Haiwaan movie OTT release: Akshay-Saif thriller on SonyLIV from November 6

Haiwaan, the Hindi crime thriller directed by Priyadarshan and starring Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan, is set to stream on the SonyLIV platform from Friday, 6 November 2026, according to reports on the film's digital release published this week. The Haiwaan movie opened in cinemas on Friday, 11 September 2026, to mixed and largely negative reviews and a weak box office run of about Rs 9.92 crore net in India. Its streaming arrival comes about eight weeks after the theatrical release. Neither the makers nor SonyLIV had issued a formal announcement of the date in the reports reviewed, so the date should be read as reported rather than officially confirmed.

Haiwaan was one of the more closely watched Hindi releases of September because it brought Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan together on screen again, according to reports about 18 years after they last shared a film, and because Priyadarshan chose to remake his own Malayalam hit Oppam for Hindi audiences. The Hindi version gives Saif Ali Khan the role of a blind man for the first time in his career and casts Akshay Kumar against type as the villain.

The theatrical result was poor. Trade figures put the film's India net collection at roughly Rs 9.92 crore, a total that one trade analysis described as the lowest for an Akshay Kumar film in 26 years. Reviews were divided: one called it a copy of the original that lacked its magic, while others praised the two leads and the thriller's late stretch. For a film of this scale, the streaming release is now the main route to a wider audience, and many viewers who skipped it in cinemas will judge it for the first time at home.

The reported date also puts the gap between Haiwaan's cinema and streaming releases at 56 days, or eight weeks, counted from 11 September to 6 November. For SonyLIV, the film is a known star title arriving in the same week that the Hindi film market's attention is on the theatrical release of Ramayana, giving home viewers a different kind of option.

Peepals calculation: Of Haiwaan's reported worldwide total of Rs 15.08 crore, overseas markets contributed Rs 3.25 crore, or about 21.6% (3.25 ÷ 15.08 = 0.216), and India's gross of Rs 11.83 crore the remaining 78.4% (11.83 + 3.25 = 15.08). India's net figure of Rs 9.92 crore is about 83.9% of the India gross (9.92 ÷ 11.83 = 0.839), the rest being the difference between what audiences paid and what is counted as net. Our calculation from the reported figures.

Short-term: SonyLIV subscribers are expected to be able to watch Haiwaan from 6 November, about eight weeks after its cinema release, giving the film a second chance with home audiences.

Long-term: The film's streaming performance will add to the record of how Hindi remakes of South Indian films fare, at a time when many viewers have already seen the originals on streaming platforms with subtitles.

Who is affected: SonyLIV subscribers, fans of Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan, viewers who know the Malayalam original Oppam, and the film's producers, who earn from the digital rights sale.

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