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Tiger is an Indian franchise of Films and Graphic novels. The original work is 2012 film, named Ek Tha Tiger directed by Kabir Khan and produce by Yash Raj Films.[1] The series centers on a fictional character of an Indian spy (RAW), code named “Tiger”, who falls in love with a Pakistani spy (ISI).[2] The first film will have a sequel named Tiger Zinda Hai, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, scheduled to release in Christmas 2017.[3] The first film also spawned a series of Graphic novel, published by Yomics World.


Films[edit | edit source]

Ek Tha Tiger (2012)[edit | edit source]

An agent code-named "Tiger" (Salman Khan)Template:Spaced ndashIndia's top spy and an officer of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)Template:Spaced ndashis conducting a mission in northern Iraq. Tiger is forced to kill one of his own men who has defected to Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He subsequently kills many ISI agents in his escape from Iraq. Tiger returns to India and reports to his boss, Shenoy (Girish Karnad), in New Delhi. He is immediately sent on a mission to Dublin to observe a scientist of Indian origin, Professor Anwar Jamaal Kidwai (Roshan Seth), who teaches at Trinity College and is suspected of sharing his findings with the Pakistani defence establishment. Fellow RAW agent Gopi (Ranvir Shorey) accompanies Tiger on this mission. Tiger meets the scientist but fails to spend enough time for his observance and instead begins to spend time with the scientist's caretaker Zoya (Katrina Kaif), who is studying at a local dance academy. He tries to befriend Zoya to extract information, but begins to discover his human side as he grows closer to her. Tiger is attacked and robbed at his residence by a person suspected to be an ISI agent. Gopi repeatedly warns Tiger not to fall in love with Zoya, but his love cannot be stopped. Tiger asks Zoya for a date and there they both came to know about their feelings for each other. Before telling her his feelings, during a visit to dance academy, Tiger discovers that Zoya is an ISI agent and refuses to commit treason on Pakistan when he asks. Instead of killing Zoya, Tiger lets her go.

Some time later, Tiger and Zoya meet again at a UN Foreign Minister's Meeting in Istanbul when Zoya signals to him using a cryptic message. They decide to leave everything for their love and fool their respective agencies by taking a flight to Cuba, having told their agencies that they are in Kazakhstan. Some years later, their agencies trace Zoya and Tiger due to a CCTV recording. They track them down in Havana, Cuba, and the ISI agents catch Zoya. Tiger meets Gopi, who is searching for him for RAW, and having lied to Gopi that both Tiger and Zoya intend to return to India and cooperate with RAW, convinces Gopi to save Zoya from the ISI agents. Instead of returning to India, the pair trick Gopi and escape aboarding an aeroplane. Tiger calls Shenoy, who tells him that RAW will find both spies. Tiger tells Shenoy that they will only return when Pakistan and India no longer need ISI and RAW. In the epilogue, several images of Tiger and Zoya in cities including Venice, Cape Town, Zurich and London are shown, where sightings of them have been reported. But neither agencies could catch them.

Tiger Zinda Hai (2017)[edit | edit source]

A sequel titled Tiger Zinda Hai was announced on 13 September 2016. The film will be directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, while Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif will reprise their roles from the first film.[4]

Cast and characters[edit | edit source]

Character Film
Ek Tha Tiger
(2012)
Tiger Zinda Hai
(2017)
Manish Chandra / Avinash Singh Rathore
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Salman Khan
Zoya Katrina Kaif
Gopi Ranvir Shorey TBA
Shenoy Girish Karnad
Professor Anwar Jamaal Kidwai Roshan Seth
Captain Abrar Gavie Chahal
Abrar’s assistant Avinash Badal
Indian misister Ashok Awasthi
Amelie Lisa Byrne
Tokas Ahran Chaudhary
Cuban guard Jawed El Berni
Brad Justin Fuentes
ISI agent Feroz Troi Ge
Pakistani misister Zarksis Khandhadia
Cuban boxer Oscar Navin
News reporter Juhi Parmar
Bagga Rajender Sethi
Rabinder Samar Jai Singh

Crew[edit | edit source]

Occupation Film
Ek Tha Tiger
(2012)
Tiger Zinda Hai
(2017)
Director Kabir Khan Ali Abbas Zafar
Producer(s) Aditya Chopra
Screenplay Kabir Khan
Neelesh Misra
TBA
Story Aditya Chopra
Composer(s) Sohail Sen
Sajid-Wajid
Julius Packiam
TBA
Cinematography Aseem Mishra TBA
Editor Rameswar S. Bhagat TBA

Release and revenue[edit | edit source]

Film Release date Budget Box office revenue
Ek Tha Tiger August 15, 2012 Template:INRConvert Template:INRConvert
Tiger Zinda Hai December 22, 2017 Template:N/A Template:N/A
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Awards and nominations[edit | edit source]

Year Ceremony Category Recipient Result
2012 People's Choice Awards India 2012[5] Favourite Movie Ek tha Tiger rowspan="5" Template:Won
Favourite Movie Actor Salman Khan
Favourite Movie Actress Katrina Kaif
Favourite Action Movie Actor Salman Khan
Favourite Song of The Year Mashallah
Favourite Action Movie Ek Tha Tiger Template:Nom
3rd BIG Star Entertainment Awards[6] BIG Star Most Entertaining FILM OF THE YEAR Kabir Khan/Aditya Chopra rowspan="4" Template:Won
BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor in a Thriller Film – Male Salman Khan
BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor in an Action Film – Female Katrina Kaif
BIG Star Most Entertaining Music Sajid-Wajid/Sohail Sen
BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor in an Action Role – Male Salman Khan rowspan="8" Template:Nom
BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor in a Romantic Film – Male
BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor (Film) – Male
BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor in a Thriller Film – Female Katrina Kaif
BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor in a Romantic Film – Female
BIG Star Most Entertaining Thriller Film Kabir Khan/Aditya Chopra
BIG Star Most Entertaining Action Film
BIG Star Most Entertaining Director – Film Kabir Khan

Graphic novels[edit | edit source]

  • A graphic novel titled Ek Tha Tiger: Mahasagar Ki Suraksha (English: Ek Tha Tiger: Saving The High Seas) was published in 2012 by Yomics. Post release, the comic failed to generate a positive word-of-mouth. Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama commended the comics' design but said that the main story failed to meet his expectations of a deeper plot, exciting narrative and a tighter script.[7]
  • Another graphic novel named Ek Tha Tiger: Caught In The Web has been published in 2012 by Yomics, which also features some Hum Tum characters.[8]

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