The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) just gave Indra Kumar’s highly anticipated comedy Dhamaal 4 the green light. The board officially cleared the film with a U/A 13+ certificate on July 2, 2026. Fans can expect a full 143-minute runtime when it finally hits theaters next week on July 10.
But getting that certificate wasn’t entirely frictionless. The censor board ordered exactly nine targeted modifications before signing off on the paperwork.
- Visual tweaks to “obscene” hand gestures in two specific scenes.
- Audio replacements for “obscene” dialogue across seven different places in the script.
The real victory here is what the CBFC didn’t do. The producers walked away without a single full scene being deleted. That is a rare win in 2026. For context, the censor board has been notoriously heavy-handed lately, recently demanding 22 severe changes for Sunny Deol’s Jaat. Escaping with just a few dubbed words and blurred hands is a huge relief for the studio.
Getting this fourth installment to the finish line has been a strategic game of musical chairs. T-Series and Panorama Studios originally scheduled Dhamaal 4 for a huge Eid al-Fitr debut back in March. They subsequently pushed it to June 12 to actively dodge a box-office bloodbath with Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar: The Revenge. You can track that chaotic production history and delays online. Now, the July 10 date gives the returning cast—including Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, and Arshad Warsi—a clean summer runway.
According to an exclusive report by Bollywood Hungama, the locked runtime is exactly 2 hours and 23 minutes. The franchise is also adding fresh faces this time around. Esha Gupta, Ravi Kishan, and Sanjeeda Shaikh are all officially stepping into the slapstick mix.