In a seismic shift for Bollywood’s premier superhero franchise, megastar Hrithik Roshan will make his directorial debut with “Krrish 4.”
The actor, who has headlined all three previous blockbusters in the series, will pull double duty as both director and star in the hotly anticipated sequel.
Leading Indian studio Yash Raj Films, led by Aditya Chopra, will produce the tentpole in association with franchise creator Rakesh Roshan, marking a significant new chapter for India’s homegrown superhero saga.
The “Krrish” franchise, Bollywood’s pioneering superhero saga headlined by Hrithik Roshan, remains one of the industry’s most ambitious and enduring cinematic gambits. Launched in 2003 with “Koi… Mil Gaya” — a sci-fi tearjerker that married Spielbergian wonder with Indian emotions — the series hit full throttle with 2006’s “Krrish” and 2013’s “Krrish 3,” establishing Roshan’s masked crusader as India’s answer to Superman with a side of melodrama. Directed by Rakesh Roshan and backed by the family banner FilmKraft Productions, the films have walked a tightrope between VFX spectacle and myth-laced storytelling, with shape-shifting villains, telekinetic battles, and moral undertones wrapped in Bollywood bombast.
“I’m passing the baton of the director of ‘Krrish 4’ to my son, Hrithik Roshan, who has lived, breathed and dreamt about this franchise since its inception with me,” said Rakesh Roshan. “Hrithik has a clear and a very ambitious vision of taking ‘Krrish’s journey forward with the audience for the next decades. I couldn’t be more prouder to see him wear the director’s hat for a film that means the world to us as a family.”
The family has been in the public eye in India recently thanks to hit Netflix documentary series “The Roshans.”
The elder Roshan, who helmed the previous three films, said. “It brings me so much joy to see someone like Adi as the producer of ‘Krrish 4.’ It was he who convinced Hrithik to sit in the director’s chair,” he revealed. “Adi and Yash Raj Films have the knowledge, understanding and technological might to produce this film and add great value to this project.”
The high-profile collaboration unites two of Bollywood’s most influential filmmaking families. “Hrithik and Adi coming together as a producer-director pair with me behind them is a rare and deliciously creative combination,” Rakesh Roshan continued. “I’m sure they will turn ‘Krrish 4’ into a theatrical experience that has never been made in India. The dream is to make India proud globally with a larger than life experience like ‘Krrish 4.’”
Production is slated to begin in early 2026, though no release timeline has been confirmed. The franchise has established itself as India’s premier superhero property and a consistent box office juggernaut.
