- Source: Cop Universe
The Cop Universe or Copverse is an Indian media franchise and shared universe created by Rohit Shetty. It consists of media that focuses 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, a law-abiding DCP from Shivgarh 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. The fourth, Sooryavanshi (2021), stars Akshay Kumar as DCP Veer Sooryavanshi.
Following the release of Singham Again, the universe has interconnected characters with Salman Khan's Dabangg series of movies.
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. In February 2011, Kajal Aggarwal was signed in as the female lead. 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$35 million in 2023).
After the commercial success of Singham, Shetty announced that plans were being made to direct a sequel to Singham. 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$41 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." 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$63 million in 2023).
In the post-credits scene, the filmmakers revealed the next movie in the cop universe, Sooryavanshi, which cast Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif in lead roles. 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.
Films
= Singham (2011 film)
=Bajirao Singham, 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 film)
=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. 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 film)
=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. It was released on 28 December 2018.
= Sooryavanshi (2021 film)
=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. It was scheduled to release on 30 April 2021 but postponed due to COVID-19. It was released on 5 November 2021 coinciding with Diwali.
= Singham Again (2024 film)
=Rohit Shetty confirmed that the shooting of the film began on 16 September 2023. Kareena Kapoor Khan is reprising her role as Avni Kamat Singham and Shweta Tiwari is reprising her role as Shruti Bakshi from Indian Police Force (2023). It will also introduce Deepika Padukone as DCP Shakti Shetty ("Lady Singham"), Tiger Shroff as Inspector Satya Bali, and Arjun Kapoor as Zubair Hafeez (Danger Lanka), a ruthless criminal in the Cop Universe. Jackie Shroff will be reprising his role of Omar Hafeez from Sooryavanshi (2021). Akshay Kumar as DCP Veer Sooryavanshi (Surya), Salman Khan as Inspector Chulbul Pandey, Ranveer Singh as Inspector Sangram Bhalerao (Simmba) and Siddharth Jadhav as Senior Inspector Santhosh Tawade appear in cameo appearances. Dayanand Shetty as Senior Inspector Daya Shetty. It is being produced by Reliance Entertainment, Jio Studios, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Rohit Shetty.
Television series
= Indian Police Force
=Indian Police Force stars Sidharth Malhotra as Kabir Malik, Vivek Oberoi as Vikram Bakshi 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.
Cast and characters
Additional crew and production details
Release and revenue
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.
= Games
=Singham, a promotional mobile video game for the 2011 film was released the same year.
A mobile game called Singam Returns: The Game based on Singham Returns was released in 2014 by Zapak Mobile Games for Android. Another Android mobile game was released in 2018 based on the television series, Little Singham in 2018 by Zapak Mobile Games. 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).
A skateboard running mobile video game based on Smashing Simmba, Smaashhing Simmba - Skate Rush, was released by Zapak in 2021.
See also
YRF Spy Universe
Dhoom (franchise)
Race (film series)
Baaghi (film series)
Maddock Supernatural Universe
KGF (film series)
Lokesh Cinematic Universe
HIT Universe
Inspector Chingum, Indian children's animated TV series parodying Singham
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Sooryavanshi
- Jon Watts
- Kevin Smith
- Kim Sung-ryung
- Agama
- Suicide Squad
- Film pahlawan super
- Frank Grillo
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- Julia Calhoun
- Cop Universe
- Singham Again
- Srijit Mukherji's Cop Universe
- Rohit Shetty
- Dabangg (film series)
- Singham Returns
- Sooryavanshi
- Singham
- Indian Police Force (TV series)
- HIT Universe
