The Bollywood comedy universe just leveled up. The highly anticipated Dhamaal 4 doesn’t just wrap up its own storyline. It officially concludes with a direct on-screen tease promising a fifth installment, cementing the nearly two-decade-old franchise as a continuous cinematic universe. Fans waiting to see if the series would take a break got their clear answer. Dhamaal 5 is already on the board.
And the creative shift is obvious. Director Indra Kumar recently confirmed the production is stepping away from standard slapstick to experiment with scale. In a late June 2026 interview, Kumar revealed the current film revolves around a “larger-than-life adventure packed with treasure hunts”, according to entertainment outlet Pinkvilla. That ambitious blend of disaster sequences and comedy sets the actual foundation for the fifth movie. But there is a catch. Kumar acknowledged that the execution of the next installment will heavily depend on exactly how audiences react to this new high-stakes format.
This connected narrative strategy plays perfectly into lead actor Ajay Devgn’s current box office playbook. He is basically cornering the market on franchise continuations right now. Devgn is simultaneously headlining a packed slate of follow-ups, including Raid 2, Son of Sardaar 2, De De Pyaar De 2, and Drishyam 3. Locking in a fifth Dhamaal film just adds another guaranteed property to his schedule.
But the core DNA remains the same. The franchise has been a wildly lucrative property since its debut in 2007. That success still relies heavily on the established cast dynamics of legacy actors like Arshad Warsi and Riteish Deshmukh. Now, the studio is just taking that original 2007 formula and stretching it across a highly connected, big-budget storyline.