24th December 2011 Update: This article was originally published on
July 5th 2011. Unfortunately, in the last few months, several important
movies like Dhoom 3 and Krrish 3 have been postponed to 2013. We have
now updated the article below with the most awaited Bollywood movies of
2012. We have also attached a table with the entire list of releases in
2012. Do bookmark this page, we will be updating the release dates every
week.
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There are several exciting Hindi movies lined up for release next
year, here is a list of 10 such most-awaited movies in 2012
- Number 10 – Heroine – Until now, Heroine has been in news for all the wrong reasons. Madhur Bhandarkhar first approached Kareena Kapoor, who rejected it as she wanted some changes in the script. Madhur then signed Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who even shot for a few scenes. Barely a few days later, when it was announced that Aishwarya is pregnant, the future of Madhur’s dream-project was uncertain once again. He ditched Ash, approached Kareena again and made the necessary changes to the script. All is well that end well – Kareena is currently shooting for Heroine and the film is expected to release before the end of 2012.
- Number 9 – Joker – Directed by Shirish Kunder (Jaan-e-mann), Joker is India’s first big-budget film to be shot using a real 3D camera. Akshay Kumar is the protagonist with Sonakshi Sinha playing his love interest. Not much is known about Joker at this stage.
- Number 8 – Rowdy Rathore – Prabhu Deva, the director of Salman Khan’s Wanted, returns with Rowdy Rathore. Again, the film stars Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha. With action masala films being the flavor of the season, it will be interesting to watch Akshay return to what he does best – action!
- Number 7 – Once Upon A Time In Mumbai 2 – The sequel to one of the best movies of 2010, several changes have been made to OUATIM 2. None of the main actors will be a part of the sequel to be once again directed by Milan Luthria. Akshay Kumar plays the role of Dawood Ibrahim (played by Emraan Hashmi in the prequel) and Sonakshi Sinha will be his love interest. Illeana D’Cruz from down south is also a part of the film. Once Upon A Time In Mumbai 2 Release Date: August 17th 2012.
- Number 6 – Tezz – Over the last couple of years, Ajay Devgan has established himself as one of the most bankable stars in the country. Films like Singham and the Golmaal series has only increased his popularity with the masses.
- Number 5 – Talaash – An Aamir Khan film! Do we need any other reason to watch a film? Every film that Aamir does is special and Talaash directed by Reema Tyagi will be his first after the humongous success of 3 Idiots (Dhobi Ghat was an experimental art film). For company Aamir has two of the most talented leading ladies in Bollywood – Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukherji. The Act of Murder Release Date: June 1st 2012.
- Number 4 – Agneepath – Hrithik Roshan’s only release for 2012 is the remake of one of Amitabh Bachchan’s most iconic films Agneepath (1990). Bachchan’s performance as Vijay Dinanath Chauhan won him a National Award. With the remake, the character of Vijay has been changed completely. The theatrical trailer and Chikni Chameli has only added to the hype. Agneepath Release Date: January 26 2012.
- Number 3 – Ek Tha Tiger – Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif return with a Yashraj Film directed by Kabir Khan (New York, Kabul Express). Little is known about the film apart from the fact that it’ll be a romantic thriller. And yes, the release date too – August 17 2012
- Number 2 – Dabangg 2 – The sequel to the 2010 blockbuster Dabangg has been confirmed for release during Christmas 2012. The only reason this comes down at number 2 is because it’s Arbaaz Khan’s debut as a director. It will be quite a challenge for him to better, 2010′s most loved film. Dabangg 2 Release Date: December 21 2012.
- Number 1 – An Yash Chopra movie after 8 years starring the King of Romance – SRK, the most popular actress in our industry today Katrina Kaif and teen-sensation Anushka Sharma. The music is composed by Oscar winning music composer AR Rahman and the lyrics will be penned by another Academy award winner Gulzar. If this isn’t the biggest movie of the year, then what is?
Agree with our list? Which are your most awaited Bollywood Movies of
2012? Tell us, below in the comments section.
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| Date | Movie | Starcast | Director |
| Jan 06 | Players | Abhishek, Sonam, Bobby Deol, Bipasha, Neil Nitin Mukesh | Abbas Mustan |
| Jan 13 | Chaalis Chauraasi | Naseeruddin Shah, Atul Kulkarni | Hriday Shetty |
| Jan 13 | Ghost | Shiny Ahuja, Sayali Bhagat | Puja Jatinder Bedi |
| Jan 13 | Sadda Adda | Shaurya Chauhan, Karanvir Sharma | Muazzam Beg |
| Jan 13 | Tutiya Dil | Suzanna Mukherjee, Sidhant Kapur | Amit Khanna |
| Jan 26 | Agneepath | Hrithik, Priyanka, Sanjay | Karan Malhotra |
| Feb 03 | Staying Alive | Anant Mahadevan, Saurabh Shukla | Anant Mahadevan |
| Feb 03 | Gali Gali Chor Hai | Akshaye Khanna, Shriya Saran | Rumi Jaffery |
| Feb 03 | Love You To Death | Chandan Roy Sanyal, Yuki Ellias | Rafeeq Ellias |
| Feb 10 | Ek Main Aur Ek Tu | Imran, Kareena | Shakun Batra |
| Feb 10 | Valentine's Night | Payal Rohatgi, Sangram Singh | Kirshan Kumar, Baadal |
| Feb 17 | Ek Deewana Tha | Prateik Babbar, Amy Jackson | Gautham Menon |
| Feb 17 | Married 2 America | Jackie Shroff, Archana Joglekar | Dilip Shankar |
| Feb 17 | Say Yes To Love | Aasad Mirza, Nazia Hussain | Marukh Mirza Beig |
| Feb 24 | Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya | Ritesh Deshmukh, Genelia D'Souza | Mandeep Kumar |
| Feb 24 | Jodi Breakers | Madhavan, Bipasha | Ashwini Chaudhary |
| Feb 29 | Kuch Spice To Make It Meetha? | Purab Kohli, Nauheed Cyrusi | Adeeb Rais |
| Mar 02 | London Paris New York | Ali Zafar, Aditi Rao Hydari | Anu Menon |
| Mar 02 | Paan Singh Tomar | Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill | Tigmanshu Dhulia |
| Mar 02 | Will You Marry Me? | Shreyas Talpade, Celina Jaitley, Mugdha Godse | Aditya Datt |
| Mar 09 | Chaar Din Ki Chandni | Tusshar Kapoor, Kulraj Randhawa | Samir Karnik |
| Mar 09 | Kahaani | Vidya Balan | Sujoy Ghosh |
| Mar 16 | Say Yes To Love | Aasad Mirza, Nazia Hussain | Marukh Mirza Beig |
| Mar 23 | Agent Vinod | Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan | Sriram Raghavan |
| Mar 30 | Blood Money | Kunal Khemu, Amrita Puri | Vishal Mahadkar |
| Mar 30 | Bumboo | Kavin Dave, Sharat Saxena | Jagadish Rajpurohit |
| Mar | Life Reboot Nahi Hoti | Rajat Barmecha, Meiyang Chang | Avinash Nanda |
| Mar | Shudra The Rising | Gauri Shankar, Shaji Chaudhary | Sanjeev Jaiswal |
| Apr 05 | Housefull 2 | Akshay Kumar, Asin | Sajid Khan |
| Apr 12 | Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein | Anupam Kher, Sachin Khedekar | Pramod Joshi |
| Apr 12 | Tension Mat Le Yaar | Om Puri, Dalip Tahil | Asgar Khan |
| Apr 13 | Maximum | Sonu Sood, Neha Dhupia | Kabeer Kaushik |
| Apr 13 | Bittoo Boss | Amita Pathak, Pulkit Samrat | Supavitra Babul |
| Apr 20 | Hate Story | Nikhil Dwivedi, Paoli Dam | Vivek Agnihotri |
| Apr 20 | Vicky Donor | Ayushman Khurana, Yami Gautam | Shoojit Sircar |
| Apr 20 | Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi | Pradhuman Singh, Neha Bhasin | Rakesh Mehta |
| Feb 20 | 5 Ghantey Mien 5 Crore | Meera, Abhishek Kumar | Faisal Saif |
| Apr 20 | The Coal Mafiaa | Ankit Nigotiya, Pooja Narang | Ajay Kashyap |
| Apr 20 | Gattu | Mohammad Samad, Naresh Kumar | Rajan Khosa |
| Apr 27 | Tezz | Ajay Devgan, Kangana Ranaut | Priyadarshan |
| Apr 27 | Ferrari Ki Sawaari | Sharman Joshi | Rajesh Mapuskar |
| Apr | It's My Life | Harman Baweja, Genelia D'Souza | Anees Bazmee |
| May 04 | Jannat 2 | Emraan, Randeep, Prachi | Kunal Deshmukh |
| May 11 | Dangerous Ishq | Karishma Kapoor, Jimmy Shergill | Vikram Bhatt |
| May 11 | Luv U Soniyo | Tanuj Virwani, Neha Hinge | Joe Rajan |
| May 11 | Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana | Kunal Kapoor, Huma Qureshi | Sameer Sharma |
| May 18 | Department | Sanjay Dutt, Anjana Sukhani | Ram Gopal Varma |
| May 18 | Ishaqzaade | Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra | Habib Faisal |
| May 25 | Arjun | Arnab Chaudhuri | |
| Jun 01 | Rowdy Rathore | Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha | Prabhu Dheva |
| Jun 08 | Shanghai | Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi | Dibakar Banerjee |
| Jun 22 | Teri Meri Kahani | Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra | Kunal Kohli |
| Jun 22 | 1920-Evil Returns | Aftab Shivdasani | Bhushan Patel |
| Jun 22 | Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai | Aditya Samanta, Nazia Hussain | Shree Narayan Singh |
| Jun 29 | Gangs Of Wasseypur | Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Anurag Kashyap |
| Jul 06 | Bol Bachchan | Ajay, Abhishek, Kareena | Rohit Shetty |
| Jul 13 | Barfee | Ranbir, Priyanka, Ileana | Anurag Basu |
| Jul 13 | Cocktail | Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone | Homi Adajania |
| Jul 27 | I, Me Aur Main | John, Chitrangda, Prachi | Kapil Sharma |
| Aug 02 | Kya Super Kool Hain Hum | Tusshar, Ritesh | Sachin Yardi |
| Aug 17 | Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai 2 | Akshay, Kareena, Ileana, Sonakshi | Milan Luthria |
| Aug 31 | Joker | Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha | Shirish Kunder |
| Aug 31 | Raaz 3 | Emraan, Jacqueline | Vikram Bhatt |
| Aug | Ek Tha Tiger | Salman, Katrina | Kabir Khan |
| Aug | Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola | Anushka Sharma | Vishal Bhardwaj |
| Sep 14 | Heroine | Kareena Kapoor | Madhur Bhandarkhar |
| Sep 28 | Aiyya | Rani Mukherjee | Sachin Kundalkar |
| Sep | 2nd Time Lucky | Prateik Babbar, Ahana Deol | Shoojit Sircar |
| Oct 26 | Lootera | Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha | Vikramaditya Motwane |
| Nov 30 | Talaash | Aamir, Kareena, Rani | Reema Kagti |
| Nov 30 | Son Of Sardar | Ajay Devgan, Sonakshi Sinha | Ashwani Dhir |
| Nov 30 | Race 2 | Saif, Anil, John, Deepika | Abbas Mustan |
| Nov | Yash Chopra's Next | Shahrukh, Katrina, Anushka | Yash Chopra |
| Nov | Khiladi 786 | Akshay Kumar | Ashish R Mohan |
| Dec 07 | Shootout At Wadala | John Abraham, Anil Kapoor | Sanjay Gupta |
| Dec 12 | Jism 2 | Sunny Leone | Mahesh Bhatt |
| Dec 12 | Zila Ghaziabad | Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi | Anand Kumar |
| Dec 12 | Assi Nabey Poore Sau | Aditya Roy Kapoor, Samantha Ruth Prabhu | Gautham Menon |
| Dec 12 | Raanjhnaa | Dhanush | Anand L Rai |
| Dec 21 | Dabangg 2 | Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha | Arbaaz Khan |
| 2012 | Krrish 3 | Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra,Vivek Oberoi | Rakesh Roshan |
| 2012 | Ghayal Returns | Sunny, Om Puri | Ashwini Chaudhary |
| 2012 | Prague | Kalki, Chandan Roy | Rohit Khaitan |
| 2012 | Student Of The Year | Siddharth, Varun, Alia Bhatt | Karan Johar |
| 2012 | Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani | Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone | Ayan Mukerji |
| 2012 | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor | Rakesh Omprakash Mehra |
| 2012 | No Entry Mein Entry | Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan | Anees Bazmee |
| 2012 | Bhaiyyaji Superhit | Sunny Deol, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor | Neeraj Pathak |
| 2012 | Afra Tafri | Govinda, Mugdha Godse | Haadi Abrar |
| 2012 | Tukkaa Fitt | Mimoh Chakraborty, Vaishali Desai | Shawn Arranha |
| 2012 | Shobhana 7 Nights | Raveena Tandon, Rohit Roy | Sudipto Chattopadhyaya |
| 2012 | Judwaa 2 | Saif Ali Khan | Sajid Khan |
| 2012 | Gin Liya Aasman | Raveena Tandon | Rishi Deshpande |
| 2012 | Life's Good | Jackie Shroff, Rajit Kapoor | Anant Mahadevan |
| 2012 | 3 Bachelors | Sharman Joshi, Raima Sen, Riya Sen | Ajai Sinha |
| 2012 | Andaz Naya Naya | Anish Patel | |
