Salman Khan‘s Tiger franchise is a heartthrob and has a large fan base.
Salman was supposed to fly to Istanbul for the third installment of Tiger but it did not work out due to the increasing cases of Covid 19.
However, producer Aditya Chopra seems to have arranged for the next best thing. His production design team will build a Turkish town in Mumbai where Khan and leading lady Katrina Kaif can film pivotal sequences of the espionage thriller.
A source reveals “A lavish set, reflecting the architectural style of a quaint Turkish locale, is being erected at the SRPF Ground in Goregaon. Maneesh Sharma [director] wants several heavy-duty action scenes, complete with artillery tanks and grenades, to play out against this backdrop as Salman’s Tiger and Katrina’s character Zoya Humaimi take on the bad guys. The set will be up and running by the first week of April.”
Though the producer-director duo intends to complete some portions of the thriller on home turf, the outdoor stint is not off the table.
The source continues, “Tiger 3 is one of Adi’s most ambitious projects, and he intends to take the story across seven countries. He is constantly reworking the schedule, keeping the safety of the cast and crew in mind. The team will head to Istanbul and Dubai in June. He decided to create the Turkish set here because he realized that whenever they do go to Istanbul, it will be difficult to travel to the interiors because of the pandemic.”
