Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif re-team for ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’

Mumbai, Sep 13 (PTI) Superstar Salman Khan and formergirlfriend actress Katrina Kaif are returning for the sequelof their 2012 action-romance "Ek Tha Tiger". Titled "Tiger Zinda Hai", the YRF film will be directedby Ali Abbas Zafar, unlike the first movie, which was helmedby Kabir Khan. Today on the occasion of Eid-al-Adha, Zafar made theannouncement on Twitter. "Tiger Zinda Hai @BeingSalmanKhan #katrina kaif.Nervousness and excitement," he tweeted alongside a poster ofthe film. Under the name of the movie, the poster has a captionwritten, "An Indian Agent. A Pakistani Spy. Against A CommonEnemy." The first movie centered around an Indian spy code-namedTiger (Salman), who falls in love with a Pakistani spy(Katrina) during an investigation. The sequel will release next year on Christmas, whenKatrina’s former beau Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Sanjay Dutt’sbiopic is likely to arrive in theatres. "Tiger Zinda Hai" marks the fifth film of Salman andKatrina together after "Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya?", "Partner","Yuvraaj" and "Ek Tha Tiger". Besides these movies, Salman had a cameo inKatrina-Ranbir’s "Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani", while the33-year-old actress made a special apperance in the actor’s2011 film "Bodyguard". "Tiger Zinda Hai" is Salman and Katrina’s second bigscreen outing with Zafar. While the 50-year-old actor worked with the director inthe recently released blockbuster "Sultan", Katrina and Zafarteamed up in 2011 for "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan". PTI PSHPSH