Once There Was a Tiger (2012)

India's top spy Tiger and his love Zoya battle the dark world of intelligence and espionage that forbids its soldiers from loving the enemy.

Director:

Kabir Khan

Writers:

Aditya Chopra, Kabir Khan (dialogue)

Stars:

Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Girish Karnad

12 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Salman Khan	...	Tiger
Katrina Kaif	...	Zoya
Girish Karnad	...	Shenoy
Roshan Seth	...	Anwar Jamal Kidwai
Ranvir Shorey	...	Gopi
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

In the dark world of intelligence and espionage, all information is guarded in the name of national security. But some stories escape the fiercely guarded classified files, stories that become legends. This is one such story, a story that shook the very foundation of this dark world. In a government employees' neighbourhood in New Delhi, there lived a rugged, handsome and mysterious bachelor about whom his neighbours knew nothing. That was because he was India's top spy, an officer with the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India's external intelligence agency. This man was known even in official corridors as TIGER (Salman Khan). Tiger is sent on a relatively easy and safe mission to Dublin, Ireland to observe a scientist of Indian origin who is suspected of sharing his research findings with the Pakistan defence establishment. Tiger attempts to meet the scientist but is not successful. He tries to befriend the scientist's part time home caretaker, Zoya (Katrina Kaif). As Tiger begins...

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Plot Keywords:

asian indian | trinity college | secret agent | urination | bicycle | 

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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:

Once There Was a Tiger

Filming Locations:

Phuket, Thailand

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

INR 130,000,000 (India), 15 August 2012, Wide Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,900,340, 19 August 2012, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$2,347,774

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$57,000,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

CounterPunch Studios,Fantastic Films,Prime Focus

Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

While shooting for movie in Turkey, Salman Khan and rest of the crew would often visit cafe del mar which was close to shooting location. It soon become their favorite place to hang out at the end of shooting, the cafe popularly known as SALMAN KHAN's cafe

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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

Followed by Tiger Zinda Hai (2017)

User Reviews

Good job Mr. Salman!

To start of with, I didn't like the previous 2 movies of Salman, viz. Ready and Bodyguard. But Ek tha Tiger for me, is a pleasant entertainer. Kabir Khan after 'Newyork' does a good job as a director again. Credit goes to him coz he makes Tiger a very charming character like Chulbul Pandey and Salman Khan executed it precisely.

Salman is at his best, both in romance and action. Katrina looks gorgeous and has equal screen time. She has performed well. Both the leads are in the best costumes, specially in songs. Cinematography is top-notch. The screenplay works at a decent pace though some cinematic liberty has been taken in the storyline. I wasn't bored throughout. The action is excellent, thanks to stunt crew from Hollywood. Music is OK. Its one of the good films of Salman and a must watch.