

He has formed a sleeper cell network consisting of 40 terrorists who pose as Indians, and whose aim is to conduct more bombings after the 26/11 Attacks, one of whom is his son Riyaz Hafeez. Showing a recount of 1993 Mumbai blasts, the film opens with the death of the parents of DCP and ATS chief Veer "Surya" Sooryavanshi, who later finds out that a Lashkar chief and terrorist Omar Hafeez is planning more such attacks. After several delays, Sooryavanshi was theatrically released worldwide on 5 November 2021 coinciding with Diwali.

In April 2021, the release date of film was postponed indefinitely due to the rise in COVID-19 cases and lockdown in Maharashtra.

The film was scheduled for theatrical release on 30 April 2021. Initially locked for theatrical release on 24 March 2020, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Kumar's character was announced towards the end of Simmba that served as a character introduction of Sooryavanshi. It also stars Ajay Devgn and Ranveer Singh in extended cameo appearances who reprise their roles of Singham and Simmba from the franchise's previous films. The fourth instalment of Shetty's Cop Universe, it stars Akshay Kumar as ATS chief DCP Veer Sooryavanshi opposite Katrina Kaif with supporting cast of Jaaved Jaaferi, Vivan Bhatena, Niharica Raizada, Jackie Shroff, Gulshan Grover, Abhimanyu Singh, Sikandar Kher and Nikitin Dheer. Sooryavanshi is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Reliance Entertainment, Rohit Shetty Picturez, Dharma Productions and Cape Of Good Films, based on a screenplay by Yunus Sajawal and an original story by Shetty.
