Harish Shankar’s Pawan Kalyan-starrer Ustaad Bhagat Singh (UBS) is releasing in theatres on March 19 in a clash with Aditya Dhar’s Ranveer Singh-starrer Dhurandhar: The Revenge, which is also releasing in Telugu. The film’s trailer was released on Saturday and featured Pawan as a police officer in the remake of Vijay’s 2016 film Theri. As soon as the trailer dropped, the internet couldn’t help but notice that Pawan had repeated a costume from his 2025 film They Call Him OG in it.
Internet says Pawan Kalyan repeated OG costume in UBS
In the UBS trailer, Pawan’s character holds a gun and delivers a punchline while dressed in a monochrome outfit with an intricate belt buckle. The internet couldn’t help but get flashbacks to a scene in OG where he’s dressed almost the same, holding a gun, and firing it in frustration.
Sharing pictures from both scenes, one X (formerly Twitter) user wrote, “Edi OG , Edi UBS ra (Is this OG or UBS?).” One even posted a clip from both UBS and OG with Pawan firing a gun in the costume, writing, “Which one is OG and which one is UBS ? #JustAsking,” in response to an X user joking, “same same but different.”
“For a moment, I thought Harish Shankar reused some shots from OG,” wrote an X user, posting pictures of both scenes, while another slammed the makers, writing, “Edi UBS Edi OG raa..Monna #Rajasaab ippudu #UBS Mareee prekshakulni granted ga teeskuntunnaru…(Which one is USB and which one is OG? First, the Raja Saab, now USB, you are taking the audience for granted).”
Numerous others commented about the repeat of the costume, taking style and acting in the scene, writing posts like, “Orayya sudden ga chusi OG anukunna kada ra #UstaadBhagatSingh (I saw this suddenly and thought it was OG #UstaadBhagatSingh).” One X user even joked, “Og Editing lo miss ayina shots teesukocchi UBS lo pettadu harish anna (Harish brother used shots in USB that were cut in OG editing).”
About Ustaad Bhagat Singh
Ustaad Bhagat Singh is directed by Harish Shankar and produced by Mythri Movie Makers. It is Harish’s second film with Pawan after their 2012 hit Gabbar Singh, a remake of Dabangg. Pawan Kalyan, Sreeleela, Raashii Khanna, R Parthiban, Ashutosh Rana, Nawab Shah, BS Avinash, Gautami, Chammak Chandra and others star in it. USB will have benefit shows in Andhra Pradesh from 4 AM on Friday, with premiere tickets going for ₹500. It also received permission to issue hiking tickets for the first 10 days of release.