New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- After making waves at international film festivals, Lakshmipriya Devi's debut directorial Boong is finally set for an India release.

Backed by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's Excel Entertainment, the film will hit select theatres on Saturday, September 19.

According to a report by Money Control, the movie is scheduled to open in a few PVR INOX theatres.

Boong - a Manipuri drama - was named Spotlight Film at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2025.

The Manipuri drama stars Gugun Kipgen and Bala Hijam in the lead roles. This marks Lakshmipriya's first feature as a director, after previously working as a first assistant director on films such as Luck by Chance (2009), Talaash (2012), PK (2014), and Mira Nair's s...