Sooryavanshi

***Sooryavanshi*** is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language action film written and directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Reliance Entertainment, Rohit Shetty Picturez, Dharma Productions and Cape of Good Films. The fourth installment of Shetty's *Cop Universe*, it stars Akshay Kumar in the title role as ATS chief DCP Veer Sooryavanshi opposite Katrina Kaif. Jackie Shroff, Gulshan Grover, Nikitin Dheer, Sikandar Kher, Abhimanyu Singh and Kumud Mishra play the antagonists while Jaaved Jaaferi, Vivan Bhatena and Niharica Raizada in supporting roles.

Kumar's character was announced towards the end of *Simmba* that served as a character introduction.

## Plot

During the 1993 Mumbai blasts, Veer "Surya" Sooryavanshi loses his parents where he becomes motivated to become an ATS officer. Years later, Bilal Ahmed, the blasts' mastermind seeks refuge with dreaded terrorist Omar Hafeez at POK, as they begin planning more such attacks. Omar's son Riyaaz Hafeez has formed a sleeper cell network consisting of 40 terrorists who pose as Indians, aiming to conduct more bombings after the 26/11 attacks. Surya is now the DCP and ATS chief where he plans an operation in Jaisalmer, and manages to kidnap Riyaaz who was hiding his identity.

Joint CP and Surya's senior officer Kabir Shroff, who was the only person able to fully solve the case, reveals about a full ton of RDX which was brought to India, of which 400 kgs were used during the 1993 bombings and the remnant 600 kgs are still buried somewhere in the country. Surya plans to catch the sleeper cell's remaining members. He also tries to reconcile with his estranged wife Dr. Riya Gupta, with whom he parted ways due to a misunderstanding, but to no avail. Surya comes across Islamic priest Kader Usmani, who is in fact a terrorist and Bilal's aide. Usmani meets Bilal, whose residence in Sawantwadi houses the wanted 600 kgs of RDX. They remove the buried RDX and prepare for the next bombings. Bilal reaches Mumbai with the help of taxi driver John Mascarenhas who left for Bangkok.

Surya catches Bilal, who confesses that he undertook the bombings as an act of vengeance for his family being killed in communal riots and shoots himself to death. Later, John is apprehended in Bangkok after a long chase between him and Surya, who learns that the bombs were being made by another member of the sleeper cell. Usmani and John are arrested; Surya plans to pretend to torture Usmani's daughters to make him confess. Usmani finally reveals that Riyaaz will meet him at his aide Rafique's residence. A suicidal bomb planted there kills Usmani, whose elder daughter helps in identifying the bombmaker Mukhtar Ansari, who is hiding in Shivgarh. Surya sends Inspector Sangram "Simmba" Bhalerao to arrest him.

Simmba tells Surya that 7 bombs are to be planted at 7 locations in Mumbai. Riyaaz escapes, and it is revealed that the ATS's headquarters would also be bombed. Surya and his team enlist NSG's help to safely extradite the bombs via helicopters and the bombings get botched. However, Riyaaz and his team use Riya as a suicide bomber to attack the ATS headquarters keeping Surya, Simmba and the other cops as hostages. Surya's friend DCP Bajirao Singham arrives and they defuse the bomb wrapped around Ria while killing all the terrorists. They capture Mukhtar, Riyaaz and his younger brother Raza (Mrunal Jain) who taunt Singham, Simmba, and Surya that they have been in India as sleeper cells for many years, carrying several attacks in Mumbai, and that the police cannot harm them. Enraged, Singham, Simmba and Surya shoot them to death, thus bringing peace in Mumbai.

## Characters

* Akshay Kumar as DCP Veer "Soorya" Sooryavanshi IPS
* Katrina Kaif as Dr. Ria Sooryavanshi
* Jaaved Jaaferi as Joint Commissioner of Police Kabir Shroff IPS
* Jackie Shroff as Omar Hafeez
* Vivan Bhatena as Senior Inspector Vivaan Singh
* Niharica Raizada as Inspector Tara Manchandani
* Gulshan Grover as Maulana Kader Usmani
* Abhimanyu Singh as Riyaaz Hafeez, Omar's son / Rajbir Rathod
* Nikitin Dheer as Mukhtar Ansari / Vivek Shastri
* Sikandar Kher as John Mascarenhas
* Kumud Mishra as Bilal Ahmed, Omar's partner / Ajay Gupta
* Mrunal Jain as Raza Hafeez
* Rajendra Gupta as Naeem Khan
* Asif Basra as Rafique Siddiqui
* Shruti Panwar as Mafeeza Hafeez
* Uday Tikekar as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra
* Anil Charanjeett as Aatmaram
* Ajit Shidhaye as Murad Ahmed
* Aashish Warang as Constable Ashish Tambe
* Umakant Patil as Sub-Inspector Umakant Bhide
* Meenal Sahu as Jyoti Gupta
* Sukanya Dhanda as Zahida Usmani
* Raaj Gopal Iyer as Manish Rao
* Amrit Pal Singh as Inspector Abbas Naeem Khan
* Sofiya Khan as Lily Dia
* Vidhaan Sharma as Aryan Sooryavanshi
* Anuva Gupta as Sneha Bose
* Krishna Kotian as ATS Officer
* Anil Khopkar as Maulana
* Sharvari Lohakare as Vandana Tambe
* Ajay Devgn as DCP Bajirao Singham IPS
* Ranveer Singh as Inspector Sangram "Simmba" Bhalerao
* Siddhartha Jadhav as Sub-Inspector Santosh Tawde