Telugu superstar Anushka Shetty's Bhaagamathie finally gets a release date. Directed by G Ashok and jointly produced by V Vamsi Krishna Reddy and Pramod Uppalapati under UV Creations banner, the film is tipped to be a a horror thriller. Similar to Anushka Shetty's Baahubali series, Bhaagamathie too will be released simultaneously in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam languages.

Since last few days, there have been many media houses that reported that the release date of Bhaagamathie has been postponed to February 2018.

However, the makers of Bhaagamathie have officially announced the release date of the film on Saturday.

Anushka Shetty's Bhaagamathie will now hit the screens on January 26 on the occasion of Republic Day. And with the release date announcement, it has been confirmed that the Baahubali actress' film is all set to have a clash with none other than Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar's film Padman. The Akshay Kumar starrer is also slated to release on 26 January.

Bhaagamathie also marks the second Telugu outing of Malayalam actor Unni Mukundan. The film also stars Malayalam actors Jayaram and Asha Sharath along with Murali Sharma, Dhanraj, Prabhas Srinu, Vidyullekha Raman, Deva Darshan, Talaivasal Vijay, Ajay Ghosh, Madhu Nandan etc.