Singham Again

Singham Again is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language action film written and directed by Rohit Shetty, who also co-produced it under Rohit Shetty Picturez, alongside Reliance Entertainment, Jio Studios and Devgn Films. The film stars Ajay Devgn in the title role, alongside Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Tiger Shroff, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor and Jackie Shroff. It is the fifth installment of Shetty's Cop Universe franchise.

The film was announced in September 2017 under the working title Singham 3, and the official title was announced in December 2022. Principal photography began in September 2023, and wrapped in September 2024. The film was shot in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kashmir and Sri Lanka. It was released on 1 November 2024, coinciding with Diwali, in standard and IMAX formats.

Budget: ₹350−375 crore

Distributed by: PVR Inox Pictures

Cinematography: Girish Kant; Raza Hussain Mehta

Dialogue by: Milap Zaveri; Shantanu Srivastava; Vidhi Ghodgaonkar; Rohit Shetty

Singham Again leverages starry cameos to elevate its narrative. With an ensemble cast including Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Tiger Shroff, Ranveer Singh, the film creates a crossover effect that boosts fan engagement and box office potential.

When Singham first released, starring Ajay Devgn as a cop in 2011, fans weren’t surprised. After all, they had seen the actor wear a khaki uniform several times in films such as Gangajal and Insaan. So what exactly was so different this time around?

This cop, Bajirao Singham, was honest, fair, sassy and the guts to stand up for himself even on his own. Most importantly, he needed one, only one deadly weapon to take on the goons. Gun? No. His belt. That’s it. So, why did Singham need an entire cop universe to save his wife who was kidnapped by baddie Zubair Hafeez, played by Arjun Kapoor?

Director Rohit Shetty turned Singham Again into a magnum opus. He cleverly used the film as a platform to launch other cops from his cop-verse – Deepika Padukone as Shakti Shetty and Tiger Shroff as ACP Satya. Oh, and not to forget, there’s Salman Khan’s Chulbul Pandey who will now be a part of Rohit Shetty’s cop world as well. hello