Ek Din
2026 film by Sunil Pandey
Ek Din (transl. One Day) is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Sunil Pandey and produced by Mansoor Khan, Aamir Khan, and Aparna Purohit under Aamir Khan Productions. The film stars Sai Pallavi (in her Hindi film debut) and Junaid Khan in lead roles. It is a remake of the 2016 Thai film One Day.
Ek Din was released on 1 May 2026. It received largely negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb.
Cast
Sai Pallavi as Meera Ranganathan
Junaid Khan as Dinesh "Dino" Shrivastava
Kunal Kapoor as Nakul Bhasin
Kavin Dave as Samarjit "Sam" Hathiramani
Reshma Shetty as Ketki Patel
Jenifer Emmanuel as Ritu
Astha Gulati as Priya
Neha Vyaso as Monu
Chakori Dwivedi as Meenu
Raju Patel as Yadav Ji
Samta Sagar as Dino's mother
Pragati Mishra as Shruti
Rajendra Jadhav as Janitor
Production
The film was shot in Sapporo, Japan, utilizing the snowy landscape to enhance the visual appeal. The Japan schedule of the film was wrapped in March 2024. The Mumbai schedule began in the same month, with filming taking place in Film City.
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack was composed by Ram Sampath, with lyrics written by Irshad Kamil. Though Arijit Singh had formally announced his departure from playback singing, he provided vocals to five tracks in the film honoring the earlier commitment.
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