The audience's excitement about veteran Indian cinema filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's much talked about and grand period war drama film 'Love and War' has reached its peak. After revealing the first glimpse of Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, on Saturday, September 26, the makers released the first official vintage look of the film's third lead star Vicky Kaushal on social media. As soon as this poster came out, it went viral like wildfire on the internet. This new avatar of Vicky Kaushal has shocked his fans and all the stalwarts of the Bollywood industry, because it shows the most mysterious and intense look of the actor till date. In the first poster released, Vicky Kaushal is seen looking straight into the eyes of the camera in a very serious and aggressive manner. A cigarette and lighter are visible in his hand, giving a classic retro feel to his vintage character. The thick mustache adorning his face and the deep scar on his forehead clearly indicate that his character in the film has gone through dreadful memories of the battlefield and emotional turmoil. While sharing this poster, the makers wrote that the eyes will meet, but will not move away, which clearly shows that his character in the film is going to leave a tremendous impact on the screen. Ladylove Katrina Kaif's special reaction: Special approval given to her husband's look. As soon as Vicky Kaushal's rough and tough first look came out, the reaction that the fans were most waiting for was that of his wife and Bollywood's top actress Katrina Kaif. Without writing any long words on this post, Katrina Kaif gave her 100 percent approval to this new avatar of her husband with just her lovely gesture. Katrina immediately liked this poster of Vicky, which caught the attention of fans on social media. This silent support between this power couple of Bollywood always remains a topic of discussion among the fans. After Katrina showered love on Vicky's dangerous and intense avatar, fans are flooding social media with comments and praising the couple's chemistry. Looking at the way Vicky Kaushal has proved himself in serious roles, it is certain that he is going to give the most memorable performance of his career on Bhansali's cinematic canvas. Flood of Bollywood celebs: Hrithik Roshan, Alia Bhatt and Kareena Kapoor were impressed. As soon as Vicky Kaushal's first look came out, not only the common audience but even the A-lister stars of B-Town could not stop themselves from praising him. Actress Alia Bhatt, who is playing the lead role with Vicky in the film 'Love and War', expressed her immense excitement with a fire emoji on the post. Both of them have previously worked together in Meghna Gulzar's superhit film 'Raazi', and now the audience is eager to see their pairing again in this epic saga of Bhansali. Whereas Bollywood's superstar Hrithik Roshan, who is known as the Greek God, while reacting to the poster, wrote, 'What is the matter', due to which the ongoing discussion about this character became more intense. Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan saluted Vicky's screen presence by posting emojis of red heart, smiling face and fire. Apart from this, many well-known actors of the film industry including Bhumi Pednekar, Sonam Bajwa have praised Vicky's transformation in the comment section. Makers released second vintage poster: 'Woh Deewana Hai, Uska Intezaar Hai' Seeing the tremendous enthusiasm of the audience, Bhansali Productions released another supplementary poster of Vicky Kaushal, which has doubled the curiosity about the plot of the film. With this second poster, the makers shared a very poetic and deep caption in which it was written that she is crazy, she is waiting. This line directly shows that Vicky's character in the film is not limited to just a soldier or a fighter, but a deep stream of love, passion and madness is flowing within him. Sanjay Leela Bhansali is known worldwide for portraying the grandeur of the characters, complex love triangles and their inner conflicts in his films. There is already talk about 'Love and War' that it could be an epic inspired by the genre of Raj Kapoor's classic film 'Sangam', in which the fierce conflict between friendship, love and duty towards the country will be seen. In such a situation, this dual-sided character of Vicky has started the work of opening the layers of the story. Release date and scale: The film 'Love and War', which will hit the screens in three languages on a pan-India level, is being produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali under his prestigious banner Bhansali Productions. The much-awaited film is scheduled to release on the big screens on January 21, 2027, across theaters in India and across the world. The film is being prepared as a huge pan-India release, which will be released dubbed in the original Hindi language as well as Tamil and Telugu to reach the South Indian audience as well. Bringing together three of the finest and award-winning actors of contemporary Indian cinema namely Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal in the same frame is being considered as the biggest casting coup of Bhansali's career. This Mahakumbh of period war backdrop, heart-touching music, grand sets and emotions has the potential to break all the old box office records in the beginning of the year 2027.
