Salman Khan took control of the role of Tiger, aka Avinash Singh Rathore, in Ek Tha Tiger on August 15, 2012. In 2017, he released the follow-up, Tiger Zinda Hai. For the Hindi cinema business, both movies ended up being the top earners of the year. In War, the highest-grossing movie of 2017, Hrithik Roshan made an impact as agent Kabir a year later. The decision to create India’s first spy universe was made by YRF Head Aditya Chopra as a result of the enormous success of War in the espionage genre.
Pathaan, which stars Shah Rukh Khan as a smart agent and marks the first crossover of the franchise with Tiger, a.k.a. Salman Khan, making a lengthy appearance, will further expand the universe over the Republic Day weekend in 2023. In return, SRK will make a cameo appearance as Pathaan in Tiger 3, which premieres on Eid 2023. And now Pinkvilla’s sources claim that Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan would soon collaborate on what may end up being the largest movie ever made in Indian cinema.
“Aditya Chopra plans to take things to the next level by mounting a two hero action spectacle featuring Tiger and Pathaan. It would be the first proper 2 hero collaboration for the two mighty Khan since the release of Karan Arjun (1995). Adi has been working on this idea for a while now and he will be extensively working on the script, screenplay and dialogues,” revealed a source close to the development.
Yash Raj Films is planning to take this yet untitled epic two hero crossover on floors by end of 2023 or latest by first quarter of 2024.
“Both SRK and Salman have kept their bulk dates vacant in the tentative period and the exact logistics will be locked once a combined narration takes place later this year. The director is also undecided, however, the entire creative control on the writing front is by the head of YRF – Aditya Chopra. He is keeping everything close to his chest at the moment,” the source informed the portal.
Once the first cut of both Tiger and Pathaan is finished and locked, the narration is anticipated to begin. Tiger 3 also stars Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi, while Pathaan also stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham in the key roles. Budget-wise, it will be the most expensive movie ever made in Indian cinema, and Adi is aware of his duty to give two of the industry’s top actors the finest possible presentation.
