Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan Set Cameos in Salman Khan’s ‘Tiger 3’ (EXCLUSIVE)

The super spies of producer Aditya Chopras spy universe are set to converge in Yash Raj Films Tiger 3. Hrithik Roshans Kabir from War and Shah Rukh Khans Pathaan from Pathaan are set to join Salman Khans Avinash Singh Rathore and Katrina Kaifs Zoya Humaini Rathore in the film, Variety has learned.

The spy universe kicked off with the Tiger franchise, starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, beginning with Ek Tha Tiger (2012) and Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) and continued with War (2019), starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff andPathaan (2023), starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone.

In the Tiger franchise, Salman Khan plays Avinash Singh Rathore, AKA Tiger, who belongs to Indian intelligence agency RAW and Kaif plays Zoya Humaini Rathore, an ex-agent from Pakistans ISI. In War, Roshan is rogue RAW agent Kabir Dhaliwal and Shroff his protg Khalid Rahmani. In Pathaan, Shah Rukh Khan plays exiled RAW agent Pathaan and Padukone ISI agent Rubina Mohsin.

In Tiger 3, directed by Maneesh Sharma (Band Baaja Baaraat), Tiger is in peril after being framed as enemy number one and goes on a life-threatening mission to hunt down his enemies. Tiger wants to clear his name for his country, for his family and he wont stop at anything. Emraan Hashmi plays the antagonist Aatish Rehman.

Aditya Chopra has set the wheels in motion for a full convergence of super spies within the YRF spy universe, an industry source told Variety. No one knows this but along with Pathaan, Kabir too will make his appearance in Tiger 3. A handful of people know how Adi is visualising Kabir in Tiger 3 and this information is being kept under wraps to be only revealed when it releases in theaters on November 12.

The four spy universe films so far have together grossed some $300 million.

The Tiger character had an extended cameo in Pathaan and the film also featured Colonel Sunil Luthra (Ashutosh Rana), who first appeared in War and is expected to be in Tiger 3 as well. Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan will headline Tiger vs Pathaan, which is expected to commence principal photography in January 2024. NTR Jr, star of Oscar- and Golden Globe-winner RRR, will feature alongside Hrithik Roshan in War 2, one of the future instalments in the spy universe.

Tiger 3 will release in India on Nov. 12, the day of Indias biggest festival, Diwali, in the Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages. It will release in North American one day earlier on Nov. 11.