Oscar-winning
Danis
Tanovic's
new
film
Tigers,
which
features
Bollywood
star
Emraan
Hashmi
in
his
first
international
project,
had
a
glorious
world
premiere
at
the
prestigious
Toronto
International
Film
Festival
(TIFF)
on
Monday
evening.
The
9:45
pm
show
at
Scotiabank
Theatre
on
8th
September
in
Toronto
was
a
sold
out
screening
as
the
audience
watched
in
rapt
attention
the
true
story
of
the
salesman
who
blew
the
whistle
on
the
baby
food
scandal
in
Pakistan.
Besides
Emraan
and
Danis,
National
Award-winning
actress
Geetanjali
who
plays
Zainab,
the
wife
of
the
salesman
was
also
spotted
at
the
event.
Also
in
attendance
were
the
film's
producers
Prashita
Chaudhary
of
Cinemorphic
and
Guneet
Monga
of
Sikhya
Entertainment
plus
Tigers'
co-producer
and
co-writer-
Andy
Paterson.
The
highlight
of
the
evening,
apart
from
the
movie
was
the
standing
ovation
it
received,which
was
the
curtain
call.
After
the
usual
introduction
of
the
actors,
Danis
called
on
stage
Syad
Aamir
Raza,
the
salesman
on
whose
life
the
film
is
based
on
and
who
is
played
by
Emraan
in
the
film.
As
Aamir
walked
up
to
the
stage
with
his
wife
Shafqat,
everyone
were
deeply
moved.
"The
screening
was
great
and
it
was
good
that
Aamir
was
there
at
the
premiere.
The
audience
verdict
was
fantastic.
The
issue
is
now
out
in
the
forefront
and
more
and
more
people
will
get
to
know
about
the
subject",
said
Emraan
Hashmi.