Party Animals Release Date: 20 November 2026 | Viraj Ghelani

Mann Patel (Ghelani) and Armaan Khanna (Tanwar) are childhood best friends whose lives have drifted apart. They reunite for a New Year's Eve night out in Mumbai that falls apart through romantic trouble, fights, cops, goons and a drunk horse, with every fix creating three new problems.

Release date

Yoodlee Films announced the 20 November 2026 theatrical date on 13 October 2026, and Bollywood Hungama, Cinema Express and Filmibeat reported it. The trailer followed on 21 October, and the Times of India report on it repeats the same date, so we mark it as confirmed. It opens the same day as Pratap and Suryaa: Ant Se Aarambh Tak.

A one-night comedy

The film follows the "one night gone wrong" format of Hollywood comedies such as The Hangover, Superbad and 21 Jump Street, but sets it in Mumbai. The makers describe it as a story about friendship, FOMO, growing up and bad judgement. The trailer shows cops, goons, a party bus, romantic trouble and a drunk horse. For Ghelani, best known for his online sketches, it is a first big-screen lead.

Cast and crew

• Director: Ravi Chhabriya
• Leads: Viraj Ghelani as Mann Patel, Arjun Tanwar as Armaan Khanna
• Ensemble (per the makers): Pragati Nagpal, Naqiyah Haji, Alam Khan, Saqib Ayub, Kamlesh Sawant, Anil Charanjeett, Aaron Koul, Vijay Patkar, Manoj Joshi
• Also listed by Bollywood Hungama: Jaanyaa Joshi, Soundous Essayd Moufakir, Simona Jesenska, Samir Soni and others
• Writers: Ali Haji, Khush Mullick, Veer Panchal
• Music: Vikas Vishwakarma, Shivam Sengupta, Anuj Danait
• Producers: Vikram Mehra, Siddharth Anand Kumar (Yoodlee Films)

Yoodlee Films is the film arm of Saregama. IMDb's entry for the film (tt43636043) carries the official poster but currently bills supporting actors Kamlesh Sawant and Soundous Moufakir first; the makers' announcements name Viraj Ghelani and Arjun Tanwar as the leads.