Overview
- Akshay Kumar posted the film’s first-look character posters on Wednesday, confirming a theatrical release date of September 11, 2026 and a marketing tone built around menace and suspense.
- The posters use contrasting imagery and taglines—Akshay’s reads “Vengeance sees everything” while Saif’s reads “Every sense is a weapon”—to frame an oppositional dynamic and hint at the story’s emotional stakes.
- Saif Ali Khan says he plays a visually challenged, sympathetic lead he likens to an 'Indian version of a blind samurai,' a role that production and press describe as physically and emotionally demanding.
- Haiwaan is Priyadarshan’s Hindi adaptation of his 2016 Malayalam thriller Oppam, with Mohanlal confirmed for a cameo and the director saying the script has been adjusted rather than copied shot‑for‑shot.
- Production is complete and the film, produced by KVN Productions and Thespian Films with a supporting cast that includes Boman Irani, Saiyami Kher and Shriya Pilgaonkar, is moving into a full promotional phase with teasers and box‑office positioning next.