Filmmaker Nandini Reddy’s Samantha Ruth Prabhu-starrer Maa Inti Bangaram is the actor’s first film in a long while. But, fans will have to wait a little longer as the film has been postponed by more than a month from its intended May 15 release. The reason? All thanks to the ongoing Indian Premiere League (IPL) 2026.
Maa Inti Bangaram new release date announced
Recently, there have been rumours that Nandini and Samantha’s Maa Inti Bangaram will not be hitting screens as planned. While the actor’s production house, Tralala Moving Pictures, has yet to make an official announcement on social media at the time of writing, the film’s team has confirmed the same.
Maa Inti Bangaram will now be released on June 19 instead of May 15. The announcement was made a week before the intended release. “The decision was made to avoid a clash with the IPL season, and to give audiences across the Telugu states the opportunity to fully support the Sunrisers Hyderabad during their campaign,” reads the film’s team press note.
About Maa Inti Bangaram
Maa Inti Bangaram is billed to be a family action drama directed by Nandini Reddy, produced by Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Raj Nidimoru, and Himank Duvvuru. Apart from Samantha, Diganth and Gulshan Devaiah play key roles, alongside Sree Mukhi, Gautami, Anand, Lakshmi, Srinivas Gavireddy, and Manjusha in supporting roles.
The 2-minute teaser trailer of the film shows a woman who convinces her husband that she’s alright moving back to his village to stay with his family. Little do they know that she has an action-packed violent side to her. The teaser trailer ends with Samantha’s character almost getting caught. Santhosh Narayanan composed the music for the film written by Raj and Vasanth Maringanti.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s recent work
Samantha was last seen on-screen in the 2023 Telugu films Shaakuntalam and Kushi. She played a cameo in her 2025 production, Subham. In 2024, she played the lead with Varun Dhawan in Raj & DK’s Prime Video series Citadel: Honey Bunny. The actor took a break from films after her divorce from Naga Chaitanya in 2021 and making her myositis diagnosis public in 2022.
She returned to work soon after and post-Citadel: Honey Bunny has also been working on Rakt Brahmand: The Bloody Kingdom with Raj & DK for Netflix. Samantha was also in the news recently for her wedding to Raj at Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore on December 1, 2025. The two had been rumoured to be dating for a while before that.