Tiger 3

## YRF Spy Universe

> "Har bande ki life ki uski keemti amaanat uski family hoti hai, biwi ka pyaar, bachhe ki khushi. Tune mujhse yeh sab cheen liya, Tiger. Abh meri bhaari hai. Iss baar tu haarega, Tiger. Teri family, tera mulk, sab kuch. Yeh vaadha hai mera ..aur main apna vaadha kabhi nahi todta"
> (English: "Every man's most precious thing in his life is his family, a wife's love, a child's happiness. You took it all away from me, Tiger. Now, it's my turn. You lose this time, Tiger. Your family, country, everything. I give you my word...and I never break my word")
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> Aatish

***Tiger 3*** is a 2023 action thriller film. It is the fifth installment in the YRF Spy Universe and a sequel to *Ek Tha Tiger*, *Tiger Zinda Hai*, *War* & *Pathaan*. The film is released on 12 November, 2023.

## Synopsis

Following the events of *Tiger Zinda Hai*, *War* and *Pathaan*, Tiger and Zoya are framed as traitors by a revenge-seeking terrorist named Aatish where they set on a life-threatening crusade to prove their innocence.

## Plot

In October 1999, Rehan Nazar lives with his daughter Zoya, whom he trains and takes care of. Apart from that, he witnessed the news of the military takeover of Pakistan by General Pervez Musharraf, much to Rehan's disappointment, who wants Pakistan to be a democratic country rather than a country in dictatorship. A car explosion later claimed Rehan Nazar's life. After the funeral, Rehan's co-worker named Aatish Rehman visited Zoya, whom he promised that the Pakistani government will take care of her education and other things until she turns 21, which is when she will be given a chance to choose between the life that follows her father's footprints and a normal life. Zoya said she cannot wait until 21 to choose the former. Aatish wholeheartedly welcomes Zoya to ISI.

24 years later, Avinash "Tiger" Singh Rathore leads a happy family life with his wife Zoya and son Junior, back in Austria. Tiger is called for a mission by the new R&AW Chief Maithili Menon to rescue his former handler Gopi Arya, who was captured while trying to extract information about a dangerous mission being planned by Pakistan. Tiger manages to rescue Gopi and take him back to India. However, Gopi succumbs to the brutal injuries which he sustained during the mission. Before dying, Gopi reveals that he has updated every detail of the mission to the RAW files, but one, which is that Zoya is also a part of the mission as a double agent. This shocks Tiger and prompts him to start spying on her. Tiger is later assigned on another mission to safeguard a suspect named Jibran Sheikh in Russia. Sheikh possess confidential information regarding Pakistan's mission and had escaped to Russia when he and Gopi were exposed.

Tiger learns that Zoya has been assigned to assassinate Sheikh, where he manages to save him and confront her. Tiger later gets captured and is taken to Aatish Rehman, who holds a grudge against Tiger and Zoya when they thwarted his plans of killing Indian Army General to stop the peace treaty between India and Pakistan. Tiger also had unknowingly killed Aatish's pregnant wife and ISI agent Shaheen Baig. He reveals to Tiger that he had forced Zoya to take the mission by holding Junior hostage, who was injected a viral infection by Dr. Hoffman, an Austrian doctor who turns out to be Aatish's ally. For the antidote to save Junior, Aatish forced Tiger and Zoya to leave to Istanbul and steal a briefcase. Tiger manages to steal the briefcase with the help of his RAW team and gives it to Zoya, who in turn hands it to Aatish, who reveals that the briefcase contained PAL codes of a missile. Aatish called on the Turkish authorities of Tiger and Zoya, who are later framed as traitors by their respective countries. Aatish then has Tiger imprisoned in Pakistan.

Tiger is given the death penalty, but manages to escape with the help of Pathaan. He travels to Islamabad and meets Hassan, who is now a student but also works as a hacker. Tiger's team, Zoya and her fellow ISI agents Abrar and Javed arrive at Istanbul, where they learn about Aatish's plan to assassinate Nasreen Irani, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, in order to become the next Prime Minister. Pakistan Army General Imtiaz Haq is also in cahoots with Aatish. Tiger, Zoya and their team secretly enter the PMO, where they reveal about Aatish and Haq's plans to Irani.

Tiger and Zoya take Irani to the safe bunker and Tiger forces Haq to reveal the truth to the media. However, Aatish secretly kills Haq with the help of Javed, who is later revealed to be Shaheen's brother, and frames Tiger for killing Haq. Abrar and Karan are also killed by Aatish and Javed. Aatish and Javed arrive to kill Irani at the safe place, but Tiger and Zoya manage to help Irani escape, where Hassan and Javed are killed. Tiger and Aatish engage in hand-to-hand combat, where Tiger gains the upper hand and kills Aatish. Aatish's crimes are revealed by Irani to the public and Tiger, Zoya and their teams are proven innocent. In the aftermath, Tiger and Zoya return to their family life and assures Menon that he will be there to serve his country.

In the mid-credits scene, Colonel Sunil Luthra calls Kabir Dhaliwal and assigns him a mission to assassinate a notorious anonymous person, whose darkness is monstrous.

## Cast

* Salman Khan as Avinash "Tiger" Singh Rathore
* Katrina Kaif as Zoya Nazar Humaimi
	+ Gurket Kaur as Young Zoya Nazar
* Emraan Hashmi as Aatish Rehman
* Revathi as Maithili Menon
* Simran as Nasreen Irani
* Riddhi Dogra as Shaheen Baig
* Vishal Jethwa as Hassan Ali
	+ Jineet Rath as younger Hassan Ali (archival footage; uncredited)
* Kumud Mishra as Rakesh Prasad Chaurasia
* Ranvir Shorey as Gopi Arya
* Aamir Bashir as Rehan Nazar
* Gavie Chahal as Major Abrar Sheikh
* Anant Vidhaat Sharma as Karan Rao
* Danish Bhat as Captain Javed Baig
* Sartaaj Kakkar as Junior
* Chandrachoor Rai as Nikhil
* Shahid Latief as General Imtiaz Haq
* Edward Sonnenblick as Dr. Hoffman
* Neeraj Purohit as Jibran Sheikh
* Danish Husain as Director-General Wasim Riaz
* Michelle Lee as General Zimou
* Denzil Smith as Indian Defence Minister
* Sandeep Kulkarni as Ramiz
* Varinder Singh Ghuman as Shakeel
* Anish Kuruvilla as Mr. Nair, Indian Prime Minister
* Bimal Oberoi as General Keith Ribiero
* Shah Rukh Khan as Pathaan
* Paresh Pahuja as Maj. Azaan Akbar (archival footage; uncredited)
* Angad Bedi as Captain Namit Khanna (archival footage; uncredited)
* Nawab Shah as Pawan (archival footage; uncredited)
* Hrithik Roshan as Major Kabir Dhaliwal (mid-credits scene)
* Ashutosh Rana as Colonel Sunil Luthra (mid-credits scene)

## Appearances

### Organizations

* ISI
* RAW
	+ JOCR Unit
* Taliban
* Army Aviation Corps
* ISIS (mentioned by Gopi Arya)
* Lashkar-e-Taiba (mentioned by Gopi Arya)
* General Directorate of Security Turkey
* Pakistani Army

### Locations

* United Kingdom
	+ London
* China (mentioned by Zoya)
* Afghanistan
* India
	+ New Delhi
* Russia
	+ Saint Petersburg
* Turkey
	+ Istanbul
* Austria
	+ Altaussee
	+ Darwin Museum
	+ Vienna
* Pakistan
	+ Islamabad
	+ Rawalpindi
	+ PMO

### Mentioned

* Pervez Musharraf (video footage)
* Ajit Shenoy (by Gopi and Zoya)
* Bruce Lee
* *Sholay* (indirectly mentioned by Pathaan)
* *War 2* Antagonist (indirectly mentioned by Sunil Luthra)

## Production

### Development

In early 2020, it was reported that a sequel for the film *Tiger Zinda Hai* was in development, with the lead actors reprising their roles. In late 2020, Maneesh Sharma was roped in to direct the film, taking over from Ali Abbas Zafar. Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif were confirmed to reprise their role from their predecessors, and filming was reported to begin in the third week of March 2021. A customary puja was held at 26 February 2021 at YRF Studios in Mumbai. On 4 March 2022, the project was officially announced by Yash Raj Films.

### Casting

Shanoo Sharma was the casting director. Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif were confirmed to be reprising their roles as Tiger and Zoya, with Emraan Hashmi also being signing onto the project, in February 2021. Ranvir Shorey was announced to return to the franchise after being absent in *Tiger Zinda Hai*. Vishal Jethwa joined the cast in October 2021, while Revathi and Riddhi Dogra were cast a month later. Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan reprised their roles as Pathaan and Major Kabir Dhaliwal, in cameo appearances respectively.

### Filming

Principal photography began in March 2021, in Delhi and Mumbai. Filming then took place in Turkey, including Cappadocia and Istanbul, while a car chase sequence was shot in Saint Petersburg in August 2021. Additional scenes were filmed in Austria in September 2021. Filming resumed in India by February 2022, in New Delhi, and further action sequences were filmed in Mumbai in April 2023. Shah Rukh Khan's cameo was filmed within a ten day schedule in Madh Island, where a large set was constructed for an action sequence. Hrithik Roshan's cameo was directed by Ayan Mukerji who will be directing *War 2,* the next installment in the Universe. Principal photography was concluded in May 2023.

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## Trivia

* *Tiger 3* is the most expensive Yash Raj Films project, budgeted at an estimated amount of ₹300 crore (US$38 million).
* *Tiger 3* is the least profitable YRF Spy Universe.
* *Tiger 3* had the biggest global opening weekend for both Khan and Kaif.