Welcome to the Jungle Cast/Actors: Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Disha Patani, Jacqueline Fernandez, Arshad Warsi, Jackie Shroff, Paresh Rawal, Raveena Tandon, Lara Dutta, Farida Jalal, Johny Lever, Shreyas Talpade, Tusshar Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda, Daler Mehndi, Aftab Shivdasani, Mukesh Tiwari, Yashpal Sharma, Kiran Kumar, Zakir Hussain, Vindu Dara Singh, Urvashi Rautela, Hemant Pandey, Brijendra Kala, Feroze Khan (Arjun), Late Pankaj Dheer, Puneet Issar, Sudesh Berry & Jeetu Verma
Welcome to the Jungle Director: Ahmed Khan
Welcome to the Jungle Production House: Firoz A. Nadiadwala, Base Industries Group & Seeta Films
Welcome to the Jungle Release Date: 26th June, 2026
Welcome to the Jungle Released/Available In Languages: Hindi
Welcome to the Jungle Available On: Theatrical Release (likely to be released on JioHotstar OTT Platform)
Welcome to the Jungle Runtime: 2h 45m
Welcome to the Jungle Movie Review:
Leave your brains behind, advise some filmmakers. Leave your political correctness also behind, and stop bristling at every perceived slight, would be another advisory for the third instalment of Welcome.
Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder (2008), the source material for a story credited to late writer Neeraj Vora, had also come under fire for unabashed comedy over disabilities and coloured faces.
So if you are the kind that’s sensitive about say, jibes at high-flown Urdu, stay home. Bengali, Parsee Gujarati and Tamizh have had their turns as comic material. Shouldn’t be a problem if there’s some fun with Urdu but if you’re the touchy type, ghar mein baitho. Because Ahmed Khan and dialogue writer Farhad Samji have a joke all written and ready for every known face in the large star cast.
50+50+50. 200!
Says dumb blonde Jenny (Jacqueline Fernandes). When there’s a real threat from the deadly mujahideen led by Zatara (Jackie Shroff), Jenny wonders, ‘What about the ghode (horses)? Are they real?’
From dumb blonde jokes and Nayansukh (Shreyas Talpade) with a vision handicap to having fun at the incomprehensible mumblings of a senior (Farida Jalal) and a speech impaired dad (Akshay with white hair), director Ahmed Khan and dialogue writer Farhad Samji say bye-bye to political correctness.
With kohl-eyed Zatara and his henchmen (Vindoo Dara Singh included) terrorising villagers in PoK who breathe freedom only when they reach the India border, there are no holy cows in this jungle.
It’s unadulterated laughter time that has even leading man Akshay Kumar poke fun at himself (as action hero Rajeev seeing bad times and doing Bhojpuri films for survival). Sporting Raveena (as Zoya from PoK) jumps into the madness, parodying her old romance with Akshay with ‘Kahan thay bees saal?’ for some more giggles. Non-stop jibes at the use of special effects (four bad men will get amplified to 400), heroes wanting the camera on themselves, one-upmanship, a trio from the Mahabharat emerging to save the day, no lines are drawn by Ahmed who makes fun of everybody.
A few nods to past instalments come with Yeda Anna (Suniel Shetty) playing brother to Nana’s Uday Shetty and Anil Kapoor’s Majnu Bhai getting a sibling in Romeo (Arshad Warsi).
It isn’t the kind of film where you pass remarks at Disha Patani’s or Daler Mehndi’s performance skills for everybody has a wacky part to play in this cauldron of chaos. But Akshay Kumar does lead it with a) his ability to share space with dozens of gifted actors b) his willingness to be the butt of jokes and c) his flawless performance.
Welcome to the Jungle – Watch it or not?: This is a welcome break from Sense & Sensibilities.
Welcome to the Jungle Movie Review Score Rating: 3 out of 5 (i.e. 3/5)
Welcome to the Jungle Official Trailer:
Credits: Star Studios & Times Music
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