Ek Tha Tiger 2012

Ek Tha Tiger (transl. There Was a Tiger) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed and co-written by Kabir Khan and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film stars Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, with Ranvir Shorey, Roshan Seth, Girish Karnad, and Gavie Chahal in supporting roles and the first installment in the YRF Spy Universe. It follows an Indian intelligence agent, codenamed Tiger, who is sent to Dublin to observe a professor suspected of sharing nuclear secrets with Pakistan. While on the mission, Tiger falls in love with the professor’s caretaker Zoya, who harbours a secret of her own. The film marks Khan's first collaboration with Yash Raj Films and is the third directorial venture by Kabir Khan with the studio following Kabul Express (2006) and New York (2009). It was also the final film presented by Yash Raj Chopra before his death. Principal photography took place between August 2011 and July 2012 in international locations including Dublin, Havana, Bangkok, Istanbul, and several Indian cities.