Rohit Shetty's Cop Universe
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Created by	Rohit Shetty
Original work	Singham (2011)
Owners	Reliance Entertainment Rohit Shetty Picturez
Years	2011–present
Films and television
Film(s)	Singham (2011) Singham Returns (2014) Simmba (2018) Sooryavanshi (2021) Singham Again (2024)
Web series	Indian 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)	Singham Singham Returns Simmba Sooryavanshi Singham Again
Miscellaneous
Budget	Total (5 films): est. ₹735–760 crore
Box office	Total (5 films): est. ₹1,433.54 crore (See More details)

Rohit Shetty's Cop Universe is an Indianmedia franchise andshared universe created byRohit Shetty.^[1] Previously known simply as theCop Universe,^[2] It consists 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) andSingham Returns (2014) focus on Bajirao Singham, a law-abidingDCP 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.^[3] The fourth,Sooryavanshi (2021), starsAkshay Kumar as DCP Veer Sooryavanshi. The fifth movieSingham Again (2024) brings all the characters together and is loosely based on the Indian epic,Ramayana.

Seeing the success of theTamil-language film,Singam (2010), directed byHari, the film rights for theHindi andKannada versions were sold by the makers.Reliance Big Pictures, which co-produced the original version, bought the Hindiremakerights and announced in November 2010 that the version would featureRohit Shetty asdirector andAjay Devgn in the lead.Prakash Raj was signed on to reprise his role as the antagonist from the original.^[4] In February 2011,Kajal Aggarwal was signed in as the female lead.^[5] 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$34 million in 2023).[6]

After the commercial success of Singham, Shetty announced that plans were being made to direct a sequel to Singham.^[7] The movie was namedSingham Returns. Devgn was reprising his role fromSingham. 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 theTelugu filmTemper (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."^[8] The film was named "Simmba" andRanveer Singh was cast as Simmba, along withSara 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$62 million in 2023).

In thepost-credits scene, the filmmakers revealed the next movie in the cop universe,Sooryavanshi, which castAkshay Kumar andKatrina 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 toCOVID-19 pandemic, before it finally released after a year, on 5 November 2021.^{[citation needed]}

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 filmSingam. It starsAjay Devgn as Inspector Bajirao Singham,Kajal Aggarwal as Kavya Bhosle, andPrakash Raj as Jaykant Shikre. It was released on 22 July 2011.

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 filmEkalavyan.^[9] It stars Devgn as DCP Bajirao Singham,Kareena Kapoor as Avni Kamat, andAmole Gupte as Babaji. It was released on 15 August 2014.

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 filmTemper. It starsRanveer Singh as Senior Police Inspector Sangram Bhalerao (Simmba),Sara Ali Khan as Shagun Sathe, andSonu Sood as Durva Ranade. Ajay Devgn andAkshay Kumar appear in cameo appearances, with the former reprising his role of DCP Bajirao Singham, while the latter played another DCP named Veer Sooryavanshi.^[10] It was released on 28 December 2018.

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

The film sees Kumar reprising his role of DCP Veer Sooryavanshi, in the lead role, withKatrina Kaif as Ria Sooryavanshi.^[11][12] It was scheduled to release on 30 April 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19.^[13] It was released on 5 November 2021 coinciding withDiwali.^[14]

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. It also introducedDeepika Padukone asDCP Shakti Shetty ("Lady Singham"),Tiger Shroff asInspector Satya Bali, andArjun Kapoor as Zubair Hafeez (Danger Lanka), a ruthless criminal in the Cop Universe.Jackie Shroff has reprising his role of Omar Hafeez fromSooryavanshi (2021),Dayanand Shetty asSenior Inspector Daya Shetty.Akshay Kumar asDCP Veer Sooryavanshi (Surya),Salman Khan asACP Chulbul Pandey andRanveer Singh asACP Sangram Bhalerao (Simmba) appear in cameo appearances. It is being produced by Reliance Entertainment,Jio Studios, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Rohit Shetty

Indian Police Force starsSidharth Malhotra as Kabir Malik,Vivek Oberoi as Vikram Bakshi andShilpa Shetty as Tara Shetty in Delhi Police. The series premiered onAmazon 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.^[16][17]

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An animated series namedLittle Singham based onSingham was released in 2018. Another animated seriesBaby Little Singham, which was a prequel of the 2018 animated seriesLittle Singham, released in 2022.

Smashing Simmba, an animated television series based onSimmba was released on 14 November 2020 onPogo TV.^[33]

Singham, a promotionalmobile video game for the 2011 film was released the same year.^[34]

A mobile game calledSingam Returns: The Game based onSingham Returns was released in 2014 byZapak Mobile Games for Android.^[35] Another Android mobile game was released in 2018 based on the television series,Little Singham in 2018 by Zapak Mobile Games.^[36] Other games by Zapak have followed includingLittle Singham Cricket (2019),Little Singham Cycle Race (2020),Little Singham Super Skater (2021),Little Singham Ludo (2021).

A skateboardrunningmobile video game based onSmashing Simmba,Smaashhing Simmba - Skate Rush, was released byZapak in 2021.^[37]

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