Tiger

> Jab tak Tiger Mara nahi..Tab tak Tiger Hara nahi"
> (English: "Tiger is not defeated until he dies")
>
> **Tiger**

**Avinash Singh Rathore,** codenamed **Tiger** is a former RAW agent who went under hiding since he fell in love with Zoya Humaimi, an ISI Agent and eloped together. When the country cries for help, Tiger is all ears.

## Biography

### Early Life

According to the files of RAW, Avinash was born on 29th December, 1968 in Chambal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

### Preventing Assassination

In 2011, there was a peace summit between India and Pakistan, held in Vienna, Austria. From India, there were General Keith Ribiero along with RAW agents including Tiger. And from Pakistan, there were General Wasim Riaz along with ISI agents including Aatish Rehman, Shaheen Beig and Zoya Nazar.

### Dublin Mission

Tiger poses as Manish Chandra, a non-fiction author writing a book on Prof. Anwar Kidwai and other Indian academics. To access his house, Tiger befriends Kidwai's caretaker, a Trinity College dance student named Zoya. Over time, Tiger and Zoya fall in love, and she invites him to "My Son, Pinocchio" a college play sponsored by Kidwai and choreographed by Zoya. A few days later, Tiger is attacked by a mystery assailant, with him and Gopi fearing their identities have got compromised. After seeing the assailant on the day of the play, Tiger chases him through Dublin, which leads to Tiger publicly preventing a train crash. During the play, Gopi calls Tiger to inform him of activity at Kidwai's house; there, Tiger discovers Zoya is an ISI agent tasked with the same mission of extracting Kidwai's research from his computer. She refuses to commit treason by rejecting his request for her to hand over the research, but Tiger lets her go after combating an attack by Feroz, an ISI agent, who turns out to be Tiger's mystery assailant. Back in India, Tiger asks to be removed from field duty, instead completing analysis work with his colleague, Bagga. Bagga informs him of an intercepted Pakistani secret message, which was planted by Zoya for Tiger, informing him of her arrival at an upcoming United Nations meeting in Istanbul.

### New Life with Zoya

In Istanbul, Tiger and Zoya meet, and they decide to elope; after misleading their respective agencies to Nur-Sultan, Tiger and Zoya travel to Havana. Some time later, Tiger and Zoya get tracked down when they foil a mugging attempt, with video surveillance reaching RAW and ISI. After being seen at an amateur boxing match, the couple make plans to and attempt to leave Havana, but Zoya is arrested by the Cuban police and handed over to the ISI to be extradited to Pakistan. Tiger then meets Gopi, stating Zoya will cooperate with RAW in exchange for her escape. They lead a team to intercept Zoya's prisoner transport convoy, but Tiger and Zoya flee Cuba in a light aircraft they had stationed in a nearby field after he is non-fatally shot by Gopi. Some time later, Tiger calls Shenoy and informs him he and Zoya will return to their home countries when Pakistan and India no longer need the ISI and RAW. After the battle in Havana, several sightings of Tiger and Zoya are reported in Venice, Cape Town, Zurich, and London. A year later, Tiger married Zoya and now has a son Junior, living in hiding in Innsbruck.

### Iraq Rescue Operation

Shenoy and Karan Rao, a RAW agent, locate and inform Tiger and Zoya of the hostages; despite initial reluctance, Tiger accepts after Zoya's insistence. Tiger goes to Syria with his select team of RAW agents: Azaan, an expert sniper, Namit, a bomb disposal expert, and Rakesh, a hacker. They travel to Iraq posing as illegal migrant workers for an oil refinery run by Tohbaan, an Indian sympathiser to the ISC, and Amir Baghdawi, Usman's second-in-command. Tiger then meets Pawan, his handler, in Tikrit to gather supplies, however, they are forced to rescue Hassan, a child suicide bomber sent by Usman. Pawan is shot by the ISC in the ensuing fallout and Tiger narrowly escapes with the unexpected arrival of Zoya. The couple decide that ISI and RAW should work together to save the nurses. Later that night, Tiger and his team set a controlled explosion in the refinery and fake burns so they are taken to the hospital. Tiger gets Tohbaan to reveal he is actually Firdauz, an undercover RAW agent tasked by Shenoy to spy on Tiger and his team. Tiger and Zoya agree to simultaneous, co-ordinated attacks against the ISC. Tiger's team then manage to kill most of the remaining troops but Azaan dies in the fight. Tiger finds Zoya captured by Usman in the boiler room and surrenders. Tiger is initially tortured but stabs Usman (who manages to escape) and tries to free Zoya while the nurses are rescued by RAW and ISI. A year later, on 15 August, Shenoy is called by Tiger from Greece. Having adopted Hassan, Tiger informs him his family have returned to hiding, knowing RAW and ISI would not leave them in peace. However, he assures Shenoy that he will be there for his country if it needs him.

### Rescuing Pathaan

A few years later, Tiger, who was approached by Nandini Grewal, saves Pathaan from a Russian train and gives him an iced coffee and painkillers. Later, both agents fight the Gulag train prisoners on the train. After running from the train, Tiger and Pathaan talk about who would replace them in the future. They both decide to keep on saving the world from universal threats and not letting the younger ones take over. Later, Tiger tells Pathaan to stay alive because they need each other in future missions. Pathaan shakes his hand and Tiger asks to give the painkillers back. Both walk down the train tracks and Tiger tells Pathaan that it’s a painkiller, not chewing gum.

## Abilities

* **Master Tactician**
* **Intimidation**
* **Leadership Skill**
* **Master of Deception/Manipulator**
* **Culinary Expertise**: According to Shenoy, Tiger is known for making an exquisite dal makhani.
* **Master hand-to-hand combatant**
* **Master marksman**
* **Free-running**
* **Stealth/Infiltration/Escape artist**
* **Artist**

## Relationships

* Zoya Humaimi - Former Enemy turned Wife
* Junior - Son
* Hassan Ali ✝ - Adopted Son, Saviour
* Rehan Nazar ✝ - Father-in-law

Allies* RAW - Teammates
	+ Ajit Shenoy ✝ - Mentor & Former Superior
	+ Maithili Menon - Superior
	+ Gopi Arya ✝ - Close Friend, Former Handler & Temporary Enemy
	+ Bagga
	+ Tokas - Protege; Temporary Enemy
	+ Bablu - Protege; Temporary Enemy
	+ Jassi - Protege; Temporary Enemy
	+ JOCR Unit
		- Dr. Nandini Grewal ✝
		- Pathaan - Saviour
	+ Colonel Sunil Luthra
	+ Major Kabir Dhaliwal
	+ Firdaus - Temporary Enemy
	+ Pawan ✝ - Handler
	+ Jibraan Sheikh
	+ Tiger's Unit - Subordinates
		- Rakesh Prasad Chaurasia
		- Azaan Akbar ✝
		- Namit Khanna
		- Karan Rao ✝
		- Nikhil
* General Ribiero - Superior
* Professor Anwar Kidwai - Former Target
* ISI - Situational Enemies
	+ Captain Abrar Sheikh ✝ - Temporary Enemy
* Nasreen Irani
* Ramiz - Temporary Enemy
* ISI
	+ Feroz ✝ - Victim
* Cuban Police
* ISC
	+ Abu Usman ✝
	+ Amir Al-Baghdawi ✝
* Russian Guards ✝
* Gulag Inmates ✝
* Shaheen Baig ✝ - Victim
* Aatish Rehman ✝ - Victim
* General Zimou - Situational Enemy
* Javed Baig ✝ - Former Situational Ally turned Enemy
* General Imtiaz Haq
* Shakeel ✝

## Trivia

* Tiger wears his iconic Shemagh scarf in all of his appearances.
* Tiger also made an appearance as a playable character in
	+ *Ek Tha Tiger* game (2012)
	+ *Tiger The Bhai* (2012)
	+ *Being SalMan: The Game* (2016).

## Also

* Tiger/Gallery
* Tiger/Quotes