“File No. 25: Fauzi” teaser opens with Bose–Hitler meeting; Prabhas plays a soldier defying British rule

The teaser of Fauzi opens in Berlin during the Second World War. In the scene, Subhas Chandra Bose asks Adolf Hitler to back India against British rule. Hitler doubts that a colonised country can beat the empire that rules it.

The makers released the glimpse on 23 October, Prabhas’s 47th birthday. The film is promoted as #PRABHAS25, and the teaser is titled “File No. 25: Fauzi”. After the Berlin meeting it cuts to British oppression in India, and then to Prabhas as a lone rebel soldier who takes on British rule. He stands beside a heavy machine gun, a cigarette between his lips. The poster line reads “A Battalion Who Fights Alone”.

Bose did meet Hitler in Berlin, in May 1942. The teaser places Prabhas’s character next to that real meeting. The makers have not said whether he is based on a real person.

Hanu Raghavapudi directs for Mythri Movie Makers and T-Series Films. Imanvi makes her acting debut opposite Prabhas, and Mithun Chakraborty, Jaya Prada and Anupam Kher are in the cast. Vishal Chandrasekhar composes the music. The film is planned in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali.

Fauzi will release on 19 March 2027. It was earlier set for 3 December 2026.