New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- Even as a handful of blockbusters and sleeper mid-budget films lit up the box office in 2025, major announcements from popular Hindi film actors have been conspicuously missing, suggesting that few new projects have gone on the floors.

While Shah Rukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor are working on films announced earlier and long in the making, Aamir Khan and others have not signed new films. Many have instead chosen to don the producer's hat.

Even female stars like Alia Bhatt are waiting to see how big-budget films slated for 2026 fare at the box office before making new moves.

New announcements are down by 70% compared to an average year, especially a pre-covid year. The number of star-led Hindi language films stood at 3...