Tiger Zinda Hai

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Abraham W Apr 7, 2019 Scary but realistic. Great action with a sad but important and true morale.

Dec 20, 2018 An outstanding movie, great action movie Bollywood.... Love you megastar Salmanï¿ 1/2'ï¿ 1/2

Abraham P Nov 16, 2018 Tiger Zinda Hai, the sequel to Ek Tha Tiger, is a gripping action-packed film which remains steadfast in its implementation of classic Bollywood themes of secularism, love, and morality. It stars three famous actors, Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, and Sajjad Delfrooz. Bollywood is a "cinema of interruptions" and this movie is no different (Ganti). Throughout the film, the action is interrupted by musical numbers and subplots. An example of this is Tiger and Zoya's love song in the early portion of the movie. It provides the audience with a sense of their passion for one another, especially with the huge mural Tiger makes of Zoya in the snow. The tension in the movie is again interrupted and relieved in a couple of scenes with humor from Junior (Sartaaj Kakkar) and Rakesh (Kumud Mishra). These breaks are integral in "shaping the narrative structure and viewing pleasure associated with Hindi cinema" (Ganti). Similar to Raghavan in Main Hoon Na, Abu Usman is a ruthless villain and was not a terrorist until his dignity and sense of morality was snatched away. Interestingly, the United States is portrayed as both a good and bad entity. Although they are supposedly an ally to India, they are the source of the tension in the film. Tiger, the hero of the film, adheres to classic Bollywood principles of morality as an Indian RAW agent. He is both a dedicated father and husband. Despite being on the run with his wife Zoya, a Pakistani ISI agent, his love for his country is unmatched. Although they are working for enemy countries, their extraction teams exemplify secularism and present a unified Indo-Pak front in order to save the nurses. The theme of love trumping all is also evident throughout the film. However, unlike other famous Bollywood movies, the lovers are already together as a family at the start of the movie. Tiger and Zoya's love is as powerful as ever and crosses national borders. They exemplify the relationship that Indians and Pakistanis should have with one another. Their passion for each other is seen through their love song at the beginning of the film and is emphasized in the closing song in which they sing "we are nothing without love." Although saving their respective countries are of extreme importance, once everyone is protected and the moral universe is righted, Tiger and Zoya feel that family is their top priority. Because of this, they sneak away from their respective countries and return to their life as a loving family. See more

Draco L Nov 16, 2018 Tiger Zinda Hai is an epic action film. There are long sequences of intense action, intermingled with a deep romance between two spies. Moreover, the storyline of the film relates to many current events of the world. The film begins with a group of Pakistani and Indian nurses becoming hostages during an ISC terrorist takeover of the Iraq city. Immediately after, the Americans make their intentions of bombing the city known. Indian intelligence, however, wants to save the nurses, and they have just the man to do it. Coming out of a luxurious retirement, Tiger does not balk when he is asked to serve his country. Given just seven days to save the nurses, Tiger develops an intricate plan, but things don't go exactly to script... With Pakistani and Indian relations still strained, this film seeks to display how the two countries can work as one when the time arises. This is layered throughout the movie, and it starts with the fact that Tiger's wife is also a Pakistani agent. Even in the family dynamic, there is some strain between the two. In the beginning, Tiger mentions to his son that he should speak only Hindi around Tiger, as he is Hindustan when he is with Tiger. With this frame in mind, we are thrown into a conflict where Tiger must work with his wife to save both Pakistani and Indian hostages from a mutual evil. Beyond conflict, the two are passionately in love, demonstrating how Pakistani and Indian relationships can cross borders. Indeed, this contrasts with the words of famed director Yash Chopra, when he said in an interview for Outlook Magazine, "there can be no feasible relationship between the two countries except friendship. We are basically one people. And though cinema cannot solve political problems it can create a favourable atmosphere." This quote was put in the context of his movie Veer Zaara by Saba Naqvi Bhaumik in the South Asian Journal. In the article Politics of Indian War Films, Bhaumik discussed how it was "possible to make a film about Pakistanis without depicting them as evil incarnate." In Veer Zaara, the conflict was between the two countries, but in Tiger Zinda Hai, director Ali Abbas Zafar took the next step by making the two countries come together to fight a mutual evil. As a viewer who recently enjoyed Veer Zaara, another film about Pakistani-Indian relationships, I was ecstatic to see this positive dialogue continued in popular Bollywood film. Yet, my favorite part was the emphasized action sequences. In one scene, Tiger rides a horse through the city, jumping over all incoming threats and avoiding explosions at every corner. Reversely, I did not enjoy the production of the film. At times, it seemed over produced, as if it was a commercial. The scenes often felt too flashy, and this distracted from the plot. Overall, I would rate Tiger Zinda Hai 3.5/5 stars. It was not a perfect film, but it was certainly fun. See more

Draco W Nov 15, 2018 Tiger Zinda Hai was an excellent film which brought together many prominent themes relevant to world issues today while successfully mixing in attention gripping action scenes. This isn't a traditional Bollywood film in the sense that the lovers are already established at the beginning of the film, but like others, the plot of freeing the trapped nurses is revealed at the beginning. The reveal of how this happens is action packed and full of twists and turns, leaving viewers on the edge of their seats. Both Tiger and Zoya's introduction scenes set up their characters extremely well, expressing how they both have military expertise and fight for the right ideals, setting them up as the moral heroes of the film. The romanticism of Zoya's ability to fight breaks down established gender roles. The emphasis on her ability to do exactly what Tiger challenges the idea that women are subordinate to men in Pakistani lifestyle. Her character is important, as she attempts to restore respect to Pakistan and brings to light how most Pakistani simply want peace. Ali Zafar's ability to seamlessly work social commentary into an action film is refreshing and demonstrates how to properly layer a film. The juxtaposition of their Tiger and Zoya's characters represent a utopian relationship between India and Pakistan. Not only are they married, but their ideals represent the good in people. In an article written by Kavita Daiya about Main Hoon Na, she expresses the films emphasis on international peace between India and Pakistan. She states that "By making the villain of the film espouse this militantly anti-Pakistan nationalism, the film implicitly critiques it, endorsing the more centrist position voiced by Bakshi and Major Ram, of choosing inter-national peace and friendship by making the goodwill gesture first" (158). In Main Hoon Na, Major Ram and Bakshi utilize their actions against a militantly anti-Pakistan nationalistic villain to emphasize the ideality of world peace, and uniting all nations. Similarly, in Tiger Zinda Hai, the success of Tiger and Zoya's relationship directly represents the ideality of uniting the nations of India and Pakistan. By uniting these two and their teams in the mission against an anti-United States villain, this parallels the significance of teamwork between nations to replace hatred. The movie expresses how using the money spent on building up defenses instead on roads and lifestyle could increase the quality of life for both sides. This action-packed movie is a thriller and a thought-provoker that subtly demands for society to improve by challenging existing beliefs. See more

Harry R Nov 5, 2018 I think "Tiger Zinda Hai" is a more self-aware movie than its predecessor and that's why it is significantly better. It is a ludicrous and mindless action movie, and it knows it. The story doesn't have an ounce of logic but I would be lying if I said I didn't have fun watching it. The action scenes in the movie are wildly entertaining and as a whole, the movie is what I expected. Don't get me wrong though, this is still a Salman Khan movie. Some scenes are still just a tad bit too illogical and the movie is full of corny dialogue. I also thought there were way too many subplots. I found the movie to be most engaging when it focused on its main story which is a simple rescue mission. The subplots in the movie solely exist to make Katrina Kaif's character relevant but they really just feel like filler and its jarring to go back and forth between storylines. This is only an issue because the runtime is nearly three hours and it's clear it could have been cut to around two and been a better movie. Also, when the movie tries to have resonating themes or tries to make any statements where it becomes too much and only seems to add to the cheesiness. Overall, if you can turn your brain off for a little while, the movie is entertaining and far better than its mediocre counterpart. See more

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