Actor Emraan Hashmi has been roped in to play the villain within the third installment of famous person Salman Khan-led Tiger franchise.
The action-thriller, backed by Yash Raj Films (YRF), options Khan and Katrina Kaif as spy brokers – Tiger and Zoya.
“Emraan (Hashmi) will be playing the villain in the third part of Tiger franchise,” a supply near the movie’s manufacturing informed PTI.
Tiger 3 will mark first collaboration between Hashmi, Khan and Kaif. Also, it’s for the primary time that the actor is engaged on a YRF undertaking.
Ek Tha Tiger (2012), the primary film within the franchise, chronicled the story of an Indian spy (RAW) code-named Tiger, who falls in love with a Pakistani spy (Kaif) throughout an investigation.
The sequel, Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), noticed Tiger and Zoya go on a mission to save lots of a gaggle of hostages held by a militant terrorist group in Iraq. The movie was mentioned to be impressed from the 2014 abduction of Indian nurses by ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant).
Ek Tha Tiger was helmed by Kabir Khan, whereas the second movie was directed by Ali Abbas Zafar.
Maneesh Sharma would be the directing the third installment.
“The shoot for the third part will begin from next month. Currently, the makers are locking the schedule,” the insider mentioned.
Hashmi will subsequent be seen in Sanjay Gupta’s Mumbai Saga and Chehre, which additionally stars Amitabh Bachchan.
