Films have been releasing on Holi for years and those films also got good response at the box office. But now after 15 years it is happening that no big film is being released on Holi 2026. This happened in 2011 when no big film was released on Holi.

These films released on Holi got good response

Let us tell you that in the last 26 years many films have been released on Holi. Films like Chori Chori Chupke Chupke in 2001, Malamaal Weekly in 2006, Race in 2008, Badrinath Ki Dulhania in 2017, Kesari in 2019 and Tu Jhooti Main Makkar in 2023 came to the theaters and tasted success. Madgaon Express, Swatantra Veer Savarkar were released around Holi 2024 and The Diplomat in 2025.

This happened only three times in 2002, 2003 and 2011 when no big film was released on Holi. In 2003 and 2011, the makers did not release films on Holi due to the ICC Cricket World Cup. And this time even in 2026, no film is being released on Holi and the reason for this is being considered to be the T20 World Cup.

Mardaani 3 was prepon

In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, director Abhiraj Meenawala said that Yash Raj Films had preponed the release of Mardaani 3 to avoid the cricket fever in the country. The film was released on 30 January instead of 27 February.

The release of these films was postponed

Whereas Pati Patni Aur Woh Do and Gabru were earlier scheduled to be released on March 4 and March 13. But now it is being released on 8th May and 15th May. Apart from this, due to the release of Dhurandhar: The Revenge and Toxic during Eid, the producers do not want to take the risk of any other release at this time.

Exhibitors in trouble due to Dhurandhar 2 vs Toxic
For this reason, exhibitors are in trouble as no big film is released till March 19. Due to lack of good content, theaters have started reducing expenses by reducing the number of shows. There are reports that due to less content, multiplexes may close some screens for some time.

There is going to be a great clash at the box office on 19th March this year. Two big budget films are about to be released. There will be a clash between Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ and Yash’s ‘Toxic’ at the box office. Fans are very excited about both the films. The competition between them has started even before its release and in this matter Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar 2 is lagging behind Toxic.

Toxic turned out to be ahead of Dhurandhar 2 in this matter
The teaser of Yash’s film Toxic was released on Friday. This teaser got 21.93 million views on YouTube within 24 hours. The teaser of Toxic is much talked about. The teaser is trending at number one. The teaser has got 398K likes.

Talking about the teaser of Dhurandhar, it was released 2 weeks ago. This teaser got 15 million views on YouTube. The teaser got 453K likes. The teaser is trending at number 2. Toxic has won in terms of teaser views. The teaser got 46 percent more views in 24 hours.

Toxic left Dhurandhar 2 behind

Apart from this, Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar 2 is lagging behind Toxic in another respect. Toxic is also ahead in Bookmyshow interests. Toxic got more than 401K likes. Whereas Dhurandhar 2 got more than 145K likes.

Talking about the film Dhurandhar 2, it is being made by Aditya Dhar. The film will be released in 5 languages ​​Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. Stars like Ranveer Singh, Sanjay Dutt, R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal and Raja Arjun are in lead roles in Dhurandhar 2. The first part of the film was released in December 2025. This film created a stir at the box office.

Talking about the film Toxic, the film has stars like Yash, Tara Sutaria, Rukmani Vasant, Kiara Advani. Geetu Mohandas is directing the film.