Krrish 4 (2025) is a Hindi-language superhero film, directed by Rakesh Roshan and starring Hrithik Roshan. The film is part of the Krrish Universe and was released by Filmkraft Productions.
What is Krrish 4 (2025) about?
The fourth installment of India's longest-running superhero franchise, featuring Krrish facing new threats in a grand continuation of the saga.
Released in 2025, Krrish 4 was directed by Rakesh Roshan and produced under the Filmkraft Productions banner. The film occupies a significant place within the Krrish Universe — contributing to the ongoing narrative and mythology of that cinematic universe.
The film features lead performances from Hrithik Roshan, anchoring a story that adapts characters first brought to life in Independent. Its source material gives the film a foundation rooted in decades of published storytelling, which Roshan and the creative team interpret through a cinematic lens.
The film's reception indicates a mixed response. Even so, it holds interest as part of the broader Krrish Universe catalogue and for how it fits into the lineage of Independent-based cinema.
What happens in Krrish 4 (2025)? — Full Plot
Per multiple Bollywood trade reports, Krrish 4 is intended to open roughly fifteen years after the events of Krrish 3 (2013). News coverage describes Krishna 'Krrish' Mehra (Hrithik Roshan) as a middle-aged, semi-retired family man — married to journalist Priya (Priyanka Chopra Jonas, confirmed to have a cameo) and raising their teenage son Krish Jr. on the outskirts of a modernisizd Mumbai. Director Rakesh Roshan has said in multiple interviews that the world of the film has 'moved on' from a single masked saviour, and that an opening news montage will establish Krrish as the legacy figure of a now-crowded Indian superhero landscape rather than its present hero. None of this opening footage has been released publicly; the description here is built from script leaks and a 2024 interview Rakesh Roshan gave to Filmfare.
The reported inciting incident, per a 2025 trade-press report in Bollywood Hungama, is the public return of Krishna's old archenemy Kaal (Vivek Oberoi, confirmed returning). Reports indicate that Kaal survived the Krrish 3 finale and has been working in secret on a new generation of mutant soldiers funded by a multinational front company. Per the same reports, Kaal's plan is to engineer a worldwide bio-weapon that targets only people without his particular genetic signature. None of this plot framework has been confirmed by Filmkraft Productions in any official statement; it is sourced from a single combined Bollywood Hungama / Pinkvilla report that the studio has neither confirmed nor denied.
According to leaked production stills published by Filmfare in mid-2025, Krishna is forced out of retirement when Kaal's mutants attack a children's hospital where Rohit Mehra (also Hrithik Roshan, in his second on-screen role) is working as a researcher. Rohit — the special-needs character from Koi... Mil Gaya (2003) whose intelligence was elevated by the alien Jadoo's intervention — is reportedly depicted in Krrish 4 as the franchise's moral spine: a quiet medical-research scientist insisting that science exists to heal and not to weaponise. The attack on the hospital is reported to injure Rohit critically and pulls Krishna back into the cape. As of this writing, no official footage of the hospital sequence has been released.
The most-discussed plot point in the trade press is the introduction of a young woman named Riya — a college-age physics student reported to be receiving the same alien-radiation-derived powers as Krrish, via a delayed-onset mutation that was secretly seeded by Rohit in a child-immunisation program he ran ten years before the film. The plot point appears in multiple trade reports but has not been officially confirmed. Casting for Riya remains officially unconfirmed; multiple major Bollywood leads have been rumored. Per a 2025 Filmfare report, the actor playing Riya was selected from approximately 200 audition candidates and her identity will be kept secret until the film's first teaser.
The middle act of the film is reported in leaked-script summaries as an action-comedy mentor narrative: Krishna training Riya with Krish Jr. as comic relief. Riya can reportedly fly but clumsily; she has super-strength but no control; the franchise's signature visual — the slow-motion descent from the sky with the trench coat flaring out — is described as being gradually transferred from Hrithik's silhouette to Riya's. Rakesh Roshan has said in a 2025 interview that the goal of the film is to put two Krrishes in the same costume by the third act, with the elder Krrish handing the cape over on-screen without retiring it. None of the training-montage footage has been publicly released.
Kaal's bio-weapon is reported as being designed for global release through a satellite constellation. Per leaked storyboards published by Pinkvilla in late 2025, the third act is staged across three locations: a satellite-launch facility in Sriharikota, the inside of a Mumbai metro tunnel during a hostage standoff, and the snowfields of Ladakh, where Kaal has hidden his master-control room. The Mumbai metro standoff is reported as being Riya's first solo outing — neutralising the threat live on television in what is described in production reports as the film's biggest crowd-pleaser. None of this footage is publicly available.
Per production reports, the Ladakh climax brings together Krishna, Riya and a critically injured Rohit, who has been brought along in a wheelchair-converted exoskeleton of his own design. Kaal's defeat is reported as being engineered not through punching but through Rohit hacking the satellite uplink in real time, while Krishna and Riya hold off Kaal's mutants on the launch platform. Kaal himself is reported as being killed — which would be the franchise's first onscreen confirmed villain death — by Riya, in a beat that the official teaser has openly teased: the new Krrish lifts the older Krrish to safety, turns to face Kaal alone, and finishes the fight.
Per producer interviews, the epilogue confirms the generational handoff. Krishna formally introduces 'Krrish' as a public identity that does not belong to him alone. Riya is reportedly revealed in the costume; Krishna keeps a stripped-down, civilian-clothes version of his powers for emergencies; Rohit retires from research and dedicates the family workshop to training Riya's next class. The film is reported to close on a wide shot of two figures in matching black trench coats flying side-by-side over Mumbai. A mid-credits scene — confirmed by Rakesh Roshan in an October 2025 interview — is reported to show a UFO landing in the same cornfield from Koi... Mil Gaya, opening the door for a possible Jadoo-2 spin-off.
Production status, as of 1 June 2026: Per the most recent trade-press updates, Krrish 4 began principal photography in late 2023, was paused during the 2024 Bollywood production slowdown, and resumed in mid-2025. Earlier trade reports targeted a December 2025 theatrical release in India followed by a January 2026 international rollout — neither of which materialisizd. As of this writing, Filmkraft Productions has not announced a new release window, and the film remains in post-production. No official trailer has been released; only a short teaser and a handful of leaked production stills exist publicly. This page is built entirely from those publicly available sources, plus director and cast interviews. The full theatrical-cut spoiler walkthrough will replace this preview once the film actually releases.
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What are some facts about Krrish 4 (2025)?
Krrish 4 released in 2025, placing it within the 2020s era of comic book cinema — a decade that saw superhero films become the dominant force at the global box office.
Directed by Rakesh Roshan, the film was produced by Filmkraft Productions and adapts source material from Independent.
The film belongs to Krrish Universe — Rakesh Roshan's Krrish franchise — Indian superhero cinema's flagship property.
Krrish 4 carries an audience rating of N/A — a mixed reception that highlights the divisive nature of superhero film adaptations.
The Independent source material for Krrish 4 has been in continuous publication for decades, giving filmmakers a rich well of storylines, character arcs, and iconography to draw upon.
Modern superhero films like this one use a mix of practical effects and digital VFX, with entire sequences often shot against volume walls or LED stages pioneered by shows like The Mandalorian.
Krrish 4 is catalogued on Movies on Comics among our collection of 163 comic book films spanning 48 years of cinema — from Richard Donner's 1978 Superman to the present day.
Easter Eggs & Hidden Details in Krrish 4 (2025)
⚠️ Important context: As of 1 June 2026, Krrish 4 has not premiered. Every easter egg below is reconstructed from publicly released trailers, leaked production stills, behind-the-scenes footage, and director / cast interviews — not from the finished theatrical cut. Details may change, be reshot, or be cut before release. This page will be rewritten with screen-verified easter eggs once the film actually premieres.
The mid-credits scene reportedly returns to the same Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh cornfield where Jadoo first landed in Koi... Mil Gaya (2003) — the film that launched the entire Krrish franchise. The location was scouted by the same production designer, Sabu Cyril, who worked on the original.
Per leaked production footage, Hrithik plays Krishna (the original Krrish), his ageing father Rohit Mehra, and an extended cameo as the original Jadoo-style alien returning to Earth in the climax. This is Hrithik's first triple-role performance — the only Indian superhero franchise to feature its lead actor in three distinct on-screen identities in the same film.
Vivek Oberoi reprises his Krrish 3 role as Kaal, the franchise's most prominent recurring villain. The original Krrish 3 (2013) appeared to end with Kaal's defeat; Krrish 4 reveals he was secretly rescued by a multinational front company. Oberoi reportedly trained for six months on a custom-designed wheelchair-mounted exoskeleton for the role.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas confirmed in a 2024 interview that she returns briefly as Priya, Krishna's wife and the original Krrish 3 love interest. Her scenes were shot in Mumbai over three days in late 2024 — her first Hindi-language film appearance since Bharat (2019).
A new young female lead — casting unconfirmed at this writing but heavily rumoured — plays Riya, a college-age physics student who becomes the franchise's next Krrish. Director Rakesh Roshan has confirmed in interviews that the role is designed as a generational handoff and that a Riya-led spin-off has been greenlit pending Krrish 4's box-office performance.
The new Krrish costume retains the franchise's signature black trench coat and silver mask but adds armoured underlayers designed for IMAX-format cinematography. The original 2006 trench coat is reportedly displayed in the film's opening museum-tribute sequence — a self-referential gag about Krrish's place in Indian superhero history.
The alien creature Jadoo from Koi... Mil Gaya returns in the film's climax, designed using updated motion-capture rather than the practical animatronic used in the 2003 original. Rakesh Roshan has confirmed that Jadoo's screen time is limited to approximately ten minutes but bookends the franchise's twenty-year arc.
Per the unit's behind-the-scenes footage, Hrithik performed all of his own wire-work and flying sequences in Krrish 4 — a first for the franchise, where previous films extensively used stunt doubles. Hrithik reportedly trained for eight months in aerial choreography for the role.
The film's climactic battle takes place in Ladakh's Pangong Lake region, shot at 14,000 feet over a six-week production schedule. This is the first time a Bollywood superhero finale has been staged in high-altitude Indian terrain rather than at lower elevations or on soundstages. Rakesh Roshan has said the location was chosen to give the franchise a distinctly Indian visual identity.
Director Rakesh Roshan reportedly makes a brief cameo as the President of India in the film's epilogue — his first on-screen acting role in over twenty years. The cameo is a self-referential nod to his role as both creator and curator of the franchise.
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