# Commando (film series)

Commando is a series of Indian Hindi-language action thriller films produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah under the banner of Sunshine Pictures. The film series is co-produced and distributed by Reliance Entertainment.
The first film Commando: A One Man Army was released in 2013 is directed by Dilip Ghosh, the second film Commando 2: The Black Money Trail released in 2017 is directed by Deven Bhojani while the third film Commando 3 is directed by Aditya Datt released in 2019. The series follows the story of an Indian Commando named Karanveer 'Karan' Singh Dogra (Vidyut Jammwal) and his missions.
The protagonist's name is inspired by Karan Singh, the Dogra dynasty ex-crown prince of Jammu and Kashmir. Jammwal, who is trained in the Indian martial arts of Kalaripayattu, performs his own stunts and martial arts in the film's action sequences. Commando 2 is the only film in the series to be released along with its Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions.

## Films
### Commando: A One Man Army (2013)

Indian Commando Karanveer "Karan" Singh Dogra escapes from the Government of China after being accused as a spy, where he meets a woman named Simrit, who is on run from AK-74 and decides to protect her.

### Commando 2: The Black Money Trail (2017)

Karan is assigned with Inspector Bhavna Reddy and ACP Bakthwar Khan to capture Vicky Chadda, a money launderer from Malaysia.

### Commando 3 (2019)

Karan and Bhavna Reddy are assigned on a mission in London to stop a terror st named Buraq Ansari from committing terrorist attacks in India.

## Series
### Commando (2023)

A continuation of the film series with Adah Sharma reprising her character. The TV series introduced a new commando Virat played by debutante Prem.

## Cast and characters

| Character | Film | Film | Film | TV Series |
| Character | Commando (2013) | Commando 2 (2017) | Commando 3 (2019) | Commando (2023) |
| Commando Karanveer "Karan" Singh Dogra | Vidyut Jammwal | Vidyut Jammwal | Vidyut Jammwal | |
| Colonel Akhilesh Sinha | Darshan Jariwala | | | |
| Simrit Kaur | Pooja Chopra | | | |
| Amrit 'AK-47' Kanwal | Jaideep Ahlawat | | | |
| Bhavna Reddy | | Adah Sharma | Adah Sharma | |
| Vicky Chaddha | | Esha Gupta | | |
| ACP Bakhtawar Khan | | Freddy Daruwala | | |
| Zafar Hussain | | Sumit Gulati | | |
| K.P. | | Thakur Anoop Singh | | |
| Mallika Sood | | | Angira Dhar | |
| Buraq Ansari | | | Gulshan Devaiah | |
| Zahira | | | Feryna Wazheir | |
| Armaan Akhtar | | | Sumeet Thakur | |

## Crew

| Occupation | Film | Film | Film |
| Occupation | Commando (2013) | Commando 2 (2017) | Commando 3 (2019) |
| Director | Dilip Ghosh | Deven Bhojani | Aditya Datt |
| Producer(s) | Vipul Shah Reliance Entertainment | Vipul Shah Reliance Entertainment Dhaval Jayantilal Gada | Vipul Shah Reliance Entertainment Dhaval Jayantilal Gada |
| Written By | Ritesh Shah | Ritesh Shah | Darius Yarmil Junaid Wasi |
| Cinematography | Sejal Shah | Chirantan Das | Mark Hamilton |
| Editor | Amitabh Shukla | Amitabh Shukla Sanjay Sharma | Sandeep Kurup |
| Composer(s) | Mannan Shaah | Mannan Shaah Gourov Roshin | Mannan Shaah Vikram Montrose |
| Background Scored By | Prasad Sasthe | Prasad Sasthe | Saurabh Bhalerao |

## Release and revenue

| Film | Release date | Budget | Worldwide Box Office |
| Commando | 12 April 2013 | ₹17 crore | ₹26 crore |
| Commando 2 | 3 March 2017 | ₹26 crore | ₹39.04 crore |
| Commando 3 | 29 November 2019 | ₹30 crore | ₹40.15 crore |
| Total | | ₹73 crore | ₹105.19 crore |