Avinash Singh Rathore, better known by his codename Tiger, is a fictional

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(R&AW) agent appearing in the ''Tiger'' film series and other films of the

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, an Indian cinematic universe. He is portrayed by

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. The character first appeared in ''

Ek Tha Tiger ''Ek Tha Tiger'' () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language Action film, action thriller film directed and co-written by Kabir Khan (director), Kabir Khan and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film stars Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, ...

'' (2012) and appeared in its sequels ''

Tiger Zinda Hai ''Tiger Zinda Hai'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar based on a story by Zafar and Neelesh Misra. Produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films, it serves as a sequel to '' Ek ...

'' (2017) and ''

Tiger 3 ''Tiger 3'' is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Maneesh Sharma and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. Based on a script written by Shridhar Raghavan and Anckur Chaudhry from an original story by Chopr ...

'' (2023). Tiger also made a brief appearance in ''Pathaan'' (2023), another film in the universe.

Overview

Tiger was born on 29 December 1968 in Chambal,

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, India. In ''

'', Tiger disassociates himself with R&AW after eloping with Zoya Nazar, a Pakistani ISI agent. However, he remains loyal to India and occasionally goes on missions to save his country from threats. Tiger is married to Zoya and has two sons: an adopted-son Hassan, a suicide bomber whom he adopted during a mission in

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and his biological son, Junior. He is one of the three main agents in the universe, along with Pathaan (portrayed by

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) and

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(portrayed by

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Development

The family of Ravindra Kaushik, an Indian R&AW agent nicknamed "Black Tiger", claimed that the story of the film ''Ek Tha Tiger'' was based on his life and asked for credits in the film titles. In July 2012, a legal notice was served by the nephew of Kaushik, stating the film bears a striking

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to his uncle and his uncle's life. Though director Kabir Khan denied these claims.

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References

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