Varun Dhawan's next release Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai has had a roller-coaster ride in terms of it's release date. Originally announced as a June 5, 2026 release date, it got postponed to June 12 after Yash's Toxic decided to release on June 4. It again decided to prepone to May 22, before finally reclaiming it's current slot: June 5.
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai, Peddi
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And then, the unexpected happened: actor Ram Charan's Peddi shifted to June 4 as well. But this time, the makers of Varun's rom-com are in no mood to budge.
Producer of Hai Jawaani Toh Ishq Hona Hai, Ramesh Taurani tells HT City exclusively, “Ab kya kar sakte hain, kuchh nahi. Koi na koi toh aayega hi. There are 52 weeks in a year, someone will clash. It's okay.” Ask him if they are considering a release date change again, and he asserts, “Not at all.”
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The clash at the box office now stands confirmed. Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai, co starring Mrunal Thakur and Pooja Hegde alongside Varun, is touted as a family entertainer, while Ram Charan's Peddi has sports at it's core. It will star Janhvi Kapoor opposite him.
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The clash at the box office now stands confirmed. Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai, co starring Mrunal Thakur and Pooja Hegde alongside Varun, is touted as a family entertainer, while Ram Charan's Peddi has sports at it's core. It will star Janhvi Kapoor opposite him.
Rishabh Suri is an Assistant Editor, film critic, and professional overthinker of plot points. He writes for HT City, keeping pace with an industry where news cycles expire long before the popcorn gets cold. He completed his graduation in English Honours from Kirori Mal College, followed by a Master’s degree in English Literature-effectively training his brain to over-analyse classic texts before applying those exact same skills to 3-hour Bollywood blockbusters. He got into the profession when he had barely graduated from college and has been at HT ever since. At HT, Rishabh reviews films with a simple rule: skip the dense academic jargon and get straight to the point. Beyond reviews, as Assistant Editor, he helps navigate the broader circus of showbiz, tracking everything from OTT shifts to sudden box office panics. In a beat driven by loud PR machinery and carefully scripted answers, Rishabh prefers cutting through the noise to focus on how stories get made and why trends shift. When he isn’t writing against a deadline, he is usually sitting in a dark theater, compulsively memorising dialogues. For Rishabh, analysing movies isn't just a day job- it’s a habit he couldn't turn off even if he tried.
