Fauzi is an upcoming Indian Telugu language epic period war drama film directed by Hanu Raghavapudi and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Y. Ravi Shankar, and Naveen Yerneni under the banner of Mythri Movie Makers. The film stars Prabhas, Imanvi Esmail, Sajjad Delafrooz, Mithun Chakraborty and Anupam Kher in lead roles.
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Production Development The project was launched on 17 August 2024 with a puja ceremony, initially titled as "Fauji". The film's new title was announced by Prabhas on his 46th birthday on 23 October 2025. The film marks Prabhas' return to period drama after Baahubali. In November 2025, it was decided by the makers that the film will be released in two parts followed by a prequel. The VFX works are supervised by RC Kamalakannan, while Prem Rakshith served as the choreographer and Sudeep Chatterjee was the cinematographer.
Made with an estimated budget of 500700 crore, Fauzi is one of the most expensive Telugu film.
Casting Prabhas plays the lead role, a soldier of the Azad Hint Fauj in the film. Sajjad Delafrooz was confirmed to play as the lead antagonist marking his Telugu film debut. Anupam Kher's cast was confirmed by the makers on 7 March 2026. Mithun Chakraborty and Jaya Prada joined the cast the August 2024. Kannada actress Chaithra J Achar also joined the cast marking her Telugu film debut.
Debutant Iman Esmail was finalised as female protagonist.
Filming Principal photography commenced in 24 August 2024 in Madurai. In February 2026, Prabhas sustained minor injury while performing a horse-riding sequence. In April 2026, the makers announced that 80% of shooting of the film was completed. On 5 May 2026, six crew members met a road accident near Abdullapurmet while they were on way to Ramoji Film City for a shoot, in which one died on spot and five other injured. Filming was temporarily halted following the accident. Another break in shooting was taken till 15 September, leaving around 20 days of shooting Prabhas' part. During the shooting Rajesh Sharma was hosptilised following insect bite.
In mid-August, Prabhas' unit moved to Aluminium Factory for filming. For shooting purpose a Japanese Army camp of the World War II era was recreated at Ramoji Film City.
Marketing A poster was released by the makers in 16 July 2026.
Music Vishal Chandrashekhar composed the songs and background scores, while Krishna Kanth penned the lyrics.
Release Distribution This film is a Telugu film, and its dubbed versions will be released in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam & Bangla languages.
AA Films acquired the Hindi version release rights for 60 crore.
Theatrical On 16 July 2026, the maker announced the Fauzi will be theatrically released on 3 December 2026. However, on 21 September 2026, during the pre-release event of Nani's The Paradise, producer of Mythri Movie Makers Ravi Shankar confirmed that the release of Fauzi "is being pushed back slightly."
Home media Netflix acquired the post-theatrical digital streaming rights for a price of 180 crore.
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