After
Ek
Tha
Tiger
and
Tiger
Zinda
Hai,
Salman
Khan
and
Katrina
Kaif
are
reprising
their
roles
of
Avinash
'Tiger'
Singh
Rathore
and
Zoya
in
the
third
instalment
of
the
Tiger
franchise
titled
Tiger
3.
Directed
by
Maneesh
Sharma,
the
espionage
thriller
has
been
the
talk
of
the
town
for
a
long
time
now.
Recently,
the
makers
shared
a
new
update
on
this
Salman-Katrina
starrer.
Dropping
a
new
poster
which
featured
the
half-covered
face
of
Salman
Khan's
Tiger,
they
announced
that
the
film's
release
has
been
now
pushed
ahead
to
Diwali
next
year.
Intially,
Tiger
3
was
scheduled
to
hit
the
big
screens
on
April
19,
2023.
Recently,
in
an
interaction
with
the
media,
Katrina
Kaif
opened
up
on
this
much-anticipated
film.
The
actress
said,
"Tiger
3
is
getting
ready.
They
have
now
announced
2023
as
the
release
date
which
is
exciting.
That's
a
really
phenomenal
time
to
come
in.
It's
a
film
that
I
am
extremely
excited
about.
It's
a
phenomenal
role
for
me."
Speaking
about
why
she
is
thrilled
about
the
film,
Katrina
added,
"There's
one
thing
with
the
Tiger
series,
I
always
know
that
Zoya
is
given
that
importance
and
challenging
situations.
So,
the
sequences
in
Tiger
3
are
going
to
be
a
delight
to
watch.
I
think
they
are
going
to
be
special
and
that
they
will
live
up
to
people's
expectations
from
the
franchise."
While
the
first
film
Ek
Tha
Tiger
which
released
in
2012
was
directed
by
Kabir
Khan,
Ali
Abbas
Zafar
donned
the
director's
hat
for
the
2017
film
Tiger
Zinda
Hai.
Both
the
films
turned
out
to
be
major
commercial
successes
at
the
box
office.
The
upcoming
film
Tiger
3
directed
by
Maneesh
Sharma,
features
Emraan
Hashmi
as
the
main
antagonist.
His
role
has
been
kept
under
wraps
as
of
now.
Currently,
Katrina
Kaif
is
busy
with
the
promotions
of
her
upcoming
horror-comedy
Phone
Bhoot
co-starring
Ishaan
Khatter
and
Siddhant
Chaturvedi.