Maatrubhumi Trailer Out: Salman Khan Leads the Galwan Battle in a Four-and-a-Half-Minute War Epic

The wait is over. Salman Khan’s Maatrubhumi: May War Rest in Peace finally has a trailer, released online on Tuesday evening, November 10, after a delay that had fans waiting through the weekend. The four-and-a-half-minute trailer, certified U/A 16+ by the Central Board of Film Certification on November 4, was screened for the media in Mumbai on November 6 — and Salman himself then explained the hold-up was unfinished visual effects work. On Tuesday he posted a new motion poster with the words: “Trailer releasing this evening, Thank u for being patient.”

The trailer opens on the snow-covered ridges of Eastern Ladakh and introduces Salman as an Indian Army officer of the 16 Bihar Regiment, stationed 15,000 feet above sea level during the June 2020 Galwan Valley clash with China’s People’s Liberation Army. The film follows Colonel B. Santosh Babu and his men — around 200 Indian soldiers facing some 2,000 Chinese troops — in hand-to-hand combat, and it is drawn from the Galwan story told in the non-fiction book India’s Most Fearless. What sets the trailer apart from a straight battle film is a second thread: the same officer volunteers to walk into the battlefield to initiate peace talks, while the film cuts between the fighting and the family waiting at home.

Directed by Apoorva Lakhia, Maatrubhumi stars Salman alongside Chitrangda Singh, with Yashpal Sharma in support. It is produced by Salman Khan Films and Salma Khan, with Jio Studios handling all-India distribution, and it arrives in cinemas on December 4, 2026 — a date the trailer’s closing card confirms. First announced as Battle of Galwan, the film faced repeated delays and revisions to its portrayal of India-China relations before receiving government clearance.

This is a different kind of Salman Khan film, and the trailer knows it. There is action here, but the pitch is not the star’s swagger — it is sacrifice, and the idea that a soldier’s hardest fight can be the one for peace rather than victory. That is a risky register for a December release going up against the biggest box-office season of the year, but it is also the reason the trailer is being talked about as more than a routine launch. If the film holds the balance the trailer promises, Maatrubhumi could be the rare war drama remembered for what it says, not just what it shows. We reported the December 4 date here: https://filmverse.in/maatrubhumi-release-date-december-4-salman-khan/

Watch the official trailer below:

Maatrubhumi: May War Rest in Peace releases in cinemas on December 4, 2026.

Source: Salman Khan Films, Pinkvilla, Sacnilk, MensXP and Baap of Movies.