
8 years later, Surya tried to nab a man where Ria and Aryan were present, which culminated in Aryan being shot. They fell in love, married, and became parents to a son Aryan. 9 years ago, Surya was wounded by a bullet and Ria cured him. Surya plans to catch the sleeper cell's remaining members, even as he remembers his wife Ria Gupta. Surya's senior Kabir Shroff reveals about a full ton of RDX being brought to India, of which 400 kilograms were used during those bombings and the remnant 600 kilograms are still buried somewhere in India. In Jaisalmer, Surya and his team nab Riyaz who had a different identity there. He has formed a sleeper cell network consisting of 40 terrorists who pose as Indians to set 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 parents of DCP and ATS chief Veer "Surya" Sooryavanshi, who later finds out that a Lashkar chief and terrorist Omar Hafeez is planning more 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. Ajay Devgn and Ranveer Singh in extended cameo appearances 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 written and 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.
