Commando (film series)

Commando is a series of Indian Hindi-language action thriller films produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah under the banner of Sunshine Pictures. The film series is co-produced and distributed by Reliance Entertainment.

Commando (film series)
Directed byDilip Ghosh (1)
Deven Bhojani (2)
Aditya Datt (3)
Written byRitesh Shah (1-2)
Darius Yarmil (3)
Junaid Wasi (3)
Story bySuresh Nair (2)
Produced byVipul Amrutlal Shah (1-3)
Reliance Entertainment (1-3)
Dhaval Jayantilal Gada (2)
Motion Picture Capital (3)
StarringSee Cast
CinematographySejal Shah (1)
Chirantan Das (2)
Mark Hamilton (3)
Edited byAmitabh Shukla (1-2)
Sanjay Sharma (2)
Sandeep Kurup (3)
Music bySongs:
Mannan Shaah (1-3)
Gourov Roshin (2)
Vikram Montrose (3)
Score:
Prasad Sasthe (1-2)
Saurabh Bhalerao (3)
Production
companies
Sunshine Pictures (1-3)
Reliance Entertainment (1-3)
Pen India Limited (2)
Motion Picture Capital (3)
Distributed byReliance Entertainment
Release dates
1: 12 April 2013 (2013-04-12)
2: 3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)
3: 29 November 2019 (2019-11-29)
Running time
380 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹75 crore
Box office₹100.66 crore

The first film Commando: A One Man Army was released in 2013 is directed by Dilip Ghosh, the second film Commando 2: The Black Money Trail released in 2017 is directed by Deven Bhojani while the third film Commando 3 is directed by Aditya Datt released in 2019. The series follows the story of an Indian Commando named Karanveer 'Karan' Singh Dogra (Vidyut Jammwal) and his missions.

The protagonist's name is inspired by Karan Singh, the Dogra dynasty ex-crown prince of Jammu and Kashmir. Jammwal, who is trained in the Indian martial arts of Kalaripayattu, performs his own stunts and martial arts in the film's action sequences. Commando 2 is the only film in the series to be released along with its Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions.

Films

Commando: A One Man Army (2013)

Indian Commando Karanveer Singh "Karan" Dogra escapes from the Government of China after being accused as an spy, where he meets a woman named Simrit, who is on run from AK-74 and decides to protect her.

Commando 2: The Black Money Trail (2017)

Karan is assigned with Inspector Bhavna Reddy and ACP Bakthwar Khan to capture Vicky Chadda, a money launderer from Malaysia.

Commando 3 (2019)

Karan and Bhavna Reddy are assigned on a mission in London to stop a terrorist named Buraq Ansari from committing terrorist attacks in India.

Commando 4 (TBA)

On 19 June 2019, before the Release of Commando 3 the Producer of Commando franchise, Vipul Amrutlal Shah said, “The fact that we have been able to complete three films is satisfying. The franchise, in my mind, is set to become even bigger and I don’t think we will stop at three.” He added, “We have already identified the story which we want to tell with Commando 4, but for that, this film (Commando 3) needs to be a hit. We are confident that this one will give us the opportunity to do that.”[1]

On 4 December 2019, after the success of Commando 3, Vidyut Jammwal said, “There was obviously pressure but then there was excitement as well. But I think we’re used to this style of life. Now, we have been discussing about how Vipul Amrutlal Shah wants to do Commando 4."[2]

Web series

Commando (2023)

A continuation of the film series with Adah Sharma reprising her character released in Disney plus+hotstar. The web series named Commando introduced a new commando Virat played by debutante Prem.[3]

Games

Commando 2, an action mobile video game adaptation was developed by Zapak Mobile Games Pvt. Ltd. to accompany the film's release.[4]

Cast and characters

Character Film Web Series
Commando
(2013)
Commando 2
(2017)
Commando 3
(2019)
Commando
(2023)
Commando Karanveer 'Karan' Singh Dogra Vidyut Jammwal
Simrit Kaur Pooja Chopra
Amrit 'AK-47' Kanwal Jaideep Ahlawat
Bhavna Reddy Adah Sharma
Vicky Chaddha Esha Gupta
ACP Bakhtawar Khan Freddy Daruwala
Zafar Hussain Sumit Gulati
K.P. Thakur Anoop Singh
Mallika Sood Angira Dhar
Buraq Ansari Gulshan Devaiah
Zahira Feryna Wazheir
Armaan Akhtar Sumeet Thakur
Virat Prem

Crew

Occupation Film
Commando
(2013)
Commando 2
(2017)
Commando 3
(2019)
Director Dilip Ghosh Deven Bhojani Aditya Datt
Producer(s) Vipul Shah
Reliance Entertainment
Vipul Shah
Reliance Entertainment
Dhaval Jayantilal Gada
Vipul Shah
Reliance Entertainment
Motion Picture Capital
Written By Ritesh Shah Darius Yarmil
Junaid Wasi
Cinematography Sejal Shah Chirantan Das Mark Hamilton
Editor Amitabh Shukla Amitabh Shukla
Sanjay Sharma
Sandeep Kurup
Composer(s) Mannan Shaah Mannan Shaah
Gourov Roshin
Mannan Shaah
Vikram Montrose
Background Scored By Prasad Sasthe Saurabh Bhalerao

Release and revenue

Film Release date Budget Worldwide Box Office
Commando12 April 2013₹17 crore[5]₹26 crore[6]
Commando 23 March 2017₹26 crore₹39.04 crore[7]
Commando 329 November 2019₹30 crore[8]₹40.15 crore[9]
Total₹73 crore₹105.19 crore

References

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