Krrish (Hindi pronunciation: [krɪʃ]) is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language superhero action thriller film directed and produced by Rakesh Roshan.

The film stars Hrithik Roshan in a dual role, alongside Priyanka Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah, Rekha, Sharat Saxena and Manini Mishra.

To that end, the effects team was aided by Marc Kolbe and Craig Mumma and the action scenes were choreographed by Tony Ching.

Krrish was released worldwide on 23 June 2006 at a budget of ₹40 crore and on over 1000 prints both near-record amounts for an Indian film at the time.

Priya, aware of Krishna's love for her, initially gets reluctant to play with his feelings and use his naiveness but eventually invites him to join her in Singapore.

Thus Sonia states that the people there will only wish to exploit his abilities and misuse his innocence and finally reveals Krishna about the story of his father Rohit and his adventures with Jadoo and how Rohit became a renowned scientist, married Nisha and was invited to Singapore and hired by a scientist Dr. Siddhant Arya to help create a computer to see the future in order to prevent wars and help prepare against natural disasters.

Later, Krishna meets a stunt performer, Kristian Li, who is attempting to raise funds to pay for his handicapped young sister's leg surgery.

Kristian invites Krishna and Priya to the Great Bombay Circus, but during the performance, a firework explodes and ignites the tent, which is swiftly evacuated.

Krishna applies a broken black clown's mask lying on the floor and wears his jacket on inside-out, creating the persona of Krrish.

During their discussions, Krishna arrives and overhears the girls talking about how Priya had been lying to him and will create a big sensation by revealing his identity to the world.

In the process, Priya meets Vikram Sinha, the senior security officer of Dr. Arya, who has been searching for Krishna and Sonia for the past 20 years.

Rohit re-uses the supercomputer created by his late father Dr. Sanjay Mehra to summon Jadoo, whose spaceship can be seen from a distance and thanks him for his family once again.

[5][6] They announced that actors Hrithik Roshan and Rekha would return for the sequel, but that Preity Zinta would be replaced by Priyanka Chopra.

[8] He decided to push the story forward by focusing on the son of the previous films's protagonist, who would inherit his father's special abilities.

[10] Rakesh Roshan wanted Krrish to be a trendsetter in Indian cinema, with visual effects on par with Hollywood films.

Before production began, Hrithik Roshan went to China to train with Ching for the cable work that would be needed to make his character "fly".

[16] Author Audrey Yue noted that the film shoot benefited Singapore by leading to domestic and Indian film-induced tourism.

[22] During filming of a flying stunt, one of the wires that was tied to Hrithik Roshan broke, causing him to fall 50 feet, though he landed safely on a shop's canopy.

[23] Hrithik described the incident as a "freak accident", stating, "I was skydiving to my death till I fell on a six-feet-long canopy of a shop that was out because of the slight drizzle.

[24] Indian firm Prasad EFX assigned a team of more than 100 VFX specialists to work with Marc Kolbe and Craig Mumma to create the visual effects for the film.

[52] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama believed that the film surpassed expectations, but felt that there were issues with pacing in first hour.

It's a full-on kiddie movie, and while a lot of us might be scornful of Krrish, it's heartening to see fantasy officially entering mainstream Bollywood.

"[55] Verma agreed with other critics that it took too long for the action to get started, and said that a lot of attention was spent showing off Roshan's muscles.

"[56] Saibal Chatterjee wrote in the Hindustan Times that Krrish is a hackneyed, formulaic masala film, with special effects added on top, and hoped that this would not be the future of Bollywood.

[57] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN condemned the screenplay and thought that the only thing that made the film watchable was the acting of Hrithik Roshan.

[59] Richard James Havis of The Hollywood Reporter stated, "This Bollywood epic crunches together romance, comedy, extraterrestrials, martial arts, dancing and action to tell an entertaining story about a reluctant Indian superhero" but said it may be "far too crazed for foreign viewers".

[62] Though Jaspreet Pandohar of BBC was critical of the script for being "low on originality", he praised Hrithik Roshan's performance and the action scenes.

Vaidyanathan, in a review for BBC Shropshire, said that the film's excellent special effects were as good as the best from Hollywood, praised Hrithik's acting, but called the music mundane.

[64] Krrish was one of India's possible nominations for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, but the country ultimately chose Rang De Basanti as its pick.

He confirmed that Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra would reprise their roles,[80] and that the antagonists would be played by Vivek Oberoi and Kangana Ranaut.