Cop Universe

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Cop Universe
Created byRohit Shetty
Original workSingham (2011)
OwnerReliance Entertainment
Films and television
Film(s)List of films
Animated seriesLittle Singham (2018–present)
Smashing Simmba (2020–present)
Games
Video game(s)
  • Singham Returns: The Game (2014)
  • Little Singham (2018)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)
  • Singham
  • Singham Returns
  • Simmba
  • Sooryavanshi

The Cop Universe[1] is an Indian shared universe and media franchise created by Rohit Shetty consisting of films focusing on police officers. The first two films, Singham (2011) and Singham Returns (2014) focus on Bajirao Singham, an honest DCP 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 franchise has another installment, Sooryavanshi (2021) starring Akshay Kumar as Veer Sooryavanshi, another DCP.

Overview[]

Singham[]

An honest and valiant policeman, Bajirao Singham, fights against injustice. However, when he encounters a corrupt politician, Jaikant Shikre, he decides to teach him a lesson.

Singham Returns[]

Bajirao Singham, an honest police officer, encounters Babaji, a god-man with connections to high profile politicians, when he investigates the death of an officer from his team.

Simmba[]

Simmba, a corrupt police officer, works for Durva, an influential smuggler. However, his life takes an unusual turn when he decides to avenge a woman who was assaulted by Durva's brothers.

Sooryavanshi[]

DCP Veer Sooryavanshi, the chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad and his team join forces with Inspector Sangram Bhalerao and DCP Bajirao Singham to stop a terrorist group planning to attack Mumbai.

Films[]

Film Release date Director Screenwriter(s) Story by Producer(s)
Singham 22 July 2011 Rohit Shetty Yunus Sajawal, Sajid-Farhad Remake of Singam Reliance Entertainment
Singham Returns 15 August 2014 Rohit Shetty Reliance Entertainment, Ajay Devgan, Rohit Shetty
Simmba 28 December 2018 Remake of Temper Hiroo Yash Johar, Rohit Shetty, Apoorva Mehta, Karan Johar
Sooryavanshi 5 November 2021 Rohit Shetty
Singham 3 2023 TBA

Singham (2011)[]

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)[]

The plot was inspired by the Malayalam film Ekalavyan.[3] It stars Devgn as DCP Bajirao Singham, Kareena Kapoor as Avni Kamat, and Amole Gupte as Babaji. It was released on 15 August 2014.

Simmba (2018)[]

The film is an adaption 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.[4] It was released on 28 December 2018.

Sooryavanshi (2021)[]

The film will see Kumar reprising his role of DCP Veer Sooryavanshi, but in the lead role, with Katrina Kaif as Ria Sooryavanshi.[5][6] It was scheduled to release on 30 April 2021 but postponed due to COVID-19.[7] It was released on 5 November 2021 coinciding with Diwali.[8]

Singham III (2023)[]

Director Rohit Shetty has confirmed that there will be a third Singham film after the release of Sooryavanshi, with Devgn reprising his role.[9]

Web series[]

Name Release date Director Story by Platform Ref.
Untitled Cop Series August 2022 Sushwanth Prakash Rohit Shetty Amazon Prime Video [10]

Untitled Cop series[]

Rohit Shetty and Sidharth Malhotra are reportedly collaborating for a cop-based web series, which will make its OTT premiere via Amazon Prime Video. As per the publication's sources, the duo has been discussing a 'probable collaboration' for some time, with things finally taking shape now. The project will reportedly go on floors next year, with debutant Sushwanth Prakash on board as the director. There were also reports of Vicky Kaushal and Tiger Shroff being in contention along with the Shershaah actor for this project, which will have Rohit Shetty on board as the showrunner and producer. Shetty is also working closely on the script and action scenes of the project[11]

Cast and characters[]

This table lists the main characters who appear in the Cop Universe. A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.

Characters Film
Singham
(2011)
Singham Returns
(2014)
Simmba
(2018)
Sooryavanshi
(2021)
Singham 3
(2023)
Bajirao Singham Ajay Devgn
Sangram "Simmba" Bhalerao Ranveer Singh
Veer Sooryavanshi Akshay Kumar
Kavya Bhosle Kajal Aggarwal
Jaykant Shikre Prakash Raj
Manikrao Singham Govind Namdev Govind Namdev
Dev Phadnis Vineet Sharma
Avni Kamat Kareena Kapoor Khan Kareena Kapoor Khan
Satyaraj Babaji Amole Gupte
Shagun Sathe Sara Ali Khan
Durva Ranade Sonu Sood
Santosh Tawade Siddhartha Jadhav
Dagdu Pradeep Kabra
Chief minister of Maharashtra Uday Tikekar
Dr. Ria Sooryavanshi Katrina Kaif
Inspector Vivaan Vivan Bhatena
Omar Hafeez Jackie Shroff
Kadar Usmani Gulshan Grover
Riyaaz Haffez Abhimanyu Singh
I G Kabir Shroff Jaaved Jaaferi
Mukhtar Ansari Nikitin Dheer
Raza Haffez Mrunal Jain
TBA Sunny Deol

Additional crew and production details[]

Occupation Singham
(2011)
Singham Returns
(2014)
Simmba
(2018)
Sooryavanshi

(2021)

Director Rohit Shetty
Producer(s) Mahesh Ramanathan
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
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-Farhad
Sajid-Farhad
Dialogue writer(s) Sajid-Farhad
Music Director(s) Ajay-Atul Jeet Gannguli
Ankit Tiwari
Meet Bros Anjjan
Yo Yo Honey Singh
Tanishk Bagchi
Lijo George – DJ Chetas
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
Shabbir Ahmed
Rashmi Virag
Kumaar
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
Reliance Entertainment
Dharma Productions
Reliance Entertainment
Dharma Productions
Cape of Good Films
Distributing Companies Reliance Entertainment Eros International Reliance Entertainment Reliance Entertainment
PVR Pictures
Running Time 142 minutes 145 minutes 159 minutes 145 minutes

Release and revenue[]

* represents film still running in cinemas.
Film Release date Budget Box office revenue Verdict
Singham 22 July 2011 40 crore (US$5.3 million)[12] 147.89 crore (US$20 million)[13] Super Hit
Singham Returns 15 August 2014 70 crore (US$9.3 million)[14] 220.5 crore (US$29 million)[15] Super Hit
Simmba 28 December 2018 80 crore (US$11 million)[16] 400.19 crore (US$53 million)[17] Blockbuster
Sooryavanshi* 5 November 2021 165 crore (US$22 million)[18] 293.34 crore (US$39 million)[19] Hit
Total 355 crore (US$47 million)
(four films)
1,061.92 crore (US$140 million)
(four films)

In other media[]

Animated series[]

An animated series named Little Singham based on Singham was released in 2018. Another animated series named Smashing Simmba based on Simmba was released in 2020.

Games[]

A mobile game called Singam Returns: The Game based on Singham Returns was released in 2014 by Zapak Mobile Games for Android.[20] Another Android mobile game was released in 2018 based on the television series, Little Singham in 2018 by Zapak Mobile Games.[21]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "'Sooryavanshi' trailer: Akshay Kumar is all guns blazing in Rohit Shetty's latest 'Cop Universe' film". The Hindu. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Rohit Shetty: Singham franchise copyrights are with us". The Indian Express. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Rohit Shetty gets nostalgic about Singham". Telangana Today. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Confirmed: Akshay Kumar will romance Katrina Kaif in Rohit Shetty's Sooryavanshi". India Today. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  5. ^ "CONFIRMED! Katrina Kaif to play Akshay Kumar's wife in Sooryavanshi; here's EVERYTHING you need to know about her role". Bollywood Hungama. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Akshay steps into Salman's shoes". Emirates 24/7. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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  8. ^ "Rohit Shetty confirms 'Sooryavanshi' to release on Diwali after meet with Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray". The Times of India. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Ajay Devgn's Singham 3 to introduce new character to Rohit Shetty's cop universe". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Rohit Shetty is ready to Make His Next Cop Drama with Sidharth Malhotra". news18.com. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  11. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Sidharth Malhotra and Rohit Shetty team up for a cop based web series". Pinkvilla. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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  14. ^ "Singham Returns - Movie Budget". www.boxofficeindia.com.
  15. ^ Singham Returns (2014) | Box Office Earnings. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved on 12 August 2015.
  16. ^ "Simmba – Movie – Box Office India". Box Office India. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Simmba Box Office Collection till Now". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  18. ^ "Sooryavanshi movie budget". mpnrc.org. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021. Sooryavanshi's total budget is 165 crores. The film was delayed for 18 months due to Covid-19 which also pushed its interest by 15- 20 Crore.
  19. ^ "Sooryavanshi Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  20. ^ "Rohit Shetty gets nostalgic about Singham". Telangana Today. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  21. ^ "Reliance's Zapak launches 'Little Singham'; game garners over 3 mn downloads". The Economic Times. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

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