Krrish 3

Plot

The plot of the film connects with the predecessor. For more information on the predecessor's plot, see Koi... Mil Gaya and Krrish.

Scientist Rohit Mehra lives with his son Krishna "Krrish" Mehra (both played by Hrithik Roshan) in Mumbai. Krishna is married to Priya (Priyanka Chopra) who works as a journalist for Aaj Tak. Rohit works in a research institute for the Indian government and Krishna, while moonlighting as the superhero Krrish, is regularly fired from various day jobs due to lack of attendance. Rohit is researching on a device that will bring life to dead tissues by the use of solar energy. Despite several attempts, he fails to complete the experiment due to the high intensity of sun rays. On a usual day, Krishna loses his job from the security wing of a company when he hears news about an airplane whose front tyres are stuck due to some malfunctioning which creates high risk, even if landed, it may explode and so will the passengers inside. Krishna immediately changes himself to Krrish and saves the plane from accident by holding the component to make tyres free to roam.
A few days later, Rohit hears about a deadly disease spreading in the African country of Namibia due to a virus whose antidote has not yet been discovered. He consults his friend Dr. Varun Shetty (Arif Zakaria) about the situation. Meanwhile, Shetty receives a phone call from Dr. Alok Sen (Asif Basra), a scientist working for Kaal Laboratories who insists on meeting him in order to reveal information about an antidote to the virus. Both Sen and Shetty are, however, murdered by Kaya (Kangna Ranaut), a form-changing female mutant. She is the henchwoman of Kaal (Vivek Oberoi), a handicapped evil genius who possess telekinetic powers. Kaal creates a team of "maanvars" (an hybrid of humans and animals) with distinct physical powers in order to cure himself but fails. Later it is revealed the virus in Africa was spread by Kaal himself to incur huge profits by selling its antidote, the singular source of which is his blood.
Rohit discovers that the virus, which is fast spreading through Mumbai, has no effect on Krishna, the pregnant Priya or himself. He, thus, makes an antidote by using the blood from Krishna's bloodstream which he spreads with the help of explosions. An enraged Kaal sends his mutants to attack Rohit and find out how an antidote was developed without using his own blood. Krrish manages to save Rohit, but Priya is injured and hospitalised. Krrish, however, manages to defeat the mutant Frog Man (Gowhar Khan). Kaya, carrying out Kaal's instructions, takes Priya's form while Priya is kidnapped by Kaal. In the form of Priya, Kaya lets Krishna belief that Priya has lost her child, and continues to live with the Mehras. While finding the truth behind the antidote's formula she develops an attraction towards Krishna. Failing to get answers about Frog Man's involvement with the virus attack, Rohit travels to Singapore to seek answers from Dr. Siddhant Arya's (Naseeruddin Shah) partner, where he is kidnapped by Kaal's men. Meanwhile, Krishna discovers the true identity of Priya; furious, he reveals himself as Krrish to Kaya and orders her to take him to Kaal's laboratory. Having fallen in love with Krishna, Kaya decides to help rescue his wife.
At Kaal's laboratory, it is revealed that Kaal is Rohit's son, who was created by an experiment conducted by Dr. Arya while Rohit was held hostage by him. The child was born handicapped, and was thus given away to an orphanage from where he was adopted by a wealthy man (Mohnish Behl). Kaal uses Rohit's bone marrow to successfully cure his handicap. Meanwhile, Kaya saves Priya and unites her with Krrish; she is, however, murdered by Kaal for her disloyalty. Kaal subsequently murders Krrish, and dons a metal suit. Deeply disturbed by his son's death, Rohit decides to re-use his failed experiment to bring dead tissues to life in order to save Krishna. This time, however, he absorbs the excess energy himself. Though the process kills Rohit, it transfers his powers to a revived Krishna. Meanwhile, Kaal threatens to destroy the city of Mumbai if Priya does not surrender to him. Krrish re-emerges and, after several unsuccessful attempts, manages to kill him using Rohit's solar experiment. The film ends six months later with Priya naming their new-born son Rohit, who also exhibits superpowers.

Cast

• Hrithik Roshan as Rohit Mehra and Krishna Mehra (Krrish). Rohit is a professional scientist working in a Government organization while Krishna Mehra is his son who moonlights as Krrish, a superhero.
• Vivek Oberoi as Kaal, a handicapped evil genius who exhibits telekinetic powers. He is the founder of Kaal Laboratory and the creator of 'maanvars', a team of mutants made by fusing the serum of humans and animals.^[9]
• Priyanka Chopra as Priya Mehra, Krishna's wife and a journalist for Aaj Tak.
• Kangna Ranaut as Kaya, Kaal's female henchman who is created by fusing the serum of a woman and a chameleon. She is instrumental in Kaal's scheme because of her ability to take anybody's form whenever she wishes. She later falls in love with Krishna after taking the form of Priya.^[10]
• Arif Zakaria as Dr. Varun Shetty, Rohit's scientist friend.
• Asif Basra as Dr. Alok Sen, a scientist working at Kaal Laboratories.
• Rajpal Yadav as Kripal Sharma, Krishna's friend and co-worker.
• Rakhee Vijan as Sharma's wife
• Sachin Khedekar as Minister (special appearance)
• Naseeruddin Shah as Dr. Siddhant Arya (special appearance)
• Mohnish Behl as Kaal's adoptive father (special appearance)
• Rekha and Preity Zinta appear as Sonia Mehra and Nisha, respectively, in flashback scenes from Koi...Mil Gaya and Krrish

Kaal's mutants

• Gowhar Khan as Frog Man
• Nazia Shaikh as Cheetah Woman^[11]
• Sameer Ali Khan as Ant Man^[12][13]
• Shaurya Chauhan as Scorpion Woman
• Danniel Kaleb as Rhino Man

Production

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 (where the first film was named First Blood, then came Rambo and then Rambo 3), the film will be called Krrish 3.^[14] Rakesh Roshan also clarified the title to Bollywood Hungama.^[15] In an interview director Rakesh Roshan said "I can't reveal the budget of the movie, but it has been a very costly film".^[16] The film was reportedly made on a huge budget between 1 billion - 1.5 billion.^[17] Red Chillies VFX, a subdivision of Shahrukh Khan's motion picture production banner Red Chillies Entertainment, worked on the special effects worth 260 million (US$4.0 million) for Krrish 3.^[18]

Filming

The mountains of Alps, where some of the films action sequences were shot.

"While shooting in hot and humid conditions in India - in the film studios in Hyderabad, and in Mumbai, the mask [made of wax] would get distorted and start melting. This was because of the high temperature, which would often go up to as high as 44 degrees. At times, it seems it was so hot that in a day, he [Hrithik Roshan] would end up changing five to six masks,"

- The Hindustan Times, who stated that Roshan ended up using 500 masks^[19]

Principal photography began on 1 December 2011 with Oberoi, Ranaut and Chopra. However, Hrithik did not participate in the first schedule due to a back injury.^[20] Actress Shaurya Chauhan had an accident while shooting for the film in Hyderabad, due to which the film has faced some delays.^[21] In 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.^[22]Filming also took place in Jordan where a song featuring Roshan and Ranaut was shot.^[23]

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.^[24] Priyanka Chopra was later confirmed to reprise the role of Priya. In this film, she will be seen married to Krishna Mehra.^[25]
Next, Chitrangada Singh announced her inclusion in the project as a mutant but left the film due to unspecaified 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.^[26][27] Finally, Kangna Ranaut was confirmed to play the role, who coincidentally was originally offered the role.^[26] Rakesh Roshan had earlier revealed to media that the main antagonist of film would be as powerful as the hero.^[28] After talks with Ajay Devgn and Shah Rukh Khan fell through, Vivek Oberoi was eventually cast for the role.^[9][29] 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."^[30]
In January 2011, Lakshmi Manchu claimed to have been offered a role in the film as the antagonist's girlfriend.^[31] Its overseas distribution rights were sold to Eros International while Rakesh Roshan retained rights in Mumbai.^[32] There was also initial speculation that Rekha would play a major role in the film, which was later denied as a rumour.^[29]

Soundtrack

Krrish3
Soundtrack album by Rajesh Roshan
Released	18 September 2013[33]
Recorded	2012-2013
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	37:10
Label	T-Series
Producer	Rajesh Roshan
Rajesh Roshan chronology
Kites (2010) Krrish 3 (2013) Baniye Ki Moonch (2013)[34]
Singles from Krrish 3
"Raghupati Raghav" Released: 15 September 2013[35]

The songs of the film are being composed by Rajesh Roshan at Krishna Audio; whilst the background score is being composed by Salim-Sulaiman. The music rights of the film were acquired by T-Series for 60 million (US$920,000).^[36] The full soundtrack album was released on 18 September 2013 with music composed by Rakesh Roshan.^[33]

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Krrish Krrish (Title Track)"	Sameer	Rajesh Roshan	Mamta Sharma, Anirudh Bhola, Rajesh Roshan	5:13
2.	"Raghupati Raghav"	Sameer	Rajesh Roshan	Neeraj Shridhar, Monali Thakur & Bob	5:21
3.	"Dil Tu Hi Bataa"	Sameer	Rajesh Roshan	Alisha Chinai, Zubeen Garg	6:41
4.	"You Are My Love"	Sameer	Rajesh Roshan	Mohit Chauhan, Alisha Chinai	4:31
5.	"God Allah Aur Bhagwan"	Sameer	Rajesh Roshan	Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal	6:28
6.	"Dil Tu Hi Bataa (Remix By DJ Shiva)"	Sameer	Rajesh Roshan	Alisha Chinai, Zubeen Garg	4:25
7.	"Raghupati Raghav (Remix By DJ Shiva)"	Sameer	Rajesh Roshan	Neeraj Shridhar, Monali Thakur, Bob	4:31
Total length:					37:10

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