Cop Universe

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Cop Universe
Created byRohit Shetty
Original workSingham (2011)
OwnerReliance Entertainment
Years2011-present
Films and television
Film(s)
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
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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, Singham (2011) and Singham Returns (2014) focus on Bajirao Singham, an honest 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 Tamil-language film, Singam (2010), directed by Hari, the film rights for the Hindi and Kannada versions were sold by the makers. 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.[6] The movie was named Singham Returns. Devgn was reprising his role from Singham. However, 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 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 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 Ekalavyan.[10] 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)

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 DCP Bajirao Singham. It will also introduce Deepika Padukone as DCP Shakti Shetty ("Lady Singham") and Tiger Shroff as ACP Satya Pattnaik and Arjun Kapoor as ACP Karan Shekhawat and Ashutosh Rana as Assistant Sub-Inspector Nityanand Mohile in the Cop Universe. Jackie Shroff will be reprising his role of Omar Hafeez from Sooryavanshi (2021). Akshay Kumar as DCP Veer Sooryavanshi (Surya) and Ranveer Singh as ACP Sangram Bhalerao (Simmba), Dayanand Shetty as Senior Inspector Daya Singh and Siddharth Jadhav as Inspector Santhosh Tawade. It is being produced by Reliance Entertainment, 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
Inspector / 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
Head Constable / 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
Ajay Devgn FFilms
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 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
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 running 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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