Mission Liebe - Ek Tha Tiger (2012)

RAW agent Tiger is on a mission to retrieve information from a scientist in Dublin.

Director:

Kabir Khan

Writers:

Kabir Khan (dialogue), Kabir Khan (screenplay)

Stars:

Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Ranvir Shorey

9 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Salman Khan	...	Tiger
Katrina Kaif	...	Zoya
Ranvir Shorey	...	Gopi
Girish Karnad	...	Shenoy
Roshan Seth	...	Anwar Jamal Kidwai
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ashok Awasthi	...	Indian Minister
Avinash Badal	...	Abrar's Assistant
Kiran Batra	...	Delhi Neighbour
Vimal Batra	...	Delhi Neighbour
Sushma Batt	...	Delhi Neighbour
Elise Brennan	...	Dancer
Lisa Byrne	...	Amelie
Gavie Chahal	...	Abrar
Ahran Chaudhary	...	Tokas (as Aaran Chaudhary)
Bittoo Chaudhary	...	Delhi Neighbour

Storyline

Ek Tha Tiger is a romantic thriller which tells the story of a Trinity College scientist suspected of selling missile technology secrets to Pakistan. The Indian government sends a secret agent, codenamed Tiger (Salman Khan), to find out about the professor's activities. Tiger falls in love with the professor's caretaker Zoya (Katrina Kaif) who is studying at a fictional dance academy located at TCD, and together they embark on a roller-coaster journey that takes them from Dublin to Istanbul then to Kazakhstan and Chile.

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Plot Keywords:

trinity college | indian | secret agent | forbidden love | gossip | 

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Genres:

Action | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi English

Release Date:

15 August 2012 (India)

Also Known As:

Mission Liebe - Ek Tha Tiger

Filming Locations:

Phuket, Thailand

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$1,139,340 (USA) (17 August 2012)

Gross:

$1,484,404 (USA) (17 August 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

CounterPunch Studios, Fantastic Films, Prime Focus

Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is Katrina(Zoya)'s first action and stunt movie. Most of the Salman Khan's stunts were performed by a French stuntman named Jawed Al Berni. Lot of scenes were imperfectly edited, showing the stunt man's face throughout action sequences.

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Goofs

At 94:58, Gopi mentions that 623 and 612 flights departed from London and Frankfurt that day (pretty close to the respective daily averages), but then he proceeds to equate that to 825,802 passengers, which would equate about 688 passengers per flight, a long stretch given that the average capacity of a Boeing 757, which, even assuming all of those flights were Boeing 757-300s, is more than double the maximum capacity of 289 of a Boeing 757-300. Further, even assuming that particular day was a particularly abnormal day, and ignoring the film's own estimate of 623 takeoffs on the said day, the busiest day ever at Heathrow only saw a traffic of a total of 233,561 passengers (arriving + departing). Given that Frankfurt has the third largest passenger capacity in Europe behind Heathrow and Paris, the total number of passengers at both airports combined barely breaches the halfway mark of the 825,802 passengers quoted by Gopi in the movie. Further really stretching this, and even considering all airports in London (and not just Heathrow, ignoring the total 623 number of departures which is met by Heathrow alone), the average number of departing and arriving passengers in all London airports combined is still 366,102 leaving us with an average of 183,054 departing passengers from all London airports, which even assuming an equal number from Frankfurt, is again barely half the quoted number of 825,802 passengers.

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Connections

Referenced in Phata Poster Nikhla Hero (2013)

User Reviews

Ridiculous Tiger whose mission was just a laughing stock

First of all the good side: 1) Different from Salman's signature films (BG, Ready, DBNG) 2) Decent Action (though usage of Body Double is very much visible) These are the two reasons why I have given a 2 star rating

Now coming to the Negatives: 1. Kabir Khan wanted to juxtapose everything on top of nothing, as a result this effort is nothing but a damp squib 2. The script forcefully wanted to add a sensitive chapter which became just a laughing stock, basically 0 research on life of secret agents 3. There is nothing called Climax in the movie because Salman Khan finally has to succeed in any kind of chase, action etc. The final scene is utter non-sense 4. The twist that has been added during the intermission can be guessed by anyone from miles away, the director thought it would outsmart us but sadly did'nt 5. Wrong Positioning of the Film - It may read interesting when the plot summary goes like this "A RAW agent goes on a mission to observe Trinity Scientist ..." but believe me, that is just for 15 mins after which he just falls in love without doing any duty...

Verdict - Mashallah !! Salman can only sell a Maruti 800 as BMW !!!