Parivarik ManuRanjan

Pankaj Tripathi and Aditi Rao Hydari are working together for the first time in Parivarik ManuRanjan, a Hindi romantic comedy and family drama. Sony LIV has announced that the film will stream from 13 November 2026. It is a Sony LIV original film and is not releasing in cinemas.

Director, writers and producers

Varun V. Sharma, who made his directing debut with Bunty Aur Babli 2 (2021), directs. The Hollywood Reporter India reports that the screenplay is by Brijendra Kala, Ali Abbas Zafar and Sharma, with dialogues by Kala. The producers are Vinod Bhanushali, Kamlesh Bhanushali, Himanshu Kishan Mehta and Alicia Zafar, and Ali Abbas Zafar is creative producer.

According to THR India, this is the first film from a three-film partnership between AAZ Films and Bhanushali Studios that was announced earlier in the year.

Confirmed cast

• Pankaj Tripathi as Ranjan Dubey
• Aditi Rao Hydari as Helen
• Brijendra Kala
• Mukesh Tiwari
• Sunita Rajwar

The premise

The makers' synopsis, as reported by The Week, sets the story in Lucknow. Helen is a property manager from Delhi who comes to the city to deal with a large ancestral mansion. There she meets Ranjan Dubey, the mansion's only resident and, as the synopsis puts it, one of Lucknow's most eligible bachelors. Their unexpected meeting turns into a romance full of family complications and comic situations.

The film's tagline on the trailer is "Ek jodi, baaki sab jury", which suggests the couple has the whole family watching.

What the leads have said

Tripathi told the press he was drawn to the film's simplicity, its relatable characters and its small moments of humour. Hydari called the film a mix of romance, humour and family drama, and said sharing the screen with Tripathi for the first time was a joy.

Teaser and trailer

Sony LIV posted an official teaser on its YouTube channel in late October. The official trailer followed on 3 November 2026, with the caption "streaming from 13 November".

Why it's worth a look

Tripathi is best known for grounded comic roles, and Hydari usually picks more polished parts. Their first film together is a small-town romantic comedy written partly by the actor-writer Brijendra Kala. If you enjoy gentle family comedies set in North India, it is one of the more notable streaming premieres of mid-November.