New Delhi: Yash Raj Films’ head Aditya Chopra pulled out a casting coup by roping in Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan together for 'Tiger Vs Pathaan'. As expected, the buzz around the film has been quite a lot and there were reports that Aditya will host a joint narration for the superstars at YRF. The latest update is that the much-awaited film has already been narrated to the two stars in two separate meetings and the script has been locked for the film.
The script has been locked for the team of ‘Tiger Vs Pathaan’ to start prep in November for the shoot to commence in March next year.
“Tiger Vs Pathaan’s script is locked after the two mega-stars of Hindi cinema gave their nod to the script. This film is a huge milestone moment because it sees the two giants of Indian cinema to come together for a full-fledged film after their box office juggernaut 'Karan Arjun'. They had to first love the script and get convinced that it has the goods to satisfy the expectations of people about their big on-screen reunion. Aditya Chopra held individual meetings with SRK and Salman respectively and narrated the film to them. The superstars have loved the story and the film will now go on floors in March!” reveals a trade source.
Directed by Siddharth Anand, 'Tiger vs Pathaan' is touted to be the biggest film that India has ever produced. It is part of the fabled YRF Spy Universe which 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 'Wa'r (2019), starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff.
Then came 'Pathaan' (2023), starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, and John Abraham which is the all-time biggest hit of Hindi cinema. The next film from the franchise is 'Tiger 3' which is due to release in November, over the Diwali holiday.
The film stars Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi. SRK will have a cameo in the film as Pathaan.