Sikandar Movie 2025
Sikandar is an upcoming Pan-Indian action thriller movie, the director is A. R. Murugadoss while the producer is Sajid Nadiadwala. The film’s leading star cast are Salman Khan(title role), Rashmika Mandanna, Kajal Aggarwal, Sathyaraj, Sharman Joshi, and Prateik Babbar.
The movie was officially released on April 10, 2024, during Eid Holidays. In Mumbai, primary shooting started the following June and was completed by March 2025. Pritam wrote the songs, Santhosh Narayanan wrote the background music, Tirru did the photography, and Vivek Harshan did the editing. It is among the highest-budget Indian films ever made, with an estimated production cost of ₹200 crore.
On March 30, 2025, during the Eid Holidays will be released globally in both normal and IMAX formats.
Sikandar Movie Trailer
Cast and Crew
- Director: A. R. Murugadoss
- Screenplay: A. R. Murugadoss
- Dialogue: Rajat Arora, Hussain Dalal, Abbas Dalal
- Story: A. R. Murugadoss
- Producer: Sajid Nadiadwala
- Starring: Salman Khan, Rashmika Mandanna, Kajal Aggarwal
- Cinematography: Tirru
- Editor: Vivek Harshan
- Music- Songs: Pritam
- Score: Santhosh Narayanan
- Production company: Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, Salman Khan Films
- Distributor: Pen Marudhar Entertainment
- Release date: 30 March 2025
- Country: India
- Language: Hindi
- Budget: ₹200 crore
Production
Pre-Production
Almost ten years after their last collaboration, Kick (2014), Salman Khan and Sajid Nadiadwala were said to be starting work on a new movie in February 2024. A.R. Murugadoss was then rumored to be directing the movie. It is the first movie that Khan and Murugadoss have worked on together. Murugadoss first offered Khan the lead part in Ghajini (2008). Khan was selected for Sikandar by both Murugadoss and Nadiadwala.
On Eid al-Fitr in April 2024, Khan announced the movie on his social media accounts, expressing his joy at working with Murugadoss and Nadiadwala. Shortly after, the movie was supposed to be shot in Portugal and other European nations during 2024–2025, but it was canceled because of Murugadoss’s commitment to Madharasi (2025). Although he finished large parts of Madharasi before moving on to Sikandar, Murugadoss eventually worked on both projects concurrently until June 2024. Sikandar is the most costly movie Nadiadwala has ever made and among the highest-budget Indian films ever made, with an estimated production budget of ₹200 crore.
Casting
Their first partnership was revealed in May 2024, when Rashmika Mandanna was revealed as the female lead opposite Khan. Sathyaraj and Prateik Babbar were cast shortly after. Kishore joined the cast a month after Anjini Dhawan, Kajal Aggarwal, and Sharman Joshi were chosen in September.
Film Shooting
On June 19, 2024, the main shooting was underway, with action scenes shot from the air in Mumbai. In July, Khan and Babbar recorded an action scene. Over the course of 40 days in August, further action scenes were filmed throughout Mumbai, including gunfights and hand-to-hand combat. According to reports, sets valued at ₹15 crore were made for these sequences in order to mimic Dharavi and Matunga. Khan suffered a rib injury while filming in September. When filming resumed later that month, Khan, Mandanna, and 200 backup dancers sang a song. However, because of Mumbai’s intense rains, shooting was once more put on hold.
After Khan received death threats from Lawrence Bishnoi and a shooting was reported close to Khan’s residence, the shooting was further suspended for security reasons. The shooting process continued in November, with Falaknuma Palace serving as the filming location, following an increase in on-set security. According to reports, two songs with themes reminiscent of Qawwali and Holi were also filmed. Then, on lavish sets that recreated Borivali and the Mumbai Suburban, action scenes involving a train and 350 extras were shot. The last stages of filming for the movie started in January 2025 in Mumbai. Four action scenes were filmed there, allegedly involving trains, airplanes, and prison and hospital-like sets. On March 14, 2025, principal photography came to an end.
Music/Songs
Zee Music Company purchased the music rights to the movie. Pritam wrote the songs for the movie, and Santhosh Narayanan wrote the background music. On March 4, 2025, the first single, “Zohra Jabeen,” was made available. On March 11, 2025, the second single, “Bam Bam Bhole,” was made available. Released on 18th March, “Sikandar Naache” was the 3rd song.
- “Zohra Jabeen”……..Sameer Anjaan, Danish Sabri, Mellow D……….Nakash Aziz, Dev Negi, Mellow D
- “Bam Bam Bhole”…….Sameer Anjaan……….Shaan, Dev Negi, Antara Mitra
- “Sikandar Naache”………..Sameer Anjaan………..Amit Mishra, Akasa Singh, Siddhaant Miishhraa
Release
In both normal and IMAX versions, the movie will be released in theaters across the globe on March 30, 2025, during Eid Holidays. In India, the movie would be shown on 5,000 screens.
References
- Wikipedia contributors. (2025, March 19). Sikandar (2025 film). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikandar_(2025_film)
