Ek Tha Tiger : Hindi Film Details & Trailer
Ek Tha Tiger is a 2012 Bollywood romantic action spy thriller Movie directer is Kabir Khan and producer is Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj Films.This film leading star cast is starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif while Ranvir Shorey, Girish Karnad, Roshan Seth and Gavie Chahal in supporting roles.
Ek Tha Tiger known for 3rd time working together between Kabir Khan and Yash Raj Films, after he previously directer is Kabul Express and New York. The film’s production was extensive; the script underwent several re-writes, and production was delayed for a number of years prior to commencing in 2011. Ek Tha Tiger was filmed primarily in India, as well as several in other locations in Turkey, Ireland, and Cuba, and was initially scheduled for release in June 2012, before being released worldwide on August 15, 2012.
The film received generally mixed to positive reviews, with praise for its action, music, and performances of its leads, while there was criticism for its inconsistent tone. It set numerous box-office records during its theatrical run. With over rs. 320 crore in revenue worldwide, it became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2012, and is the 25th highest-grossing Indian film of all time. It also set the record for highest-grossing domestic opening with rs. 33.5 crore, a record it held for three years. The film received six People’s Choice Award nominations, and won five.
A sequel titled Tiger Zinda Hai, was released on 22 December 2017.
Directer : Kabir Khan
Producer : Aditya Chopra
Screenplay : Kabir Khan,Neelesh Misra
Story : Aditya chopra
Starring : Salman Khan,Katrina Kaif,Ranvir Shorey,Girish Karnad
Music/songs : Sohail Sen
Background Score : Julius Packiam
Cinematography : Aseem Mishra
Editer : Rameshwar S. Bhagat
Production company : Yash Raj Films
Release date : 15 August 2012
Running time : 133 minutes
Country : India
Language : Hindi
Ek Tha Tiger : Hindi Film Trailer :
Story of the film : Ek Tha Tiger :
Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent codenamed is “Tiger” (Salman Khan) – India’s top spy and an officer – is 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, returns to India and reports to his boss, Shenoy (Girish Karnad), in New Delhi.
New Mission of Tiger is sent on Dublin to observe a scientist of Indian origin, Professor Anwar Kidwai (Roshan Seth), who teaches at Trinity College and is suspected of sharing his findings with the Pakistan defence establishment. Fellow RAW agent Gopi (Ranvir Shorey) accompanies Tiger on this mission.
Tiger meets Kidwai 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 grow closer to her. Tiger is attacked and robbed at his residence, and immediately suspects he has been found by an ISI agent.
Despite several warnings from Gopi to not let any personal feelings get in the way of the mission, Tiger falls in love with Zoya. Tiger asks Zoya out on a date, and there they both came to know about their feelings for each other. However, during a visit to the dance academy, Tiger discovers that Zoya is an ISI agent, and was tasked on the same mission as Tiger. She refuses to commit treason, but instead of killing Zoya, Tiger lets her go.
After few Months, Tiger and Zoya meet again at a UN Foreign Minister’s Meeting in Istanbul. They subsequently decide to go on the run together, escaping to Havana, but having told their agencies that they would travel to Kazakhstan, to arrest one another. Some time later, their agencies trace Zoya and Tiger after they foil an attempted robbery, and the ISI agents apprehend Zoya. Tiger then meets Gopi, and tells him he has convinced Zoya to return to India and cooperate with RAW, but requires Gopi to help save Zoya from the ISI agents. The pair then trick Gopi, and escape aboard a secret plane.
After few days, Tiger calls Shenoy, and says they will only return when Pakistan and India no longer need ISI and RAW. In the epilogue, several sightings of Tiger and Zoya in cities including Venice, Cape Town, Zurich and London are reported, but neither agency have been able to catch them.
Star Cast of the film :
- Salman Khan as Avinash Singh “Tiger” Rathore
- Katrina Kaif as Zoya “Zee” Humaimi
- Ranvir Shorey as Gopi Arya
- Girish Karnad as Dr. Shenoy
- Roshan Seth as Anwar Kidwai
- Gavie Chahal as Captain Abrar
- Imran Ansari as Imu Baby
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Pre-Production/Production/Post-Production of the film :
Initially, Kabir Khan was announced to be the director, but after finalising the story, Kabir approached Shah Rukh Khan with the script. Although initially liking the script,Shah Rukh Khan didn’t agree to the movie due to date issues. The film’s script had been completed by November 2010, and underwent changes in February 2012. In May 2011, reports said that Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif would work together on a film titled Ek Tha Tiger.
It was Khan’s first venture with Yash Raj Films and his fourth opposite Kaif. Before starting the film, Khan postponed a project titled Sher Khan by his brother Sohail Khan. His fee for the venture was rs. 32 crore. The film was also one of Katrina’s first in the action genre. Ranvir Shorey was signed for a supporting role. On 3 May, a photograph shoot was held with the lead actors.Later, Punjabi actor Gavie Chahal signed to play a character named Abrar in Ek Tha Tiger; his Bollywood first film.
Reports shows that Film shooting would start by 5 July 2011, but Yash Raj Films’ spokesperson Rafiq Gangjee said that the film had been delayed because of production requirements. The first scheduled shooting started on 10 August in Dublin. After a postponement when Salman Khan went to the US for surgery for Trigeminal neuralgia, shooting started again on 10 September 2011. Film shooting took place at Dublin’s Trinity College. Stunt directors of The Bourne Identity were hired for the action sequences. Some action sequences were also shot in the city. During filming in Dublin, the Irish film crew held a demonstration about filming conditions and payment, which halted the shooting temporarily .
The second round on film shooting took place in Istanbul and lasted two months. In February 2012, the film’s cast and crew went to Havana to shoot for a month. There, Salman Khan shot a cameo scene for a local tourism company. The sets used in the film were featured in the advertisement. Problems with the script caused the postponement of the film’s planned shoot in Hong Kong. Afterwards, a three-day film shooting schedule was completed in Delhi. Film shooting ended in June 2012 after the last schedule was shot in Bangkok. Salman Khan had to undergo a fitness program titled ‘Dirty Running’ over 30 days for his action sequences. Katrina Kaif played her role without makeup.
Release of the film :
The first-look poster was released in August 2011, and the first teaser was released on 10 May 2012 along with the film Ishaqzaade. The film trailer received more than 1 million views within 2 days of its release, making it the most-viewed trailer for a Bollywood film. Promotional tours visited New Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Lucknow. The makers secured a marketing deal with soft drink company Thumbs up and engaged in a consumer promotion in New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Agra, Meerut and Ghaziabad.
As part of the promotion, a series of comic books based on the film, and also using characters from the film Hum Tum, were launched in July 2012 and continued until the Diwali festival. The first book was titled ‘Ek Tha Tiger – Mahasagar Ki Suraksha’. Post release, the comics 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.
Music / Song of the film :
All songs, except one composer is Sajid–Wajid, are composer are Sohail Sen. The film Background score was composer is Julius Packiam, who included an instrumental track on the soundtrack. Initially, Pritam was signed to compose the songs for Ek Tha Tiger and the film’s first digital poster credited him as such. However, he opted out of the film because of date clashes with another Yash Raj project, Dhoom 3. Neelesh Misra, Anvita Dutt and Kausar Munir is Lyricist.
A song titled Jaaniyan, which had vocals by Pakistani singer Bilawal Baloch, was reported to have been leaked from the film’s music. Yash Raj Films officials denied the news, and said that the album was in no danger of being leaked. “Mashallah”, sung by Wajid Ali and Shreya Ghoshal, written by Kausar Munir was released as a single on 27 June 2012. The full music album was released by YRF Music on 1 August 2012.
- “Mashallah” (Music by: Sajid-Wajid)……………Wajid & Shreya Ghoshal
- “Lapaata”……………………………………………………..K. K. & Palak Muchhal
- “Banjaara” ……………………………………………………Sukhwinder Singh
- “Saiyaara”…………………………………………..Mohit Chauhan & Tarannum Mallik
- “Tiger’s Theme” (Music by: Julius Packiam)……………………..Instrumental
- “Mashallah” (Remix by: Joshilay)…………………………Wajid & Shreya Ghoshal
- “Laapta” (Remix by: Joshilay)………………………………K. K. & Palak Muchhal
- “Banjaara” (Remix by: Joshilay)…………………………..Sukhwinder Singh
“Mashallah” (Music by: Sajid-Wajid) :
- Singers : Wajid Khan,Shreya Ghoshal
- Music : Sajid-Wajid
- Lyrics : Kausar Munir
Awards won by this film :
People’s Choice Awards India 2012 :
- Favourite Movie……………………….Ek tha Tiger
- Favourite Movie Actor……………….Salman Khan
- Favourite Movie Actress……………..Katrina Kaif
- Favourite Action Movie Actor………..Salman Khan
- Favourite Song of The Year………….Mashallah
3rd BIG Star Entertainment Awards :
- FILM OF THE YEAR………………………..Kabir Khan/Aditya Chopra
- Actor in a Thriller Film – Male……………Salman Khan
- Actor in an Action Film – Female……….Katrina Kaif
- Most Entertaining Music……………………Sajid-Wajid/Sohail Sen
Sequel : Tiger Zinda Hai film :
Big Success Motivate Producers to make sequel : A second film “Tiger Zinda Hai” was announced in January 2017 and was in production in March 2017. The film released on 22 December 2017. The sequel is said to be based on true stories.
Box office Collection :
Ek Tha Tiger Opens Highly successfully and Earned 30.61 crore on first day, , First weekend is 56.54 crore, and worldwide collection is 310 crore, which is Highest earning Bollywood film at that time.
- First Day…………….30.61 crores
- Saturday……………..16.05 crores
- Sunday………………..23 crores
- First Weekend………56.54 crores
- Monday………………..10.45 crores
- Tuesday…………………6.60 crores
- First Week……………..128 crores
- Second Week………..29.49 crores
- Third Week…………….9.57 crores
- Lifetime India (net)……188 crores
- Worldwide Gross………310 crores
After its release, Ek Tha Tiger broke several records. After its box office opening it collected rs. 32 crore in the first day and became the highest opening collection in the history of Indian cinema and the biggest single-day collection ever. The film also broke the record for opening weekend net gross (first 3 days of release), opening week net gross (first 5 days of release) and entered the ‘100 Crore Club; the fastest in 5 days of release, breaking Salman Khan’s own record set by Bodyguard in 7 Days. After collecting rs. 33.5 crore worldwide, the film became the third highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time and the second Bollywood film to gross over rs. 300 crore worldwide, exceeded only by 3 Idiots and Dhoom 3 film.
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