Krrish

Krrish is a 2006 Indian superhero film directed and produced by Rakesh Roshan. The film stars Hrithik Roshan in a dual role, alongside Priyanka Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah, Rekha, Sharat Saxena and Manini Mishra. It is the second instalment in the Krrish franchise and a sequel to Koi... Mil Gaya. In the film, Krishna Mehra, who has superhuman abilities like his father Rohit Mehra, falls in love with Priya and follows her to Singapore, where he takes on the superhero persona of Krrish and sets out to thwart the plans of the evil scientist Dr. Siddhant Arya, who is creating a supercomputer which shows the future.
Krrish was conceived to be a film of global significance and a trendsetter in Indian cinema, with VFX on par with those from Hollywood. To that end, the effects team was aided by Marc Kolbe and Craig Mumma and the action scenes were choreographed by Tony Ching. The music was composed by Rajesh Roshan, while the background score was composed by Salim–Sulaiman. Filming was done to a large extent in Singapore as well as India.
Krrish was released worldwide on 23 June 2006 at a budget of 40 crore and, on over 1000 prints both near-record amounts for an Indian film at the time. The film received positive reviews from critics and received a record opening week at the box office. A blockbuster, Krrish grossed a worldwide total of 126 crore, becoming the second highest-grossing Indian film of 2006, behind Dhoom 2. The film received 8 nominations at the 52nd Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress and won 3 awards, including Best Special Effects. At the 8th IIFA Awards, the film received 9 nominations, and won 3 awards, including Best Actor. It also won the National Film Award for Best Special Effects.
Krrish marked a significant turning point in Indian cinema, as it helped pioneer the mainstream superhero genre in Indian cinema and set a new benchmark for visual effects in Indian films. It has become the highest grossing Indian superhero film at the time of its release. It was one of the first Indian productions to integrate large-scale CGI and wire-work stunts comparable to international standards. The film was envisioned to be a genre-defining spectacle that could appeal to both Indian and global audiences, blending science fiction, romance, action, and mythology. The third film in the series, Krrish 3 was released in 2013 whereas, the fourth installment is expected to begin shooting in early 2026.

Plot

Krishna Mehra, a five-year-old orphaned son of the deceased couple, scientist Dr. Rohit Mehra and Nisha Mehra, lives in the small town of Kasauli with his grandmother Sonia. Krishna undergoes an IQ test by his school principal who suspects that Krishna has inherited Rohit's superhuman abilities gifted to him by Jadoo due to Krishna answering all the questions flawlessly. Shocked at learning this, Sonia takes the child to a remote mountain village in Himachal Pradesh to conceal about his identity after losing Rohit and Nisha and teaches him his basic education. As he grows up, his physical abilities develop more leading to his isolation and constant scoldings by Sonia for his mischieves occurring due to him growing up with nature.
Two decades later, Krishna, now a village youngster, meets vacationing girls Priya and Honey, who are camping with their group near his home via his tourist guide friend Bahadur. After Krishna saves Priya from a hang glider accident, initially he and Bahadur play a prank with her group about him being a ghost, Kalicharan, but end it when the group plan to return early, having falling to the prank. Eventually Krishna and Priya become friends and grow close just before the girls depart for their home in Singapore. Before leaving, the girls had first-hand experience of some of the special abilities that he exhibits, like talking to animals and his strength. After returning, they are fired by their boss for taking a non-permitted extended vacation.
In an attempt to keep their jobs, Honey suggests inviting Krishna to Singapore and making a television program about him. Priya, initially reluctant to use his naive nature and his feelings for her eventually tricks him to arrive in Singapore. However, Sonia protests this leading Krishna who is unaware of his family's past questioning the reason behind her strictness. Thus she states that the people there will only exploit his abilities and innocence and reveals about the story of his father Rohit and his adventures with Jadoo and it's aftermaths of Rohit becoming renowned scientist, marrying Nisha and getting invitation by Dr. Siddhant Arya to help create a futuristic computer in order for prevention against calamities. On the night of Krishna's birth, Rohit contacted to inform that his superpowers were being misused and he is returning back but failed and reportedly died in a laboratory accident, but his corpse was never recovered. Nisha dies shortly after as she was unable to bear the shock of Rohit's death. After learning this, Krishna feels guilty for never understanding Sonia's fears and promises her that he will never reveal his powers and she permits him to go to Singapore, aware of his feelings towards Priya.
Krishna arrives in Singapore and during the production of the television program, Krishna keeps his word, causing Priya and Honey to get fired again with the program revealing nothing exceptional about him. Later, he befriends a stunt performer, Kristian Li, who is attempting to raise funds to pay for his handicapped young sister's leg surgery. Kristian invites Krishna and Priya to the Great Bombay Circus, but during an act, a firework explodes and ignites the tent, which is swiftly evacuated. Several children remain trapped in the blaze and Krishna is faced with the dilemma of saving the children without revealing his abilities and dons a broken black clown's mask lying on the floor and wears his jacket on inside-out, creating the persona of Krrish. After a few days, Kristian witnesses Krrish fighting some goons and removing his mask, where he gets shocked to learn that his friend Krishna is Krrish. As Krrish is being offered a reward for his deeds, Krishna asks Kristian to assume his identity so that he can pay for his sister's surgery.
Meanwhile, Priya and Honey learn that Krishna is Krrish after seeing the footage from the camera that was in Priya's hand. They decide to release the footage on TV to enable Krishna to become a world-famous celebrity. During their discussions, Krishna arrives and overhears the girls talking about how Priya had been lying to him and will create a big sensation by revealing his identity to the world. Just before Priya confesses to Honey that in this drama she has genuinely fallen in love with Krishna, he leaves, feeling cheated and heartbroken. After being confronted by Krishna at his apartment about what she said, Priya cross-questions him about Sonia's strict nature towards him labelling it as "selfishness" and gets to know about the Mehra family's tragic past. Realising her mistake she sets out to stop her boss from revealing Krrish's identity. In the process, Priya meets Vikram Sinha, the senior security officer of Dr. Arya, who has been searching for Krishna and Sonia for the past 20 years. With the help of Sinha, Priya recovers the footage from her boss. Sinha finally meets Krishna with her help and reveals that Rohit is still alive. Sinha explains that he and Rohit were close friends and after completing the machine, they tested it out of curiosity as Nisha's due date was near by then and saw Krishna being born and Sonia unable to accept Rohit's death and were further shocked to see Dr. Arya holding Rohit at gunpoint. Rohit realising that after killing him Dr. Arya will use the computer for his own selfish needs destroys the computer but gets shot in the back by Dr. Arya and had since been taken as a prisoner in a comatose state by Dr. Arya, who spread the news of his presumed death and kept him alive via machines as Rohit's heartbeat and retina scans are biometrics to that computer.
Meanwhile, Dr. Arya who has re-built the computer in all these years using Rohit's notes tests the computer and gets shocked to see Krrish killing him. In an attempt to change his future, Dr. Arya quickly visits Kristian's house and shoots Kristian dead, believing him to be Krrish. After learning about Kristian's death, Krishna suits up and uses his superhuman speed to pursue Dr. Arya to his remote island, where he had imprisoned Rohit. When Dr. Arya looks into the future again, he sees that the visual has not changed and is shocked to see Krrish still alive and on his island. When Krrish enters the compound, there is a vicious fight with Dr. Arya's thugs, whom Krrish eventually defeats, but Dr. Arya shoots Sinha dead and holds Priya and Rohit at gunpoint. Krrish saves Priya and Rohit and injures Dr. Arya fatally. With his last breath, Dr. Arya learns about Krrish's identity. After revealing to Rohit that Krishna is his son, Krishna and Priya take Rohit with them back to India, reuniting him with Sonia. Rohit learns that Nisha had died after his presumed death, where he mourns her along with Sonia, Krishna and Priya. Rohit re-uses the supercomputer created by his late father Dr. Sanjay Mehra to summon Jadoo, whose spaceship can be seen from a distance and thanks him for his family once again.

Cast

Main cast

Hrithik Roshan in a dual role as:
* Krishna Mehra / Krrish, Rohit and Nisha's son; Sonia's grandson and Priya's love-interest
** Mickey Dhamijani as Teen Krishna
* Dr. Rohit Mehra, Sonia's son; Nisha's widower and Krishna's father
Priyanka Chopra as Priya, Krishna's love-interest
Naseeruddin Shah as Dr. Siddhant Arya, an evil scientist; Rohit's former accomplice turned enemy
Rekha as Sonia Mehra, Rohit's mother and Krishna's grandmother
Sharat Saxena as Vikram Sinha, Dr. Arya's employee, Rohit's trusted colleague, Mehra family's well-wisher and Krishna's helper to eliminate Dr. Arya
Manini Mishra as Honey Arora, Priya's best-friend and colleague
Hemant Pandey as Bahadur, Krishna's friend