Udta Teer: Ayushmann, Sara Ali Khan Film Now Oct 23
Udta Teer, with Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan, moved from October 9 to October 23 after Drishyam 3's opening. A sourced preview.
Udta Teer, the Aakash Kaushik film starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan, has been postponed from October 9 to October 23, 2026. The Indian Express and Hindustan Times reported the move after the strong opening of Drishyam 3. This is a preview, not a review, because the film had not yet released at the time of writing.
The postponement
The release was moved by two weeks, from October 9 to October 23, according to the Indian Express and Hindustan Times. The reports link the shift to the opening of Drishyam 3, which opened in October. We have not found a statement from the producers confirming that reason in their own words, so it should be read as the reports' account.
The cast and the film
Aakash Kaushik directs. Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan lead the cast, according to the Wikipedia list of 2026 Hindi films. A trailer has been released. IWMBuzz reviewed the trailer and called the story predictable. That is one outlet's opinion of a trailer, and not a review of the film.
What we cannot report
No box office figures exist, because the film has not opened. No reviews exist beyond the trailer commentary. And we have not found an official budget. A responsible preview can only describe the date, the cast and what the trailer showed, and we have kept to that.
Ayushmann Khurrana's schedule
Ayushmann's most recent release was Pati Patni Aur Woh Do on May 15, 2026. Koimoi lists its worldwide gross at ₹77.81 crore and its India net at ₹59.29 crore, with a Plus verdict. Yeh Prem Mol Liya, his Sooraj Barjatya film with Sharvari, is due on November 27.
That makes two Ayushmann releases within five weeks of one another, October 23 and November 27, both after a five-month gap from his May release. A close spacing can split an audience, but it can also keep a star in front of viewers, and the trade will watch both openings.
The competition
Drishyam 3, the Ajay Devgn film whose opening prompted the postponement, is still in the market. Ramayana: Part 1 arrives on November 5. Udta Teer therefore has a window of about two weeks before the biggest film of the season takes the largest screens in the market.
Prahaar, which opened on October 16 with a day-one India net of ₹2.35 crore according to Sacnilk and the Times of India, will still be in theatres.
How to follow it
When the film opens, readers can compare opening figures on Sacnilk, Koimoi and Box Office India. Those trackers often differ by a few crore on day one, and early estimates are revised. Our later coverage will report figures with attribution and a note on which tracker is used.
The cover photograph
The cover photograph for this story shows Ayushmann Khurrana receiving the National Award for Andhadhun. It is an archive photograph from an earlier film and not a still from Udta Teer.
The bottom line
Udta Teer is due on October 23 after a two-week delay, has a lead pair of Ayushmann Khurrana and Sara Ali Khan, and has a trailer that one outlet called predictable. Beyond that, nothing about its commercial performance or critical reception is known yet, and we do not guess.
Sources
*Cover photo: Vice President's Secretariat, Wikimedia Commons, *[*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ayushmann_Khurrana_National_Award_for_Andhadhun.jpg*](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ayushmann_Khurrana_National_Award_for_Andhadhun.jpg)* (GODL-India).*