Starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, and Emraan Hashmi in the lead roles, Tiger 3 has opened to thunderous response in the theaters on its first day of theatrical release, i.e. Sunday, November 12. The makers have chosen to release the film on the occasion of Diwali, instead on Friday, and also released the film in select international markets a day earlier.
Salman Khan fans are celebrating Diwali outside the theatres as clips from various cities such as Kurnool, Jabalpur, and Bhubaneshwar have been shared on the social media platform X, previously known as Twitter. In the videos, Bhai fans are seen burstin crackers, playing drums, and dancin wildly outside the cinema halls screening Tiger 3.
After Salman Khan made an action-packed cameo as Tiger in Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan earlier this year, it was confirmed that SRK too will be seen in Tiger 3 as Pathaan. It was also reported a week before Tiger 3's release that Hrithik Roshan will be seen in the post-credits scene, reprising his role as Kabir from War released four years earlier. Shah Rukh and Hrithik's cameo scenes are receiin humongous responses in the theatres.
Backed by Aditya Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films, the threequel Tiger 3 is the fifth film in the YRF Spy Universe after Ek Tha Tiger, Tiger Zinda Hai, War, and Pathaan. It is also the third part in the Tiger franchise after Ek Tha Tiger and Tiger Zinda Hai, released in 2012 and 2017 respectively.
The spy thriller marks Maneesh Sharma's return to direction after seven years since his last directed film was the action-thiller Fan with Shah Rukh Khan in 2016. He has previously helmed three romantic comedies namely Band Baaja Baaraat, Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, and Shuddh Desi Romance.
