Doosra

Seven years after its first trailer, Abhinay Deo's Doosra finally has a theatrical release date. The film, built around India's 2002 NatWest Series final win at Lord's, opens in cinemas on 23 October 2026.

What we know

Doosra pairs a famous sporting moment with a personal story. According to Bollywood Hungama, the film follows Tara, a young girl in a conservative household who struggles to be heard. Watching captain Sourav Ganguly wave his shirt from the Lord's balcony after India beat England inspires her to stand up for herself. The official trailer calls it "India's Other Freedom Story".

Deo has said the film is about emotional freedom rather than political freedom, and that it tells the story of a country finding its voice alongside a girl finding hers.

Cast and crew

• Cast: Plabita Borthakur (as Tara), Ankur Vikal, Samidha Guru, Twisha Joshi and Krishna Gokani
• Director: Abhinay Deo, whose earlier work includes Delhi Belly
• Story and screenplay: Agnello Oswin Dias
• Producers: Masha Sajdeh, Steven Cantor and Jamie Schutz, per the official trailer credits, with Rohan Sajdeh as executive producer
• Music: Ram Sampath
• Studio and release: RDP Production. The official trailer is a joint upload with PVR Inox Pictures, which is listed as distributor.

Release date

The makers announced the 23 October 2026 release date with the new poster and trailer on 12 October. Doosra is not a new project. Its first trailer and poster came out in June 2019, when the film did not yet have a release date, as reported at the time by The Indian Express.

Trailer and teaser status

• New trailer: Released on 12 October 2026 on the film's official YouTube channel (Doosra The Film), with PVR Inox Pictures
• Reactions: Anil Kapoor and cricketer Rohit Sharma praised the trailer. Sharma recalled that he was 15 at the time of the final.
• Earlier trailer: First released in June 2019

Why it matters

The 2002 NatWest final is one of Indian cricket's most celebrated moments. Doosra uses it to tell a smaller, intimate story about one family rather than a sports biopic, and it arrives on one of the busiest release weekends of the year.