It has become a trend in almost all countries that whenever a film becomes a hit, sequels are made again of the same film. Because the general audience feels connected to that film, they easily connect with its sequel and the films become hits.
In India too, making sequels in the film industry started with the film Nigahen: Nagina Part II released in 1989, which was a sequel to the superhit Hindi film Nagina released in 1986. Thus the Hindi film Nigahen: Nagina Part II was the first sequel film in India. However, even after many years, no producer paid attention to making a sequel film. After many years, in the year 2006, the film Krrish came, which was a sequel to the superhit film Koi Mil Gaya (2003). This film was a big hit. The process of making sequel films accelerated in his Bollywood. After that sequels of movies like Krrish, Golmaal, Welcome, Housefull, Munnabhai, Gadar, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, Enthiran (Robot), Commando, Heropanti, Don, Yamla Pagla Deewana, Baaghi, Raaz, OMG, Dream Girl, KGF, Singham, Drishyam, Baahubali, etc. were made and the box office proved to be quite successful. In some sequel films, the story takes place where it was in the previous film. Its main characters remain the same. So in some sequel films only the characters remain the same but the story starts afresh.
Still the process of making sequel of many Indian films is going on and it is going to be released after next few months.
Here is a list of upcoming movies which are sequels of their own movies –
- Singham Again (Hindi) (Starring – Ajay DevgnAkshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Tiger Shroff, Kareena Kapoor, Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Jackie Shroff) – This film will be the third film of the film Singham series by Rohit Shetty. The director of this film is also Rohit Shetty. This film will be released on 1st November 2024. Ajay Devgan has been the lead actor in all the three films of the Singham series so far. The first film of this series, Singham, came in the year 2011, while its second film, Singham 2, came in the year 2014.
- Raid 2 (Hindi) (Starring – Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Vaani Kapoor) – This film will be the second film of the film Raid series by Raj Kumar Gupta. The director of this film is also Raj Kumar Gupta. This film will be released on 15th November 2024.
- Drishyam 3 (Malayalam) (Starring – Mohanlal) – Malayalam film Drishyam series all three films are directed by Jeethu Joseph. This film has become so popular that its remakes have been made in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada languages as well. The film Drishyam series has also been made into a Hindi language film and Ajay Devgan has played the lead role in both the films. Ajay Devgan is also the lead actor in the third part of the Hindi version of this film. Drishyam 3 will be released in 2025.
- Indian 3 (Tamil) (Starring – Kamal Hassan) – This film will be a sequel film to the film Indian (1996) and Indian 2 (2024) directed by S Shankar. Film Indian 3 will be released in 2025. The lead actor in the films is Kamal Haasan.
- War 2 (Hindi) (Starring – Hrithik Roshan, N.T. Rama Rao Jr., Kiara Advani) – This film is a sequel to the film ‘War’ released in the year 2019. The director of the film ‘War’ is Siddharth Anand. While the film War 2 is being directed by Ayan Mukherjee. This film will be released in 2025.
- Don 3 (Hindi) (Starring – Ranveer Singh) – Farhan Akhtar directed both the films of Don series, Farhan Akhtar also directed ‘Don 3’, although he was the actor of both the previous films of this series, but Ranveer Singh will be the lead actor in ‘Don 3’. This film will come in December 2025.
- Devara Part 2 (Telugu) (Starring – N.T.R. Jr.,
- Welcome To The Jungle (Hindi) (Starring – Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Raveena Tondon, Paresh Rawal and Pankaj Tripathi) – This film is the third film in the Welcome (2007) series. All of three movies are directed by Anees Bazmi. Film ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ will be released in 2025.
- Housefull 5 (Hindi) (Starring – Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon, Jacqueline Fernandez, John Abraham, Sunjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh.) – This movie is 5th installment of Housefull series. The first film of this series, ‘Housefull’, came in 2010. Sajid Khan was the director of the first two films of the ‘Housefull’ series. The third film was directed by Sajid Samji and Farhad Samji. The fourth film was directed by Farhad Samji. The fifth film is being directed by Tarun Mansukhani. Akshay Kumar and Ritesh Deshmukh have worked as actors in all the five films of the Housefull film series so far. This film is expected to be released in the month of December 2025.
- Aashiqui 3 (Hindi) (Starring – Kartik Aryan, Akanksha Sharma) The film Aashiqui 2 was a sequel to the film Aashiqui. The film Aashiqui was released in 1990, while its sequel Aashiqui 2 was released in 2013. Now the production of the third part of the Aashiqui series has started. A sequel of film Aashiqui 3 has been announced by Mukesh Bhatt & Bhushan Kumar. Kartik Aryan and Akanksha Sharma will be the lead actors in this film.The music for the sequel will be composed by Pritam. It will be directed by Anurag Basu. This film will be released before the audience in 2025.
- KGF Chapter 3 (Kannada) (Starring – Yash, Hrithik Roshan) – The first and second part of the Kannada film KGF proved to be a huge hit. Both these parts were directed by Prashanth Neel. And in both these parts Yash played the role of lead actor. KGF Chapter 2 has made a record of becoming the highest grossing film in Kannada language. KGF Part 1 was released in 2018 and its sequel KGF Chapter 2 was released in 2020. Preparations are going on to make KGF 3. Yash will be the main actor in this film. The budget of KGF 3 is expected to be around Rs.400 crores. This film is likely to be released in 2025.
- Stree 3 (Hindi) (Starring – Raj Kumar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Akshay Kumar) – Hindi films Stree and Stree 2 were very successful films. Due to this success, the makers have decided to bring the third part of this film as well. This film will also have Raj Kumar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Abhishek Banerjee as the main characters, and on the other hand, Akshay Kumar will be playing the villain in this film. The shooting of the upcoming part will start in the year 2025 and will be released on 15 August 2026.
- Brahmāstra: Part Two – Dev (Hindi) (Starring – Ranbeer Kapoor, Alia Bhatt) – Film Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva was released in the year 2022. This film starring Ranbir Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan and Alia Bhatt was a box office success. The director of this film was Ayan Mukherjee. The next part of this film is going to be Brahmāstra: Part Two – Dev, whose shooting will start soon. The lead characters in Brahmāstra: Part Two – Dev will be Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. It is expected that this film will be released in December 2026. The upcoming film Brahmāstra: Part Two – Dev will also be directed by Ayan Mukherjee.