Tiger Zinda Hai

<p>In 2017, almost 5 years after the events of , an American journalist is killed by the ISC, a terrorist organisation, in , while attempting to report their recent activities to the . During a rally in , their leader, Abu Usman, is shot by the and is taken to the local hospital, which also serves as a training center for . Usman orders a heightened ISC presence around him for security, causing the CIA to prepare an airstrike on the hospital. During this, Maria, an Indian nurse, secretly calls the Indian Ambassador to Iraq and informs him about Indian and Pakistani nurses being held hostage; the CIA tells chief Shenoy that he has seven days to rescue the nurses before the airstrike is ordered. Avinash Singh ” ” Rathore and , now married with a son Junior, who lives in hiding in . Shenoy and Karan Rao, a RAW agent, locate and inform Tiger and Zoya about 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 , Namit, a expert and a named Rakesh. They travel to Iraq and pose 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 meets his handler named Pawan in Ikrit to gather supplies, but they are forced to rescue Hassan, a child 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 decides that ISI and RAW should work together to save the nurses. Later that night, Tiger and his team set a in the refinery and fake burns so they are taken to the hospital. Tiger learns that Tohbaan is actually Firdaus, an undercover RAW agent, tasked by Shenoy to spy on Tiger and his team. Tiger and Zoya agree to simultaneous, coordinated attacks against the ISC. Zoya goes undercover and is eventually recruited by Baghdawi, who keeps female slaves. On the day of the airstrike, Zoya manages to kill Baghdawi. At the hospital, Rakesh poisons food the migrant workers are tasked to cook for the ISC. Tiger’s crew eventually succeeds in eliminating the majority of the ISC armies, but Azaan dies in the conflict. 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. Firdaus eventually kills Usman as the hospital is blown up in the American airstrike. A year later on , Shenoy is called by Tiger from . Having adopted Hassan, Tiger informs him that his family has returned to hiding, knowing that RAW and ISI would not leave them in peace. However, Tiger assures Shenoy that he will be there to serve his country. Filming took place in , , and . The last song of the movie was shot in the Aegean island of , Greece in October 2017. Iranian actor Sajjad Delafrooz was roped in to play the role of Abu Usman, leader of terrorist organisation ISC. Sajjad Delafrooz had worked in the 2015 . The film’s budget was reportedly ( ). The film’s trailer was released on 6 November 2017. Within 24 hours, it broke many records for Hindi film trailers on , with more than 29 million views, 480 thousand likes and 250 thousand shares. On 11 November, it became the most liked film trailer on YouTube with 700 thousand likes, surpassing (2015) then. The record was later surpassed by the trailer of (2018) with about 2 million likes. The film was released on 22 December 2017 worldwide. The film received a U/A certificate from . Despite having a song featuring Pakistani singer Atif Aslam, the film has not been given No-Objection Certificate by in Pakistan, stating the reason as was said for that “The image of Pakistan and its law enforcement agencies” have been compromised. was in controversy on its release and faced protests from the Valmiki community, when Salman Khan allegedly made a casteist slur, where he compared his dancing skills to a sanitation worker, “or “bhangi” in a dance show. also laughed along with him, and said that she also looked like one. Valmiki group is made up of a cluster of Dalit communities — a few of whom are Bhangi, Mehtar, Chuhra, Lal Beghi and Halalkhor. Valmiki community filed a legal case against both actors for hurting their sentiments. also unsuccessfully protested urging Mumbai multiplexes to promote Marathi film instead of . Their leaders raised issue about the loss of screens to Marathi films like and which released alongside. opened to mostly positive reviews. On the website , 64% of 14 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.1/10. of gave 4.5 out of 5 stars and wrote “On the whole, TIGER ZINDA HAI is a high-octane masala entertainer that stays true to its genre and delivers what it promises: King-sized entertainment. At the box office, the audiences will give the film an epic ‘swagat’ as it is bound to entertain them thoroughly. This one is a SURE SHOT BLOCKBUSTER and nothing can stop it from setting new records.” Umesh Punwani of gave 4 out of 5 stars and wrote “Katrina Kaif is brilliant! She has very few dialogues, and no, that’s not the reason she’s good. Working amazingly well with her expressions, she has turned into an athlete for this one. Performing a few major action sequences, she is flawless.” Aarti Jhurani of gave 4 out of 5 stars and wrote “While logic is not a very important factor in Khan’s films, emotions certainly are, and the director made sure to hit all the soft spots – from patriotism to Indo-Pakistan bonding to a multitude of cheesy dialogues – which is a smart move, and sure to bring in both Indian and Pakistani audiences.” Lasyapriya Sundaram of gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote “The film is visually stunning in parts and Salman Khan plays Tiger with roaring confidence and dialogues packed with punch. Of course, his fans get a true-blue Salman Khan moment when he bares his torso.” Rachit Gupta of gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote “It may look like a Hollywood action thriller, but at its heart, is an unabashed masala movie. The heady mixture of an international-looking action film and the regular tropes of Hindi cinema make it a pleasing watch.” Rohit Bhatnagar of gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote “Ali Abbas Zafar smoothly takes franchise ahead by telling a real story and inserting a whole lot of drama and thrill. The film also touches upon relationships between India and Pakistan but subtly. The biggest hiccup of the film is its length.” of gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote “The film has some thrilling action, while logic and subtlety are sacrificed at the altar of spectacle and sentiment. Katrina gets some terrific action moments, and she executes them well, but make no mistake, the heavy lifting here is left to Salman Khan, and he’s clearly up for the challenge.” Richa Barua of gave 4.5 out of 5 stars and states that the film “keeps you glued to the seats.” Raja Sen of gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote ” breaks for intermission at a point when most self-respecting action films would have rushed into the climax. Long before the finish eventually rolled around, I found myself wishing Tiger would croak just so I could make it out alive.” Rohit Vats of gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote “It’s better for the filmmakers to set a character trajectory that matches the star’s current image rather than basking in the glory of the past.” of gave 2.5 out of 5 stars stating that both Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif delivered fun with equal parts swag, silliness and schmaltz. Shubhra Gupta of gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote “Only once in a while, the film gives in and provides us with a killing which sobers us up, but very quickly it’s back to the base, with Bhai taking over, and everyone including Nurse Poorna and Zoya making way for him. But you can see she enjoys kicking butt: you wish she had more to do.” of wrote, “Tiger Zinda Hai is fun in bits and spurts, but there isn’t enough buoyancy to make it a slam dunk.” made a new non-holiday record in India as it collected 34.1 nett on its first day. It went on to collect ₹35.30 crore nett gross on second day. The film recorded the second highest day of all time (after the third day of Hindi-dub) on its third day with a nett of ₹45.53 crore and the highest ever for the Hindi film industry. With three-day nett collections of over ₹1.14 billion, had the second highest opening weekend of all time (after ) and the highest opening weekend of all time in the industry. Tiger Zinda Hai netted Rs 154 crore in its first four days in India. grossed $2 million in two days, $450,000 on day one in US/Canada and around £150,000 in the UK. The film grossed $7 million in its opening weekend in overseas, including $2,535,825 in US/Canada. The film grossed 190 crore worldwide in its opening weekend. In the United Kingdom, it grossed ( ) in 2017, making it the year’s highest-grossing foreign-language film in the UK (above in second place). As of 25 February 2018, the film has grossed US$87.32 million ( 569 crore) worldwide, including 434.82 crore (US$67.11 million) in India, and US$20.3 million ( 128.9 crore) overseas. The film’s soundtrack was composed by with lyrics written by . The background score was composed by . The first single sung by and and by released on 19 November 2017. It has become the most-liked Bollywood song on and the fastest Bollywood song to cross 100 million views on YouTube. The second song of the film, , which is sung by , was released by Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif on on 26 November 2017. The album was released on 12 December 2017 by . The Arabic version of “Swag Se Swagat” was sung by Rabih Baroud and . By 8 February 2018, the album had crossed 1 billion streams on music streaming platforms. As of 13 April 2019, songs from the album have over 1.5 billion views combined on YouTube, making it the most-streamed album on the platform. A sequel titled released on 12 November 2023 and was directed by . and reprised their roles while plays the antagonist. , Shridhar Raghavan and Anckur Chaudhry wrote the script. Salman Khan also reprised his role as in the 2023 film .</p>