Bollywood megastar Hrithik Roshan is basking within the digital tsunami unleashed by the teaser drop for “Battle 2,” with the actor’s return as super-spy Kabir Dhaliwal sending social platforms into overdrive.

The teaser for “Battle 2” dropped on Tuesday, that includes a heavyweight showdown between Roshan and “RRR” star NTR Jr. It has already racked up some 25 million views on X and three million on Instagram, throughout languages.

The movie is a part of Indian studio Yash Raj Movies‘ spy universe. “Battle 2” additionally stars Kiara Advani within the feminine lead, marking her entry into the universe. The movie is directed by Ayan Mukerji, greatest identified for his work on the fantasy journey “Brahmastra,” making this his first foray into the high-octane spy thriller style.

“‘Battle’ is a very particular franchise for me,” Roshan says. “Seeing the appreciation that ‘Battle 2’s teaser is getting, seeing how individuals are pouring their love for NTR, Kiara, Ayan, for me, and the whole crew makes me actually completely happy. It’s not simple making movies of this scale, and now we have given our greatest to make ‘Battle 2’ an motion spectacle for folks.”

For Roshan, whose field workplace dominance spans many years within the trade, the possibility to revisit Kabir Dhaliwal supplied each inventive success and fan connection.

“I’ve at all times been an enormous fan of the motion style since I used to be a child, and I actually have enjoyable at any time when I do movies like ‘Battle 2,’” Roshan says. “So, for me, I had one of the best time reliving Kabir – a personality that has given me love from all quarters for years now.”

“I’m delighted and humbled by the love and suggestions that ‘Battle 2’ is getting proper from the beginning of our marketing campaign,” Roshan added. “I can’t wait to see the response of individuals after they see ‘Battle 2’ on the large display screen.”

Created by producer Aditya Chopra, the spy universe kicked off with the Tiger franchise, starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, starting with “Ek Tha Tiger” (2012) and “Tiger Zinda Hai” (2017), and continued with “Battle” (2019), starring Roshan and Tiger Shroff. These had been adopted by “Pathaan,” starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, and “Tiger 3,” each in 2023. “Alpha,” starring Alia Bhatt and Sharvari, the primary female-led movie within the universe is due after “Battle 2,” adopted by “Tiger vs Pathaan,” that includes each Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.

Within the Tiger franchise, Salman Khan performs Avinash Singh Rathore, AKA Tiger, who belongs to Indian intelligence company RAW and Kaif performs Zoya Humaini from Pakistan’s ISI. In “Battle,” Roshan is rogue RAW agent Kabir Dhaliwal and Shroff his protégé Khalid Rahmani. In “Pathaan,” Shah Rukh Khan performs exiled RAW agent Pathaan and Padukone ISI agent Rubina Mohsin.

Tiger has an prolonged cameo in “Pathaan” and the movie additionally options Colonel Sunil Luthra (Ashutosh Rana), who first appeared in “Battle” and is in “Tiger 3” as effectively. The character Pathaan has a cameo in “Tiger 2” as does Kabir Dhaliwal.

“Battle 2” is scheduled for a worldwide theatrical launch on Aug. 14, and can be accessible within the Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages.