Sooryavanshi


Sooryavanshi is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Rohit Shetty and written by Yunus Sajawal. Produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Aruna Bhatia, Apoorva Mehta and Rohit Shetty. It is the fourth installment of Shetty's Police Universe and features Akshay Kumar as the titular character opposite Katrina Kaif. The film co-stars Gulshan Grover, Abhimanyu Singh, Niharica Raizada, Jackie Shroff, Sikandar Kher, Nikitin Dheer, Vivan Bhatena and Javed Jaffrey, while Ajay Devgn and Ranveer Singh reprise their roles of Singham and Simmba from the franchise's previous films.
Kumar's character was announced towards the end of Simmba that served as a character introduction of Sooryavanshi. He is playing DCP Veer Sooryavanshi, the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad. Principal photography for the film began in May 2019 and was completed in November 2019. Initially scheduled for release on 24 March 2020, the film was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is now scheduled to be released on Diwali 2020.

Premise

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 batch planning to attack Mumbai.

Cast

The film was announced in December 2018 through the post-credit scenes of the Shetty's Police Universe film Simmba. On 5 March 2019, film trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the first look posters of the film on his Twitter account. Unlike previous entries in the franchise, Sooryavanshi is not based on any existing work, but an original story. Principal photography begun in Mumbai on 6 May. The next schedule of the film took place in Bangkok. Filming of climax scene started in Hyderabad in October. The film wrapped up on 30 November.

Release

On 5 March 2019, Akshay Kumar and Rohit Shetty announced that they have planned to release the film on 22 May 2020, coinciding with the festival Eid-ul-Fitr. Later, it was announced on 12 June 2019 that the release has been moved early to March 2020. On 12 March 2020, the release of the film was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The film is now scheduled to be released on Diwali 2020.

Soundtrack

The songs composed by Tanishk Bagchi, Lijo George – DJ Chetas and JAM8, while lyrics written by Rashmi Virag, Shabbir Ahmed and Tanishk Bagchi.
Sukhwinder Singh will sing a song named "Jal Rahi Hai". The song "Tip Tip Barsa Pani" from the film Mohra, will be recreated.