Confirmed: Salman Khan to romance Katrina Kaif, play an old man in...

Salman Khan to play an old man for the first time in this film...

Published: Tuesday,Sep 13, 2016 16:19 PM GMT-06:00

Priyanka Chauhan

Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif are all set to thrill the audience yet again with their sizzling chemistry in "Tiger Zinda Hai". The movie is the second installment of "Ek Tha Tiger" that was released in 2012. Now after four years, the makers have announced it's sequel.

The film's production house confirmed the news from their official handle on twitter.

They posted: "Announcing @BeingSalmanKhan and #KatrinaKaif in #TigerZindaHai

Directed by @aliabbaszafar Releasing Christmas 2017"

https://twitter.com/yrf/status/775641656494284800

Reportedly, Salman's character is said to undergo some drastic changes as he will be seen playing an old man for the first time. His character will age from 17 to 70.

A close source has been quoted by a daily, "Ali Abbas has always given Salman something hatke to play. In Sultan, he played a down-and-out wrestler who struggles to get into shape and win. And now, Tiger Zinda Hai will have Salman in a never-seen-before avatar as well. YRF and Ali Abbas don't want the plot to be revealed yet and are keeping it tightly under wraps, so that the film doesn't lose its USP. The sequel takes forward the story of Tiger/Manish Chandra/ Avinash Singh Rathore (Salman Khan), who is India's top spy and an officer of the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW). The film will start from Tiger's present and then, take his journey forward. TZH will highlight many emotional highs and lows of Tiger's life and will have equal doses of emotion and action. It will release on Eid in 2018." (sic)

Tiger Zinda Hai, will be directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, and not Kabir Khan who had helmed Ek Tha Tiger.

The movie will hit the silver screens in Christmas, 2017.