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    Everything You Need to Know About The Royals

    The Indian rom-com stars Bhumi Pednekar, Ishaan Khatter, and Sakshi Tanwar.

    By Ingrid Ostby
    May 13, 2025

A prince trying to save his family’s palace is forced to team up with a savvy executive in order to save it. As the royal heir and the self-made CEO transform the estate into a luxury bed-and-breakfast, their contentious relationship takes a turn toward romance. Directed by Priyanka Ghose (The Night Manager) and Nupur Asthana (Hip Hip Hurray), The Royals was created by Rangita Pritish Nandy and Ishita Pritish Nandy (Four More Shots Please!). It was written by Neha Veena Sharma (Ziddi Girls). 

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    A woman in a red dress and a man in a suit sit at a decorated dinner table, smiling and reading a note, with warm string lights and floral arrangements in a cozy, intimate indoor setting.

When will The Royals be released?

Stream it now.

Where can I find the trailer for The Royals?

Check it out at the top of this page. 

Ishaan Khatter as Aviraaj Singh, Bhumi Pednekar as Sophia Shekhar, and Udit Arora as Kunal Mehta stand in a row in an image from ‘The Royals.’

Who’s in the cast of The Royals?

  • Bhumi Pednekar (Badhaai Do) as Sophia Kanmani Shekhar
  • Ishaan Khatter (The Perfect Couple) as Aviraaj Singh
  • Sakshi Tanwar (Dangal)
  • Zeenat Aman (Panipat)
  • Nora Fatehi (Bharat)
  • Milind Soman (Emergency)
  • Dino Morea (The Empire)
  • Chunky Panday (Liger)
  • Vihaan Samat (CTRL)
  • Kavya Trehan (Hush Hush)
  • Sumukhi Suresh (Pushpavalli)
  • Udit Arora (Crash Course)
  • Lisa Mishra (Call Me Bae)
  • Luke Kenny (Merry Christmas)
Ishaan Khatter as Aviraaj Singh and Bhumi Pednekar as Sophia Shekhar walk through palace grounds as guards stand nearby in ‘The Royals.’

What happens in The Royals?

When ace CEO Sophia Kanmani Shekhar (Pednekar) meets Aviraaj Singh (Khatter), a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to grow her new startup falls right into her lap. Aviraaj is a prince whose crumbling royal manor in the city of Morpur, India, needs renovations desperately — except his family doesn’t have the money to make them happen. In comes Sophia, a savvy business exec whose company gets five-star bed-and-breakfasts up and running. But can polo-playing aristocratic Aviraaj and girlboss Sophia put their class issues and vastly different life experiences aside for long enough to save the palace? Or will their growing feelings for each other get in the way? 

Ishaan Khatter as Aviraaj Singh rides a horse on a beach as Bhumi Pednekar as Sophia Shekhar jogs ahead of them in an image from ‘The Royals.’

Where does The Royals take place?

It takes place in the fictional city of Morpur, India.

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