Ek Tha Tiger Theatrical release Directed by Ka Produced by Adit Screenplay by Ka Neel Story by Adit Starring Sal Kat Ran Giris Ros Gav Music by Origi So Guest C Saji Backgr Juliu Cinematography Asee Editing by Ramesh Studio Yash Release date(s) 15 Au Running time 132 Country Language Budget 70 crore ( Box office 307 crore ( (world gr Ek Tha Tiger is a 2012 Indian romantic action thriller film, directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj Films. It stars Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in the lead roles and Ranvir Shorey, Girish Karnad, Roshan Seth and Gavie Chahal in supporting roles.[4] The film marks the third collaboration of Kabir Khan with Yash Raj Films after Kabul Express (2006) and New York (2009). Pre-production of the film started in the second half of 2010, after the script had been completed. Principal photography commenced on September 2011 and ended in June 2012. The film has been shot in as many as five countries across three continents.[5] Initially scheduled for a release on June 2012, the film faced delays and opened on August 15, 2012, coinciding with the Independence Day of India.[6] Ek Tha Tiger garnered positive to mixed reactions from critics[7] whilst opening to extremely strong box office collections.[8] The film was declared "Blockbuster" by Box Office India and is the most successful film of Yash Raj Films. The film went on to become the second Bollywood film to gross over 300 crore (US$56.7 million) worldwide behind only 3 Idiots thus becoming the the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time .[3] Plot The film begins with an agent code-named "Tiger" ( Salman Khan) conducting a mission in northern Iraq. India's top spy and an officer of India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Tiger is forced to kill one of his own men who has defected to Pakistan’s Inter- Services Intelligence (ISI). He subsequently kills many ISI agents in his escape. Then,Tiger returns to his house where he has been treated as a strange person because of his privacy and introvert nature in his neighbourhood. Tiger reports to his boss, Shenoy ( Girish Karnad) in New Delhi. He is immediately sent on a mission to Dublin, Ireland, to observe a scientist of Indian origin, Professor Anwar Jamaal Kidwai ( Roshan Seth), who teaches at the Trinity College and is suspected of sharing his findings with the Pakistan defense 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 scientist's caretaker Zoya ( Katrina Kaif), who is studying at a local dance academy. He tries to befriend Zoya in desire of information, and he begins to discover his human side as he grows closer to her. Despite repeated warnings from Gopi not to fall in love, Tiger later falls in love with Zoya, Before expressing his feelings to her during his visit to dance academy he founds that in reality she is the ISI Agent and refuses to cheat his country. In spite of killing, he let her go back. By a message sent to him from Zoya they meet newly during an peace conference of Government from all over the world in Istanbul and decide to leave everything for their love and fooles their respective agencies by taken their flight to Cuba while they earlier revealed it to be Kazakhstan. Then in Cuba, They again traced by their agencies and zoya is caught by ISI agents. Tiger meets Gopi who is already searching him and make him agree to save Zoya from ISI agents and finally they succeed in stiff run and chase battle. Tiger and Zoya then escape by a plane. After that, Tiger calls Shenoy. Shenoy tell them that they will find both but Tiger give him the message that "They will return the day when Pakistan and India will not have the need of ISI and RAW", which is the Principal message of the Movie. Cast Salman Khan as Tiger (code name)/Manish Chandra (mission name)/Avinash Singh Rathode (real name) An agile fighter, top Spy and officer in ( RAW).His first priority has been his work before everything but latter falls in love while on an important mission and then his ideology begins to change. Katrina Kaif as Zoya A caretaker of Professor's home and student of a dance academy with whom Tiger falls in love but latter she revealed to be a ISI agent. Ranvir Shorey as Gopi Another important officer of RAW who have been accompany Tiger in his missions and he is also sent with him on his mission of Ireland. Girish Karnad as Shenoy A senior officer of RAW and boss of Tiger and called as the creater and