# 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.

## 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$33 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$40 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$60 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

| Film | Release date | Director | Story By |
| Singham | 22 July 2011 | Rohit Shetty | Hari |
| Singham Returns | 15 August 2014 | Rohit Shetty | Renji Panicker |
| Simmba | 28 December 2018 | Rohit Shetty | Vakkantham Vamsi |
| Sooryavanshi | 5 November 2021 | Rohit Shetty | Rohit Shetty |
| Singham Again | 1 November 2024 | Rohit Shetty | Kshitij Patwardhan |

### 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, in the lead role, with Katrina Kaif as Ria Sooryavanshi. It was scheduled to release on 30 April 2020 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. It also introduced 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 has 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

| Name | Release date | Director | Story by | Platform | Ref. |
| Indian Police Force | 19 January 2024 | Rohit Shetty Sushwanth Prakash | Rohit Shetty | Amazon Prime Video | |

### 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

| Characters | Films | Films | Films | Films | Films | Series |
| Characters | Singham (2011) | Singham Returns (2014) | Simmba (2018) | Sooryavanshi (2021) | Singham Again (2024) | Indian Police Force (2024) |
| DCP Bajirao Singham | Ajay Devgn | Ajay Devgn | Ajay Devgn | Ajay Devgn | Ajay Devgn | — |
| Inspector / ACP Sangram "Simmba" Bhalerao | — | — | Ranveer Singh | Ranveer Singh | Ranveer Singh | — |
| DCP Veer "Surya" Sooryavanshi | — | — | Akshay Kumar | Akshay Kumar | Akshay Kumar | — |
| ACP Chulbul Pandey | — | — | — | — | Salman Khan | — |
| ACP Satya Bali | — | — | — | — | Tiger Shroff | — |
| Omar Hafeez | — | — | — | Jackie Shroff | Jackie Shroff | — |
| Zubair Hafeez | — | — | — | — | Arjun Kapoor | — |
| Avni Kamat Singham | — | Kareena Kapoor Khan | — | — | Kareena Kapoor Khan | — |
| Shagun Sathe | — | — | Sara Ali Khan | — | — | — |
| Dr. Ria Sooryavanshi | — | — | — | Katrina Kaif | — | — |
| DCP Shakti Shetty | — | — | — | — | Deepika Padukone | — |
| Kavya G. Bhosle | Kajal Aggarwal | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jaikant Shikre | Prakash Raj | — | — | — | — | — |
| Satyaraj "Babaji" Chander | — | Amole Gupte | — | — | — | — |
| Gurukant "Guruji" Acharya | — | Anupam Kher | — | — | — | — |
| Vikram Adhikari | — | Mahesh Manjrekar | — | — | — | — |
| Megha Kadam | Sonali Kulkarni | — | — | — | — | — |
| Durva Yashwant Ranade | — | — | Sonu Sood | — | — | — |
| John Mascarenhas | — | — | — | Sikandar Kher | — | — |
| Sub Inspector Santosh Tawde | — | — | Siddhartha Jadhav | Siddhartha Jadhav | — | — |
| JCP Kabir Shroff | — | — | — | Jaaved Jaaferi | — | — |
| Senior Inspector Daya Singh | — | Dayanand Shetty | — | — | Dayanand Shetty | — |
| Head Constable Nityanand Mohile | — | — | Ashutosh Rana | — | — | — |
| Inspector Tara Manchandani | — | — | — | Niharica Raizada | — | — |
| Senior Inspector Vivaan Singh | — | — | — | Vivan Bhatena | — | — |
| DCP Kabir Malik | — | — | — | — | — | Sidharth Malhotra |
| JCP Vikram Bakshi | — | — | — | — | — | Vivek Oberoi |
| Devika Singh / Shruti Bakshi | — | — | — | — | Shweta Tiwari | Shweta Tiwari |
| ATS Chief Tara Shetty | — | — | — | — | — | Shilpa Shetty |

## Additional crew and production details

| Occupation | Films | Films | Films | Films | Films |
| Occupation | Singham (2011) | Singham Returns (2014) | Simmba (2018) | Sooryavanshi (2021) | Singham Again (2024) |
| Director | Rohit Shetty | Rohit Shetty | Rohit Shetty | Rohit Shetty | Rohit Shetty |
| Producer(s) | Reliance Entertainment | Ajay Devgn Rohit Shetty Reliance Entertainment | Karan Johar Hiroo Yash Johar Apoorva Mehta Rohit Shetty Reliance Entertainment | Karan Johar Hiroo Yash Johar Aruna Bhatia Rohit Shetty Akshay Kumar Reliance Entertainment | Ajay Devgn Jyoti Deshpande Rohit Shetty Reliance Entertainment |
| Executive Producer | Rohit Chaudhury | George Cameron Romero | Sadashiv Athule | Inderjit Chadha | Ramesh Bokade Inderjit Chadha Anuva Gupte Dipak Mogare |
| Story | Hari | Shaji Kailas | Puri Jagannadh | Rohit Shetty | Kshitij Patwardhan |
| Screenplay | Yunus Sajawal | Yunus Sajawal | Yunus Sajawal Sajid Samji | Yunus Sajawal | Yunus Sajawal |
| Dialogue writer(s) | Sajid-Farhad | Sajid-Farhad | Sajid-Farhad | Farhad Samji Sanchit Bedre Vidhi Ghodgaonkar | Milap Zaveri Shantanu Shrivastava Viddhi Ghodgaonkar |
| Music Director(s) | Ajay–Atul | Jeet Gannguli Ankit Tiwari Meet Bros Yo Yo Honey Singh | Tanishk Bagchi Lijo George–DJ Chetas S. Thaman | Tanishk Bagchi Lijo George–DJ Chetas JAM8 | Ravi Basrur S. Thaman |
| Background Score | Amar Mohile | Amar Mohile | Amar Mohile S. Thaman Chandan Saxena | Amar Mohile | Ravi Basrur |
| Director of Photography | Dudley | Dudley | Jomon T. John | Jomon T. John | Girish Kant Raza Hussain Mehta |
| Editor | Steven H. Bernard | Steven H. Bernard | Bunty Nagi | Bunty Nagi | Bunty Nagi |
| Production Designer | Narendra Rahurikar | Narendra Rahurikar | Swapnil Bhalerao Madhur Madhavan | Swapnil Bhalerao Madhur Madhavan | Swapnil Bhalerao Madhur Madhavan |
| Lyricist(s) | Swanand Kirkire | Sandeep Nath Shabbir Ahmed Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay Yo Yo Honey Singh | Shabbir Ahmed Rashmi Virag Kumaar Kunal Vermaa | Shabbir Ahmed Rashmi Virag | Swanand Kirkire |
| Action Director(s) | Rajesh Kannan Jai Singh Nijjar | Jai Singh Nijjar Sunil Rodrigues | Sunil Rodrigues | Sunil Rodrigues | Grant Hulley 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 Devgn Films Rohit Shetty Productions | Reliance Entertainment Dharma Productions Rohit Shetty Productions | Reliance Entertainment Dharma Productions Cape of Good Films Rohit Shetty Productions | Reliance Entertainment Devgn Films Jio Studios Cinergy |
| Distribution | Reliance Entertainment | Eros International | Reliance Entertainment | Reliance Entertainment PVR Pictures | PVR Pictures |
| Running Time | 143 minutes | 142 minutes | 158 minutes | 145 minutes | 144 minutes |

## Reception

Box office performance
| Film | Release date | Budget | Box office revenue |
| Singham | 22 July 2011 | ₹40 crore (equivalent to ₹82 crore or US$9.4 million in 2023) | ₹157.89 crore (equivalent to ₹325 crore or US$37 million in 2023) |
| Singham Returns | 15 August 2014 | ₹105 crore (equivalent to ₹168 crore or US$19 million in 2023) | ₹216 crore (equivalent to ₹345 crore or US$39 million in 2023) |
| Simmba | 28 December 2018 | ₹80 crore (equivalent to ₹107 crore or US$12 million in 2023) | ₹400.19 crore (equivalent to ₹497 crore or US$57 million in 2023) |
| Sooryavanshi | 5 November 2021 | ₹160 crore (equivalent to ₹180 crore or US$21 million in 2023) | ₹295.84 crore (equivalent to ₹332 crore or US$38 million in 2023) |
| Singham Again | 1 November 2024 | ₹300−325 crore (US$−37 million) | ₹400−410 crore (US$−47 million) |
| Total | Total | ₹685−715 crore (US$−82 million) (five films) | ₹1,479.92 crore (US$170 million) (five films) |
Critical reception
| Title | Rotten Tomatoes |
| Singham | 57% (5.3/10 average rating) (7 reviews) |
| Singham Returns | 31% (4.5/10 average rating) (13 reviews) |
| Simmba | 27% (4.8/10 average rating) (11 reviews) |
| Sooryavanshi | 36% (5/10 average rating) (11 reviews) |
| Indian Police Force | 18% (3.7/10 average rating) (11 reviews) |
| Singham Again | 29% (5.3/10 average rating) (17 reviews) |

## 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.