Countdown begins as Rohit Shetty's ‘Sooryavanshi’ set to hit screens on November 5<br /> <br /> Filmmaker Rohit Shetty is excited and relieved that his directorial ‘Sooryavanshi’ is finally releasing after a long delay of 19 months.<br />Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif starter ‘Sooryavanshi’ was initially locked for theatrical release on March 24, 2020, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />In April 2021, the release date was again postponed indefinitely due to the rise in COVID-19 cases and lockdown in Maharashtra.<br /> <br />With theatres re-opening for business, ‘Sooryavanshi’ is now finally scheduled to release in theatres worldwide on November 5, coinciding with Diwali.<br /><br /> <br />Rohit Shetty took to the social media and dropped a picture with the leading cast and wrote:<br /> <br />“Holding everyone together for the past 19 months…I CAN FINALLY SAY 10 DAYS TO GO…SOORYAVANSHI RELEASING ON 5TH NOV...”<br /> <br />https://www.instagram.com/p/CVceIEGqzfp/<br /> <br /><br />‘Sooryavanshi’ is the fourth instalment of Shetty's cop universe and stars Akshay Kumar as Anti-Terrorism Squad chief DCP Veer Sooryavanshi opposite Katrina Kaif.<br /><br /> <br />The film also stars Jackie Shroff, Gulshan Grover, Abhimanyu Singh, Niharica Raizada, Vivan Bhatena, Sikandar Kher, Nikitin Dheer and Jaaved Jaaferi.<br /> <br />The action drama is bankrolled by Reliance Entertainment, Rohit Shetty Picturez, Dharma Productions and Cape of Good Films, based on a script by Yunus Sajawal, Farhad Samji, Sanchit Bendre and Vidhi Ghodgadnkar and an original story by Shetty.<br /> <br />Ajay Devgn and Ranveer Singh in extended cameo appearances reprise their roles of Singham and Simmba from the franchise's previous films.