Krrish 3


Krrish 3 is a 2013 Indian superhero film written, produced and directed by Rakesh Roshan, who wrote the screenplay with Honey Irani and Robin Bhatt. It is the third film in the Krrish series, following Koi... Mil Gaya and Krrish. The film stars Hrithik Roshan, Vivek Oberoi, Priyanka Chopra and Kangana Ranaut. In the film, Krishna Mehra, also known as Krrish, with his wife, Priya Mehra, and his scientist father, Rohit Mehra, face an elaborate conspiracy orchestrated by the mad scientist Kaal and his gang of mutants, led by the ruthless Kaya.
Krrish 3 was initially scheduled to release as a 3D film. However, due to lack of release time to convert the film to 3D, it was released only in the 2D format. Krrish 3 released worldwide on 1 November 2013. Produced on a budget of, the film grossed worldwide. It has received generally positive reviews from critics and is one of the highest-grossing Indian superhero films. Krrish 3 has consistently maintained a position among the top 50 highest-grossing Indian films for over a decade, since its release in 2013.

Plot

Six years after getting rescued and returning to India with his son Krishna after he kills Dr. Siddhant Arya, Dr. Rohit Mehra now lives with the former in Mumbai while latter's mother Sonia Mehra has passed away in this time period. Krishna is married to Priya, who now works as a reporter for Aaj Tak after resigning her previous job in Singapore and Rohit works in a research institute. Krishna, while moonlighting as superhero Krrish, is regularly fired from various day jobs due to lack of attendance. Rohit is researching a device that will bring dead tissues to life using solar energy but the experiment needs a filter which could pass only the amount of sunlight needed.
A deadly virus is spreading in over the worldwide whose antidote has not yet been discovered. Rohit's friend Dr. Varun Shetty, and Dr. Alok Sen, a scientist who wants to meet him to reveal information about the virus, are murdered by Kaya, a shapeshifting female mutant. She is the secretary of Kaal, a handicapped evil geneticist with telekinetic powers. Kaal creates a team of human-animal hybrids called Maanvars with distinct physical powers to cure himself but to no avail.
The virus was spread by Kaal himself to incur huge profits by selling its antidote. On Krishna's birthday Priya gives the good news of her pregnancy to Krishna and Rohit. Kaal now intends to gain more profits and sends his mutants to India for same as India has a large population and it is a god-fearing one. Rohit discovers that the virus, now spreading through Mumbai, has no effect on Krishna, Priya or himself. He decides to test it in his blood sample but Krishna asks him to test on his blood instead and it shows no effects on Krishna even after injecting. Hence Rohit makes an antidote with Krishna's blood. By using small rockets which explode in the sky and dispersing the antidote, Krishna spreads the antidote over the whole city as Krrish. Kaal sends his mutants to attack Rohit. Krrish saves Rohit but Priya is injured. Carrying out Kaal's instructions, Kaya shapeshifts into Priya while Priya is kidnapped by Kaal.
Posing as Priya, Kaya leads Krishna to believe that Priya miscarried in the attack, and lives with the Mehras. While discovering the truth behind the antidote, she starts loving Krishna one-sidedly and often feels guilty for cheating on him while one of the mutant Striker who was captured by Krishna on the night of attack gets killed by Kaya to conceal her identity.
Meanwhile, Kaal plans to have Priya an early childbirth do that he could use the child's bone marrow to cure his disability. Kaya, disguised as Krishna, goes to Rohit's home lab where Rohit reveals that he would travel to Singapore to meet Dr. Mathur, who used to work with Dr. Arya. Rohit hopes this meeting will help solve the mystery behind the virus. At the same as Krishna walks to the lab to meet Rohit, Kaya, still disguised as Krishna then transforms into Priya and lies to the real Krishna, saying Rohit is busy with his research work and shouldn't be disturbed. The next day, Rohit calls Krishna and tells that he had sought every answers from Dr. Mathur.
Krishna, unaware of all these, realizes that something is wrong and finds out that Priya has been kidnapped. He transforms into Krrish and confronts Kaya. Kaya finally agrees to help and leads him to Kaal’s secret lab, where Priya is rescued. It is revealed that Kaal is indeed Rohit's another biological son, created by an experiment conducted by Dr. Arya while Rohit was held hostage by him years earlier. Thus Kaal is revealed to be Krishna's younger brother. He was born inheriting Rohit's powers just like Krishna but handicapped except his face and index fingers of both hands and gets adopted by a wealthy man but eventually turns out evil after killing his foster father.
Kaal uses Rohit's bone marrow to cure his disability. Kaya saves Priya but is murdered by Kaal for her disloyalty. Kaal also severely injures Krrish. Rohit re-uses his failed dead tissues experiment to save Krishna. However, the beam of light created by the experiment needs a filter in order to take effect on Krishna. Rohit stands in front of it, allowing only a portion of it to make contact with Krishna. This resurrects Krishna, killing Rohit in the process.
Kaal has returned to Mumbai to taunt its citizens with destruction should Priya not be found and taken to him. Priya voluntarily surrenders herself, but Krrish then arrives and a fight between Krrish and Kaal ensues. With the two now capable of flight and super strength, Krrish and Kaal's fighting destroys many buildings across Mumbai, while Krrish is emotionally weakened due to the number of people dying around them. Finally, Krrish manages to kill Kaal using Rohit's solar experiment pen by focusing the unfiltered rays onto him.
Six months later, in the aftermath, Krishna and Priya name their newborn son, Rohit Mehra. The baby also seems to exhibit superpowers. This marks the continuation of the superhero legacy.

Cast

The film was referred to as both Krrish 2 and Krrish 3 in media reports. Hrithik Roshan confirmed in an interview to Rediff.com that on similar lines as with the Rambo franchise, the film will be called Krrish 3. Rakesh Roshan also clarified the title to Bollywood Hungama. In an interview director Rakesh Roshan said "I can't reveal the budget of the movie, but it has been a very costly film". The film was reportedly produced on a budget of . Red Chillies VFX, a subdivision of Shah Rukh Khan's motion picture production banner Red Chillies Entertainment, worked on the special effects worth for Krrish 3. The filming process was completed in June 2012, and then the VFX team started their work.

Filming

Principal photography began on 1 December 2011 with Vivek Oberoi, Kangana Ranaut and Priyanka Chopra. However, Hrithik Roshan did not participate in the first schedule due to a back injury. The primary location of filming was Filmistan Studios at Mumbai. Actress Shaurya Chauhan had an accident while shooting for the film in Hyderabad, due to which the film had to face some delays. On 29 August 2012, it was reported that, the makers had decided the superhero to indulge in the action sequences in snowy terrains. So, some part of the film was shot in Alps, Switzerland. Filming also took place in Jordan where a song featuring Roshan and Ranaut was shot. Rakesh Roshan stated in an interview that the shooting of Krrish 3 was completed by June 2012 with the VFX took one and half years to complete with the last of them coming on 22 October 2013, just 10 days before the release of the film with each and every VFX action sequence undergoing a revision of 40 to 50 times before inclusion.

Casting

Following the success of the previous instalments, director Rakesh Roshan planned to develop a second sequel to the franchise, with Hrithik Roshan playing the protagonist again. He had penned the script, but had to re-work it as the storyline was too similar to the Hollywood blockbuster Spider-Man 3. Priyanka Chopra was later confirmed to reprise the role of Priya. In this film, she will be seen married to Krishna Mehra.
Next, Chitrangada Singh announced her inclusion in the project as a mutant but left the film due to unspecified reasons. Later on, Jacqueline Fernandez was signed but she, later on, backed out of the film due to a lack of dates. It was reported that actresses Nargis Fakhri, Esha Gupta and Bipasha Basu were to replace Fernandez. Finally, Kangana Ranaut was confirmed to play the role, who coincidentally was originally offered the role. Rakesh Roshan had earlier revealed to the media that the main antagonist of the film would be as powerful as the hero. After talks with Ajay Devgn and Shah Rukh Khan fell through, Vivek Oberoi was eventually cast for the role. In an interview with Bollywood News Service, Oberoi said, "Kaal is contrary to my nature. I am very friendly and Kaal isn't," and added, "He has anger and vengeance burning within him; he hates humanity. To express these emotions through my eyes was difficult."
In January 2011, Lakshmi Manchu claimed to have been offered a role in the film as the antagonist's girlfriend. Its overseas distribution rights were sold to Eros International while Rakesh Roshan retained rights in Mumbai. There was also initial speculation that Rekha would play a major role in the film, which was later denied as a rumour.