Bachchan Pandey is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Farhad Samji, written by Nischay Kuttanda and Farhad Samji and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. It stars Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon and Jacqueline Fernandez in lead roles. The film follows an original script by Kuttanda and Samji. The film will theatrically release on 26 January 2022 coinciding with Republic Day.