Overview
- Mohanlal announced on X that Patriot will open in theaters worldwide on April 23, 2026, echoing a new poster’s line, “Unleashing the spirit of fearless voices.”
- The latest poster, shared in multiple languages by industry figures including Vijay Deverakonda, Atlee, and Karan Johar, spotlights Mammootty, Mohanlal, Nayanthara, Fahadh Faasil, and others.
- Production has wrapped, with the team finishing the final shoot in early January under producers Anto Joseph and KG Anil Kumar.
- Nayanthara’s first-look poster carried the tagline “Dissent is patriotic” and embedded Morse code that fans decoded as April 23, foreshadowing the date reveal.
- Written and directed by Mahesh Narayanan, the ensemble political spy thriller has teaser cues about surveillance and a program called Periscope, with music by Sushin Shyam and cinematography by Manush Nandan.