Zinia Bandyopadhyay writing for Firstpost felt that "The Pulkit Samrat and Varun Sharma-starrer offers moments of humour and mythological insight, but inconsistent storytelling holds it back."Read at source
Rahu Ketu 2026 
Synopsis
Rahu Ketu
Rahu Ketu is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language comedy film written and directed by Vipul Vig. The film is produced by Umesh Kumar Bansal, Pragati Deshmukh, Suraj Singh and Varsha Kukreja under the Zee Studios and BLive Productions. It stars Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Shalini Pandey and Chunky Panday.
- Director
- Vipul Vig
- Release
- 16 Jan 2026
- Studio
- Zee Studios
- Run time
- 139 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
7 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Rahu Ketu is 42/100 from 5 scored critic/publication reviews.
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- writing
Positive 4
Rachit Gupta of Filmfare gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and said that "Pulkit Samrat and Varun Sharma's honest efforts are wasted in the dull comedy."Read at source
Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India rated it 3/5 stars and writes that "Rahu Ketu is refreshingly different.Read at source
Deepa Gahlot writing for Scroll.in noted that "It’s as high concept as a modest Bollywood movie can get – a magical notebook, which makes what is written in it happen."Read at source
Critical 3
Mayur Sanap of Rediff.com gave 1 star and observed that "Rahu Ketu crams in a clumsy social commentary on corruption and social evils, along with flashy dance numbers, trying to do everything and too much all at once, before ending up as khichd."Read at source
Rishabh Suri of Hindustan Times gave 2 stars out of 5 and said that "The film throws everything it can at the wall in the hope of generating humour, but very little of it actually lands."Read at source
Vineeta Kumar of India Today rated it 2/5 stars and said that " The Pulkit Samrat and Varun Sharma starrer struggles to justify its ambitious mythological premise, collapsing under weak writing, confused mythology and a narrative that goes nowhere."Read at source
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Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 16 Jan 2026
- Run time
- 139 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Vipul Vig
- Studio
- Zee Studios
- Budget
- est. ₹20–25 crore
- Distributor
- Zee Studios
Trivia
- The film was written and directed by Vipul Vig.
- Production commenced on 1 April 2025 and shooting was wrapped on 18 July 2025.
- The song 'Kismat Ki Chaabi' was launched in the presence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Mohan Yadav.
- The movie was theatrically released on 16 January 2026.
- The film began digital streaming on Amazon Prime Video on 7 March 2026.
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