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Third installment of Tiger franchisee to be helmed by Maneesh Sharma and will star Salman and Katrina

Ek Tha Tiger and Tiger Zinda Hai were the two installments of the tiger franchise that were blockbuster hits.

Third installment of Tiger franchisee to be helmed by Maneesh Sharma and will star Salman and Katrina

Ek Tha Tiger and Tiger Zinda Hai were the two installments of the tiger franchise that were blockbuster hits. The two featured Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in key roles. There were rumours about the third installment of the franchise for quite sometime now. the latest reports have confirmed the making. The third will be titled Tiger 3 and will be directed by Maneesh Sharma, who is known for directing Band Baaja Baaraat of Ranveer Singh, Fan of Shah Rukh Khan and Shuddh Desi Romance  of Sushant Singh Rajput.

The first movie of the franchise titled Ek Tha Tiger was directed by Kabir Khan, whereas the second one titled Tiger Zinda Hai was helmed by Ali Abbas Zafar. Both of them starred Katrina and Salman. As per reports,  “Yes, Salman has given his nod to Tiger 3! He will reunite with Katrina in the film and it will be one hell of a big screen action spectacle! The project is set to go on the floors early next year and it will be as lavish as it can get! Salman and Katrina is one of the all time, most successful on-screen jodis having delivered huge blockbusters together and they are coming back to sizzle the big screen in Tiger 3!”

Confirming the same, another trade source said, “Maneesh Sharma will be directing Tiger 3. Aditya Chopra trusts him to take the Tiger franchise forward and Salman too has given his nod for Maneesh. Maneesh has huge equity for his creative vision and both Salman and Adi wanted him to helm the project! He was the first and the only choice to direct Tiger 3 as Adi wants to have a new director to lead every new film of this massive franchise. With Maneesh doing Tiger 3, it will be great to see how he takes the franchise forward! The expectations from this project has simply sky-rocketed!”

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