Sooryavanshi Wiki Sooryavanshi is a 2021 Bollywood movie directed by Rohit Shetty starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif in lead roles . It was released during Diwali ( 5 November 2021 ) on 3519 screens in India and collected around 26 crores on opening day . Sooryavanshi’s filming started in Mumbai in May 2019 and wrapped in Hyderabad in November 2019 . Official trailer was released on 2 March 2020 and reached 100 M views till 15 November 2021 . Rohit's action thriller is the highest grossing Bollywood movie of 2021 till date ( 16 Nov 2021 ) . Rohit Shetty's fourth cop movie release was cancelled two times due to COVID-19 and finally released in Diwali 2021 , it was