HIT, which stands for Homicide Intervention Team, tells the story of a cop (Rao) who is on the trail of a missing woman.
The film is a remake of the 2020 Telugu hit of the same name and directed by Sailesh Kolanu, who also helmed the original.
Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series production banner shared the news about the film’s release date on Twitter.
“With HIT – The First Case in theaters, with a new release date July 15, 2022,” the banner tweeted.
In theaters with HIT – The First Case, with a new release date of July 15, 2022.@RajkummarRao @sanyamalhotra07 @KolanuSailesh #BhushanKumar @TSeries @DilRajuProdctns @SVC_official #KrishanKumar @kuldeeprathor9 @tuneintomanan #ShivChanana pic.twitter.com/pUoRMvXlW4
— T Series (@TS Series) May 13, 2022
The film is expected to be released on May 20.
HIT – The First Case is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Dil Raju, Krishan Kumar and Kuldeep Rathore.
Rao’s upcoming movies include the Netflix Original Monica, O My Darling, and Anubhav Sinha’s social drama Bheed.
Malhotra, meanwhile, will be featured in Southern filmmaker Atlee’s film starring superstar Shah Rukh Khan, filmmaker Meghna Gulzar’s Sam Bahadur, starring Vicky Kaushal, and Netflix film Kathal.