After ‘The Kashmir Files’ and ‘The Bengal Files’, ‘The Maharashtra Files’ is set to hit theatres on May 29, 2026. The Marathi film directed by Sanjivkumar Rathod stars Mangesh Desai, Usha Nadkarni, and Sayaji Shinde. The trailer launched on May 18, 2026, showing farmers resisting a 40-km four-lane highway project driven by land grab interests. It tackles corruption, unfair compensation, and misuse of power.
Farmers are shown fighting to save their land against powerful politicians and businessmen. The trailer highlights unfair compensation and suspicious deaths tied to the highway project. Development is used as an excuse to grab farmland, sparking anger among those affected. Dialogue questions why the rich get richer while common people struggle.
The film features additional cast including Sunny Leone, Sapna Chaudhary, Gautami Patil, Nagesh Bhosale. No Vivek Agnihotri involvement, unlike the earlier Files films. This political thriller reflects real struggles of farmers against corruption and exploitation. The story focuses on the conflict around the national highway project and the systemic resistance by affected communities.
Production and release details confirm a May 29, 2026, theatrical release. The film aims to deliver a bold, fearless narrative on power, justice, and survival. It continues the Files franchise’s theme of exposing institutional failures and public resistance.
So yeah, it’s picking up. Slowly, but it is.