#IMGAME MOVIE

LATEST UPDATES

- Release date: August 20, 2026, coinciding with Onam

- Production status: Wrapped on April 16, 2026 after 156-day shoot

- Shoot locations: Major portions filmed in Chennai

PLOT & GENRE -

1. Gangster Action Thriller: First look shows Dulquer in a suit, blood-soaked hand, holding a gun, surrounded by armed foreigners. Hints at international waters + gambling theme

2. Sports Drama Twist: Positioned as a sports-based thriller. Reports say unique mix of Gangster Action and Cricket Drama

3. Tone: Violent, street-level gangster narrative. Darker, more ferocious avatar for DQ . 

FULL CAST

- Dulquer Salmaan - lead

- Antony Varghese Pepe - prominent role

- Kayadu Lohar

- Mysskin - Malayalam acting debut

- Kathir, Vinay Forrt, Parth Tiwari, Samyuktha Vishwanathan, Aadam, Ashish Mathew

CREW  -

- Director: Nahas Hidhayath - 2nd film after RDX

- Story: Nahas Hidhayath

- Screenplay: Bilal Moidu, Ismail Aboobacker, Sajeer Baba

- Dialogues: Shahabas Rasheed, Adarsh Sukumaran

- Music: Jakes Bejoy

- Cinematography: Jimshi Khalid

- Editor: Chaman Chacko

- Action: Anbariv

- Production: Wayfarer Films - Dulquer & Jom Varghese

Visuals from posters

- First look: Dulquer in suit, adjusting glasses, blood on right hand, foreigners pointing guns at him. Suggests gambling + international gangster setup

- New poster: Rugged, battle-worn DQ, bruised face, gun close to cheek, blood-drenched hand . 

DQ’s comeback  --

This is Dulquer’s Malayalam comeback after King of Kotha 2023. He also produced Lokah Chapter One: Chandra which became Malayalam cinema’s biggest hit. After this he did Lucky Bhaskar Telugu and Kaantha Tamil.

RELEASE SCALE

Planned as Pan-India: Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada. Set for a major Onam box-office clash.

Note: Official teaser/trailer isn’t out yet. There’s a fan-made title song on YouTube, but makers haven’t dropped the real one.