Nayyi Navelli, a fantasy horror comedy starring Yami Gautam Dhar, was released in theatres on 16 October 2026, according to Variety, Outlook and Odisha TV. It is directed by Balaji Mohan, with a screenplay by Himanshu Sharma and Divy Nidhi Sharma, according to the listings IndiaX24 reviewed. Amazon MGM Studios is behind the film, as IndiaX24 reported in earlier coverage of that studio’s two Hindi releases in one weekend.
The story centres on a woman who is suspected of being a witch, according to the film’s description. Yami Gautam Dhar plays Mohini, the country head of a company, who marries Raja Awasthi, a man from Meerut, played by Addinath M Kothare, and moves into his joint family household, according to the summary in the search results. The film then follows how the family reacts to her, in a mix of comedy and horror.
The setting is a familiar one in Hindi comedies, a joint family in a small city, with a career woman at the centre. The reports reviewed do not describe the supernatural element beyond the suspicion of witchcraft, and IndiaX24 does not reveal or guess at plot details.
The opening-day figures are early estimates. Nayyi Navelli earned about Rs 3.31 crore net on day one, according to FilmiBeat, against Rs 2.33 crore net for Prahaar: The Untold Story of Ujjwal Nikam, according to the same report, which means the Yami Gautam film led by 98 lakh rupees, or about 42 per cent, a calculation by IndiaX24. The figures are provisional and different trackers give different numbers.
The result matched the forecasts. India.com’s headline said that Yami Gautam’s horror comedy was set to outperform Rajkummar Rao’s courtroom drama, according to the search results, and FilmiBeat’s morning trend report said the same, and the early numbers followed the predictions.
The release faced a crowded field. It opened the same day as Prahaar, Raftaar and Ranabaali, and a day after Jailer 2, as IndiaX24 has reported, so screens were divided. Prahaar ran in 4,130 shows on its first day, according to the Sacnilk figures cited in the search results, but the reports reviewed do not give the number of shows for Nayyi Navelli.
Reviews were not summarised in the sources IndiaX24 opened. A Bollywood Hungama review page exists, according to the search results, but IndiaX24 did not read it and does not report a verdict.
Yami Gautam Dhar has acted in a range of Hindi films, which is general background, and the reports reviewed do not describe her earlier work. Her name is given in the listings with the surname Dhar, which is the form used in the reports and which IndiaX24 follows.
The character at the centre is a senior executive, which makes the suspicion of witchcraft that she meets in her new household the main turn of the story, according to the plot summary. The listing pages give the lead actor’s name as Yami Gautam Dhar, the form that IndiaX24 follows, and the reports reviewed do not describe the supporting cast beyond Addinath M Kothare.
The film’s budget, runtime and ratings were not available. IndiaX24 will report on its first weekend and on the final day-one figure.
Image: A cinema hall in Kolkata (file photo; a stand-in image). Photo by Marajozkee, licensed under CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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