Thamma & Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat: No '90s Superstars On Diwali For First Time in 22 Years

Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna’s Thamma and Harshvardhan Rane and Sonam Bajwa’s Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat are clashing at the box office on Diwali 2025.

Both the movies are carrying decent buzz and are expected to be the biggest openers for their lead stars due to the Diwali holiday.

What’s interesting about these two Diwali 2025 releases is that this is the first time in 22 years, movies coming out on this particular festive holiday won’t feature one of the six big superstars of Hindi cinema.

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No ‘90s Superstars On Diwali For First Time In 22 Years

The top six superstars of Hindi cinema who’ve been ruling the box office since the ‘90s and early ‘00s include Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan.

For two decades, the festival of Diwali has been synonymous with the movies featuring either of these superstars.

The Diwali 2025 is the first time no films of these six superstars are coming out on the big screen. Instead the movies that we are getting this time around are Thamma and Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat.

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Before Diwali 2025, the last time this happened was back in 2003 when the festive releases didn’t feature either of the six superstars.

Check out the list of Diwali releases from the recent 2025 to 2003 below:

2025 - Thamma (Ayushmann Khurrana), Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat (Harshvardhan Rane)

2024 - Singham Again (Ajay Devgn) & Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (Kartik Aaryan)

2023 - Tiger 3 (Salman Khan)

2022 - Ram Setu (Akshay Kumar) & Thank God (Ajay Devgn)

2021 - Sooryavanshi (Akshay Kumar)

2019 - Housefull 4 (Akshay Kumar), Made In China (Rajkummar Rao)

2018 - Thugs of Hindostan (Aamir Khan)

2017 - Golmaal Again (Ajay Devgn) & Secret Superstar (Aamir Khan)

2016 - Shivaay (Ajay Devgn) & Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Ranbir Kapoor)

2015 - Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (Salman Khan)

2014 - Happy New Year (Shah Rukh Khan)

2013 - Krrish 3 (Hrithik Roshan)

2012 - Jab Tak Hai Jaan (Shah Rukh Khan) & Son Of Sardaar (Ajay Devgn)

2011 - Ra.One (Shah Rukh Khan)

2010 - Golmaal 3 (Ajay Devgn) & Action Replayy (Akshay Kumar)

2009 - All The Best (Ajay Devgn), Blue (Akshay Kumar) & Main Aur Mrs Khanna (Salman Khan)

2008 - Golmaal Returns (Ajay Devgn) & Fashion (Priyanka Chopra)

2007 - Om Shanti Om (Shah Rukh Khan) & Saawariya (Ranbir Kapoor)

2006 - Don (Shah Rukh Khan) & Jaan-E-Mann (Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar)

2005 - Garam Masala (Akshay Kumar), Shaadi No. 1 (Sanjay Dutt), Kyon Ki (Salman Khan)

2004 - Veer-Zaara (Shah Rukh Khan), Aitraaz (Akshay Kumar) & Naach (Abhishek Bachchan)

2003 - Sssshhh (Dino Morea) & Pinjar (Manoj Bajpayee)

Interestingly, next year too won’t see a Diwali release featuring either of these ‘90s superstars instead Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana Part One will be coming out on the festive holiday.

The movie stars Ranbir Kapoor, Sunny Deol, Yash and Sai Pallavi.