tag-movies","tag-nagraj-manjule"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/738508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}