Hero is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film written and directed by Nikkhil Advani, co-written by Umesh Bist, and produced by Salman Khan and Subhash Ghai under Salman Khan Films and Mukta Arts, with Eros International serving as distributor.

Sooraj, under instructions from his gangster father, Suryakant 'Pasha' Ranade, pretends to be a police officer and kidnaps Radha because Shrikant presented evidence against Pasha in court.

Radha believes the ruse and leaves the city, travelling to an isolated location in Jammu with Suraj and his friends.

The couple escape although Radha believes they are being attacked by Pasha's men, and in the ensuing chase, Sooraj is shot in the arm while trying to jump over a broken bridge and they both fall into the water.

To make this happen Dheeraj also lies to his family that he planned to set up a blind date between Radha and his old friend Ranvijay.

Unbeknownst to the family, Ranvijay is a smuggler and a criminal, who strikes a deal with Pasha to separate Sooraj and Radha.

A fight ensues, and Ranvijay is shot by Shrikant who arrives at the scene and finally chooses to accept Sooraj.

[5] On 6 August 2013 it was announced that Nikhil Advani is all set to direct and re-write the script for the film, which Salman Khan is producing.

[7][8] On 10 February 2014, it was reported that Ghai, who helmed the original, had approved the script re-written by Advani and his co-writer Umesh Bist.

On 9 February 2014 it was confirmed that Athiya Shetty will make her acting debut in the remake film opposite Sooraj Pancholi, another debutante.

[17] Mohar Bash from Times of India gave 3* to the film stating that "Sculpted as a full throttle masala entertainer, Hero is plot-heavy.

And while you are well acquainted with the story, Nikhil and Salman's sensibility works as midas touch, giving the film a different texture.

Bollywood Hungama gave 2/5* to the film stating that "On the whole, HERO fails the litmus test of rehashing a classic for the Generation Next.

[16] The music for Hero is composed by Amaal Mallik, Meet Bros Anjjan and Sachin–Jigar while lyrics are by Kumaar and Niranjan Iyengar.

The first song Main Hoon Hero Tera in Salman's voice, composed by Mallik and arranged & produced by Meghdeep Bose,[18] was released on 9 August 2015 and it received more than 55 million views.