Cop Universe

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Cop Universe
Created by
Singham (2011)
  • Singham Returns (2014)
  • Simmba (2018)
  • Sooryavanshi (2021)
  • Singham Again (2024)
  • Web seriesIndian Police Force (2024)
    Animated series
    • Little Singham (2018–2024)
    • Smashing Simmba (2020–2024)
    • Baby Little Singham (2022–2024)
    Games
    Video game(s)
    • Singham (2011)
    • Singham Returns: The Game (2014)
    • Little Singham (2018)
    • Little Singham Cricket (2019)
    • Little Singham Cycle Run (2020)
    • Little Singham Super Skater (2021)
    • Little Singham Ludo (2021)
    • Smaashhing Simmba - Skate Rush (2021)
    Audio
    Soundtrack(s)
    Miscellaneous
    BudgetTotal (5 films):
    est. ₹351 crore
    Box officeTotal (5 films):
    est. ₹1,071.1 crore
    (See More details)

    The Cop Universe is an Indian media franchise and shared universe created by Rohit Shetty,[1] consisting of media focusing on police officers. The franchise includes films, animated series, video games and television series. The universe was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters.

    The first two films,

    DCP from Shivgarh (a town on the Goa-Maharashtra border) who fights for justice. The third, Simmba (2018), focuses on Sangram "Simmba" Bhalerao, a corrupt Inspector from the same town as Bajirao, who takes advantage of his job.[2] The fourth, Sooryavanshi (2021), stars Akshay Kumar
    as DCP Veer Sooryavanshi.

    Development

    Seeing the success of the

    Reliance Big Pictures, which co-produced the original version, bought the Hindi remake rights and announced in November 2010 that the version would feature Rohit Shetty as director and Ajay Devgn in the lead. Prakash Raj was signed on to reprise his role as the antagonist from the original.[3] In February 2011, Kajal Aggarwal was signed in as the female lead.[4] The movie was named "Singham" (transl. Lion). The film received mixed critical response but the film was declared a 'super hit' at the box office, collecting 1,413 million (equivalent to 2.9 billion or US$36 million in 2023).[5]

    After the commercial success of Singham, Shetty announced that plans were being made to direct a sequel to Singham.

    Kareena Kapoor
    was cast as the female lead this time. The film received mixed reviews and just like its predecessor, Singham Returns was declared a 'super hit' at the box office collecting 2,165.6975 million (equivalent to 3.5 billion or US$43 million in 2023).

    Following Singham Returns' success, Shetty showed interest in remaking the Telugu film Temper (2015). He stated in an interview, "We have bought the rights of Temper but our film is not exactly a remake. We wanted to take four-five scenes from Temper but we thought it's better to buy the rights."[7] The film was named "Simmba" and Ranveer Singh was cast as Simmba, along with Sara Ali Khan for the female lead. The film received positive reviews and was declared as a 'blockbuster, collecting 3,916.825 million (equivalent to 5.2 billion or US$66 million in 2023).

    In the post-credits scene, the filmmakers revealed the next movie in the cop universe, Sooryavanshi, which cast Akshay Kumar in the lead role. The shooting was wrapped in late 2019, and was heading towards a March 2020 release, however the film was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic, before it finally released after a year, on 5 November 2021.[citation needed]

    Films

    Film Release date Director Screenwriter(s) Dialogue(s) Story by Producer(s)
    Singham 22 July 2011 Rohit Shetty Yunus

    Sajawal

    Farhad-Sajid Remake of Singam Reliance Entertainment
    Singham Returns 15 August 2014 Based on Ekalavyan
    Ajay Devgan, Rohit Shetty
    Simmba 28 December 2018 Remake of Temper Hiroo Yash Johar, Rohit Shetty, Apoorva Mehta, Karan Johar
    Sooryavanshi 5 November 2021 Farhad Samji, Sanchit Bedre, Vidhi Ghodgaonkar Rohit Shetty Hiroo Yash Johar, Aruna Bhatia, Rohit Shetty, Apoorva Mehta, Karan Johar
    Singham Again 16 August 2024 Muhammad Asif Ali[8] Milap Zaveri, Shantanu Srivastava, Muhammad Asif Ali Muhammad Asif Ali[9] Reliance Entertainment, Rohit Shetty, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Jyoti Deshpande

    Singham (2011)

    Bajirao Singam, an honest police officer locks horns with a corrupt politician Jaikant Shikre and decides to bring him to justice.

    It is the Hindi remake of the Tamil film Singam. It stars Ajay Devgn as Inspector Bajirao Singham, Kajal Aggarwal as Kavya Bhosle, and Prakash Raj as Jaykant Shikre. It was released on 22 July 2011.

    Singham Returns (2014)

    DCP Bajirao Singham is assigned to investigate the death of an officer from his team, where he finds that Babaji, a god-man with connections to high-profile connections is behind the crime and sets out to expose him.

    The plot was inspired by the Malayalam film

    Kareena Kapoor as Avni Kamat, and Amole Gupte
    as Babaji. It was released on 15 August 2014.

    Simmba (2018)

    Inspector Sangram Bhalerao, a corrupt officer sets out on a crusade against a smuggler named Durva, whose brothers are responsible for assaulting a woman.

    The film is a remake of the Telugu film Temper. It stars Ranveer Singh as Senior Police Inspector Sangram Bhalerao (Simmba), Sara Ali Khan as Shagun Sathe, and Sonu Sood as Durva Ranade. Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar appear in cameo appearances, with the former reprising his role of DCP Bajirao Singham, while the latter played another DCP named Veer Sooryavanshi.[11] It was released on 28 December 2018.

    Sooryavanshi (2021)

    With an upcoming threat of a terrorist attack in Mumbai, ATS chief Veer Sooryavanshi embarks on a mission to hunt for 600 kgs of missing RDX and the conspiring perpetrators named Riyaaz Hafeez, Mukthar Ansari and Bilal Ahmed.

    The film sees Kumar reprising his role of DCP Veer Sooryavanshi, but in the lead role, with Katrina Kaif as Ria Sooryavanshi.[12][13] It was scheduled to release on 30 April 2021 but postponed due to COVID-19.[14] It was released on 5 November 2021 coinciding with Diwali.[15]

    Singham Again (2024)

    Rohit Shetty confirmed that the shooting of the film began on 16 September 2023. Kareena Kapoor is reprising her role as Avni Kamat from Singham Returns (2014), playing the love interest of

    Jio Studios
    , Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Rohit Shetty.

    Television series

    Name Release date Director Story by Platform Ref.
    Indian Police Force 19 January 2024 Rohit Shetty
    Sushwanth Prakash
    Rohit Shetty Amazon Prime Video [16]

    Indian Police Force

    Indian Police Force stars Sidharth Malhotra as Kabir Malik, Vivek Oberoi as Vijay Rathore and Shilpa Shetty as Tara Shetty in Delhi Police. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on January 19, 2024 and has seven episodes. Rohit Shetty is the showrunner and producer. Shetty worked closely on the script and action scenes of the project.[17][18]

    Cast and characters

    Characters Films Series
    Singham
    (2011)
    Singham Returns
    (2014)
    Simmba
    (2018)
    Sooryavanshi
    (2021)
    Singham Again
    (2024)
    Indian Police Force
    (2024)
    DCP
    Bajirao Singham
    Ajay Devgn
    ACP
    Sangram Bhalerao / (Simmba)
    Ranveer Singh
    DCP
    Veer Sooryavanshi (Surya)
    Akshay Kumar
    Danger Lanka Arjun Kapoor
    ACP
    Satya
    Tiger Shroff
    Terrorist
    Omar Hafeez
    Jackie Shroff
    Avni Kamat
    Kareena Kapoor
    Kareena Kapoor
    Shagun Sathe Sara Ali Khan
    Ria Sooryavanshi Katrina Kaif
    Shakti Shetty Deepika Padukone
    Kavya Bhosle Kajal Aggarwal
    Jaikant Shrike Prakash Raj
    Satya Raj Chandra (Baba)
    Amol Gupte
    Gurukant Acharya(Guruji) Anupam Kher
    Vikram Adhikari Mahesh Manjrekar
    Megha Kadam Sonali Kulkarni
    Durva Yashwant Ranade Sonu Sood
    Sub Inspector / Inspector
    Santhosh Tawade
    Siddhartha Jadhav
    IGP
    Kabir Shroff
    Jaaved Jaaferi
    Assistant Sub-Inspector
    Nityanand Mohile
    Ashutosh Rana Ashutosh Rana
    Tara Manchandani Niharica Raizada
    Vivan Singh Vivan Bhatena
    DCP
    Kabir Malik
    Sidharth Malhotra
    CP
    Vikram Bakshi
    Vivek Oberoi
    ATS Chief Tara Shetty Shilpa Shetty

    Additional crew and production details

    Occupation Films
    Singham
    (2011)
    Singham Returns
    (2014)
    Simmba
    (2018)
    Sooryavanshi
    (2021)
    Singham Again
    (2024)
    Director Rohit Shetty
    Producer(s)
    Reliance Entertainment
    Reliance Entertainment

    Ajay Devgn
    Rohit Shetty

    Hiroo Yash Johar
    Karan Johar
    Apoorva Mehta
    Rohit Shetty
    Hiroo Yash Johar
    Aruna Bhatia
    Karan Johar
    Apoorva Mehta
    Rohit Shetty
    Reliance Entertainment
    Rohit Shetty
    Jio Studios
    Executive Producer(s) Rohit Chaudhury George Cameron Romero Sadashiv Athule Akshay Kumar
    Story Hari Shaji Kailas Puri Jagannadh Rohit Shetty
    Screenplay Yunus Sajawal Yunus Sajawal
    Sajid Samji
    Yunus Sajawal
    Dialogue writer(s) Sajid-Farhad Farhad Samji
    Sanchit Bedre
    Vidhi Ghodgaonkar
    Milap Zaveri
    Shantanu Shrivastav
    Music Director(s)
    Ajay–Atul
    Meet Bros Anjjan
    Yo Yo Honey Singh
    S. Thaman
    Amar Mohile

    Chandan Saxena
    Tanishk Bagchi
    Lijo George – DJ Chetas
    JAM8
    Cinematography Dudley Jomon T. John
    Editor(s) Steven Bernard Bunty Nagi
    Art Director(s) Narendra Rahurikar Swapnil Bhalerao
    Sagar Desai
    Gautam Jadhav
    Kunal Kundu
    Tajamul Shaikh
    Sagar Desai
    Ganesh Donge
    Payal Jotania
    Praveen Kumar
    Md Talha
    Sagar Desai
    Ganesh Donge
    Payal Jotania
    Lyricist(s) Swanand Kirkire Sandeep Nath
    Shabbir Ahmed
    Sandeep Nath
    Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay
    Yo Yo Honey Singh
    Kunaal Verma
    Shabbir Ahmed
    Rashmi Virag
    Tanishk Bagchi
    Stunt Co-ordinator(s) Rajesh Kannan Jai Singh Nijjar
    Sunil Rodrigues
    Sunil Rodrigues Sunil Rodrigues
    Choreographer(s) Rajesh Kannan
    Ganesh Acharya
    Ganesh Acharya
    Raju Khan
    Chinni Prakash
    Ganesh Acharya
    Raju Khan
    Farah Khan
    Ganesh Acharya
    Production Companies Reliance Entertainment Reliance Entertainment
    Ajay Devgn FFilms

    Rohit Shetty Productions
    Reliance Entertainment
    Dharma Productions
    Rohit Shetty Picturez
    Reliance Entertainment
    Dharma Productions
    Rohit Shetty Picturez
    Cape of Good Films
    Reliance Entertainment
    Jio Studios
    Ajay Devgn Ffilms
    Rohit Shetty Picturez
    Distributing Companies Reliance Entertainment Eros International Reliance Entertainment Reliance Entertainment
    PVR Pictures
    Reliance Entertainment
    Running Time 143 minutes 142 minutes 158 minutes 145 minutes

    Release and revenue

    Film Release date Budget Box office revenue
    Singham 22 July 2011 41 crore (equivalent to 84 crore or US$11 million in 2023)[19] 157.89 crore (equivalent to 325 crore or US$41 million in 2023)[20]
    Singham Returns 15 August 2014 70 crore (equivalent to 112 crore or US$14 million in 2023)[21] 262 crore (equivalent to 419 crore or US$52 million in 2023)[22]
    Simmba 28 December 2018 80 crore (equivalent to 107 crore or US$13 million in 2023)[23] 400.19 crore (equivalent to 497 crore or US$62 million in 2023)[24]
    Sooryavanshi 5 November 2021 200 crore (equivalent to 224 crore or US$28 million in 2023)[citation needed] 295.84 crore (equivalent to 332 crore or US$42 million in 2023)[25]
    Total 391 crore (US$49 million)
    (four films)
    1,115.92 crore (equivalent to 13 billion or US$160 million in 2023)
    (four films)

    In other media

    Animated series

    An animated series named Little Singham based on Singham was released in 2018. Another animated series Baby Little Singham, which was a prequel of 2018 animated series Little Singham, released in 2022.

    Smashing Simmba, an animated television series based on Simmba was released on 14 November 2020 on

    Pogo TV.[26]

    Games

    Singham, a promotional

    mobile video game for the 2011 film was released the same year.[27]

    A mobile game called Singam Returns: The Game based on Singham Returns was released in 2014 by Zapak Mobile Games for Android.[28] Another Android mobile game was released in 2018 based on the television series, Little Singham in 2018 by Zapak Mobile Games.[29] Other games by Zapak have followed including Little Singham Cricket (2019), Little Singham Cycle Run (2020), Little Singham Super Skater (2021), Little Singham Ludo (2021).[30]

    A skateboard

    mobile video game based on Smashing Simmba, Smaashhing Simmba - Skate Rush, was released by Zapak in 2021.[31]

    See also

    References

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    31. ^ "Smaashhing Simmba - Skate Rush - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

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