Haindava Release Date: 27 November 2026, Telugu Thriller

In the village of Rangapuram, every idol disappears from an ancient temple and a villager is found murdered. The temple priest, played by Mahesh Manjrekar, insists the idols will return within a fixed time. An atheist police officer who believes in humanity rather than God is sent to investigate, setting up a clash between faith, reason and the unexplained.

Release date and status

Moonshine Pictures released the teaser on 14 October 2026 and announced the release date in the same post: "GRAND RELEASE IN THEATRES ON 27th NOVEMBER 2026." IANS and Cinema Express reported it. As of 23 October, filming was said to be nearing completion with post-production running in parallel, so we label the date expected.

The teaser

The teaser's tagline reads "Fury Has a New Face. Divine Power Awakens". It sets the story in Rangapuram, where idols vanish from an ancient temple and a murder follows. It mixes mystical and devotional imagery with action, and Sai Sreenivas appears as a rationalist cop.

Production

Mahesh Chandu produces under Moonshine Pictures, Shiven Ramakrishna presents, and Lahari Music holds the music rights. Ludheer Byreddy wrote and directed the film, and Kalyan Chakravarthy wrote the dialogue. Production designer Siva Kamesh D built the film's occult world.

Music and crew

• Music: Sam C. S., composer of Vikram Vedha and Kaithi
• Cinematography: Harish Kannan
• Editing: Karthika Srinivas R
• Production design: Siva Kamesh D

Cast

• Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas: the atheist police officer
• Samyuktha: the female lead
• Mahesh Manjrekar: the temple priest
• Saurabh Sachdeva, J. D. Chakravarthy, Shivaji Raja, Getup Srinu

Why it stands out

Haindava is one of several Telugu films in recent years that combine temple mythology with a crime investigation. Here the conflict is placed inside the hero: he is a rationalist officer working in a village where faith in the deity runs deep. The priest's prediction that the idols will come back within a fixed time works as a ticking clock in the story. It also suggests that the film may leave open whether a supernatural force is involved. The makers are calling it a pan-Indian release, but as of 23 October 2026 they had not published a list of dubbed languages.

The lead's previous film

Cinema Express notes that Sai Sreenivas's previous film, Kishkindhapuri, was also a thriller and released in September 2025. Haindava continues his run in the genre, this time with a devotional and occult angle.

Trailer and OTT

As of 23 October 2026, no trailer date or streaming partner had been announced.