Sankranthi 2026 Box Office Clash: 7 Big Releases from Chiranjeevi, Prabhas, Ravi Teja and Thalapathy Vijay Set for Festival Battle

There will be a movie festival for Sankranthi next year. Star heroes like Chiranjeevi, Prabhas, and Ravi Teja are going to compete at the box office. Not only Telugu, Tamil heroes are also saying yes to this box office fight.

The box office buzz during the Sankranti festival every year is not all that exciting. It is noteworthy that 7 films are preparing for a box office fight for Sankranti next year. The fight between star heroes from both Tollywood and Kollywood is arousing interest. These films, which are coming with a huge budget and a combination of top stars, are already raising huge expectations among the audience. Since January 9, 2026 is a Friday, and the weekend and festival holidays are coming together, the producers have set their eyes on these dates. Let's see what those films are.

The Raja Saab

There are huge expectations on this film, which stars Pan-India Rebel Star Prabhas and director Maruthi. It is being promoted as a romantic horror-comedy film. The producers are preparing to release this film on January 9, 2026. There are huge expectations as it is Prabhas's first film after Kalki 2898 AD.

Our Shankara Varaprasad

Megastar Chiranjeevi and blockbuster director Anil Ravipudi's combination, Mana Shankara Varaprasad, is also coming out on Sankranthi. While Nayanthara is playing the heroine in this film, Victory Venkatesh is playing an important guest role. Anil, who scored a hit with Coming Out on Sankranthi this year, is bringing Chiruni into the field next year.

Ravi Teja - Kishore Tirumala's upcoming movie is a plea to the husbands of the Mahasayas. This family entertainer is also in the Sankranthi race. The title teaser was released recently.. It got a good response.

That is, a king

'Jaathiratnalu' fame Naveen Polishetty's 'Anaganaga Oka Raju' movie directed by Kalyan Shankar will also be released during the Sankranti festival. This movie has been pending for a long time. However, it remains to be seen whether this movie will be released amidst the big movies or not.

Murari among the women

Sharwanand is starring in the movie Nari Nari. He is coming up with the movie Biker in December and is ready for Sankranthi with this movie after a month.

Jana Nayagan

This is Thalapathy Vijay's last film before his full-fledged political entry. There are huge expectations in Tamil Nadu on this political action thriller directed by H. Vinoth. It stars Pooja Hegde and Bobby Deol in the lead roles. The film is set to release on January 9. It will also be released in Telugu.

Parashakti

'Parashakti' is a film directed by Sudha Kongara of 'Soorarai Pottru' fame and starring Sivakarthikeyan in the lead role. The film is set against the backdrop of the anti-Hindi movements of 1965. The film, which has music by G.V. Prakash Kumar, is set to release on January 14.