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Anurag Kashyap’s long-delayed neo-noir thriller Kennedy is yet acceptable for its Indian release, with the movie scheduled to premiere connected ZEE5 connected February 20, 2026. The integer motorboat marks the archetypal clip Indian audiences volition beryllium capable to officially ticker the film, astir 3 years aft its satellite premiere.
Kennedy, written and directed by Kashyap, stars Rahul Bhat and Sunny Leone and marks their 3rd collaboration pursuing Ugly and Dobaaraa. The movie debuted successful the Midnight Screenings conception astatine the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, wherever it received a beardown reception, including a lasting ovation. It aboriginal toured an extended planetary festival circuit, screening astatine events specified arsenic the Sydney Film Festival, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, Fantastic Fest successful the US, and the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.
Despite being certified for release, Kennedy ne'er received a theatrical rollout successful India, contributing to prolonged uncertainty astir its home availability. In December 2025, the movie became the lone Indian rubric selected for the motorboat lineup of Letterboxd’s Video Store, giving it constricted planetary TVOD vulnerability crossed much than 20 countries, though India remained excluded astatine the time.
Announcing the OTT release, Kashyap shared a connection connected societal media, calling the movie a “labour of love” and expressing gratitude that it would yet scope audiences astatine location aft travelling internationally.
The communicative follows Uday Shetty, an insomniac erstwhile constabulary serviceman presumed dormant who operates nether the alias Kennedy portion moving arsenic a covert enforcer wrong a corrupt system. Set mostly successful Mumbai, the movie explores themes of guilt, motivation decay and redemption, with Sunny Leone playing Charlie, a pivotal fig who alters Kennedy’s trajectory.
The supporting formed includes Mohit Takalkar, Abhilash Thapliyal and Megha Burman, with a peculiar quality by writer Aamir Aziz. The film’s archetypal people was recorded successful Prague with the Prague Philharmonic Choir.
