Sooryavanshi is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Rohit Shetty and written by Sajid-Farhad. Produced by Shetty, Karan Johar, Aruna Bhatia, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta, it is the fourth installment of Shetty's Police Universe and features Akshay Kumar as the titular character opposite Katrina Kaif.[1]

Sooryavanshi
Directed by
Rohit Shetty
Produced by
Hiroo Yash Johar
Rohit Shetty
Aruna Bhatia
Karan Johar
Apoorva Mehta
Written by
Sajid-Farhad
Screenplay by
Tushar Hiranandani
Starring
Akshay Kumar
Katrina Kaif
Music by
Himesh Reshammiya
Tanishk Bagchi
S. Thaman
Meet Bros
Lijo George-DJ Chetas
Cinematography
Jomon T. John
Ravi K. Chandran
Mahesh Limaye
Edited by
A. Sreekar Prasad
Production
company
Reliance Entertainment
Rohit Shetty Picturez
Dharma Productions
Cape of Good Films
Distributed by
Reliance Entertainment
Release date
24 March 2020
Country
India
Language
Hindi
The film co-stars Gulshan Grover, Abhimanyu Singh, Niharica Raizada, Jackie Shroff, Sikandar Kher, Nikitin Dheer and Vivan Bhatena, while Ajay Devgn and Ranveer Singh reprise their roles of Singham and Simmba from the franchise's previous films in cameo appearances.[2]

Kumar's character was announced towards the end of Simmba that served as a character introduction of Sooryavanshi.[3] He is playing DCP Veer Sooryavanshi, the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad.[4] Principal photography for the film began in May 2019 and was completed in November 2019. It is to be theatrically released in India on 24 March 2020.[5]