Is Salman Khan's announcement of making 'Tiger 4' just a formality?

Salman Khan has asked the sports studio to make 'Tiger 4' during the ongoing World Cup match between India and Australia. It is unclear whether his statement should be considered an announcement of the film or a statement thrown during publicity. Because, nothing has been said from the film production company YRF Yash Raj Productions - which has made 'Tiger 1, 2,3’. Salman Khan is the hero of these sequels’ films; can he make such an announcement? Salman Khan's talk like this has left people wondering whether the film is of Aditya Chopra or Salman Khan. Has Salman Khan spoken like the film's spokesperson or is it just a case of using election slogans during the campaign as politicians do?

First, let's see what Salman Khan said! Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif had reached the studio room during the World Cup match. Both are hero heroines of the 'Tiger' series films. His film 'Tiger 3' was a hit and he had gone there also for the publicity of the film. Katrina Kaif praised Virat Kohli saying, "I have been watching Virat ever since he started playing IPL for RCB. Look at his journey and graph..." Salman Khan takes his point further - "And you have seen 'Tiger 3' from 'Tiger 1' and that too at the age of 57, now wait for 'Tiger 4' at 60." The media has hyped the fact that the making of 'Tiger 4' has been announced. People are also commenting about this on social media. Here we would like to tell how the film is made and progresses. But stardom also happens in Bollywood - when the star has given a hit to the previous film. One thing to be mentioned here is that when Salman was talking about adding a sequel to his hit, he did not even know that the box office collection of 'Tiger 3' had fallen drastically that day. The film which had earned Rs 44.5 crore on the first day (on the day of Diwali), had earned Rs 13.25 crore on the sixth day (on the day of the match).

The producer of the Tiger series films is Aditya Chopra (YRF banner) who, seeing the success of the film, took this spy story forward but changed the direction of the director, not leaving it in the hands of a single person. Tiger 1 ('Ek Tha Tiger') was directed by Manish Sharma, while Tiger 2 ('Tiger Zinda Hai') was directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, and then 'Tiger 3' was directed by Manish Sharma. Of course, the hero and heroine (Salman-Katrina) remained the same. However, he also tried another change in the spy story film. Before 'Tiger 3', he made 'Pathan' with Shah Rukh Khan. This film was a bumper hit and has given a business of a thousand crores. Now the official way of thinking and announcing whether 'Pathan 2' will be made or 'Tiger 4' is with Yash Raj, from whose side nothing is being said.

Of course, Salman Khan has mentioned his age by saying that he is fit even at the age of 57 and he is looking forward to releasing 'Tiger 4' at the age of 60. By the way, let us tell you that in English film series, heroes keep working for a long time and this Spy story is inspired from there. Everyone knows that stars work in Bollywood. Rajesh Khanna was the biggest example of this. Who would be the director of a producer's film or who would be the heroine was as per his wish. More or less, Stardom continues even today. Salman Khan takes a share in the profits as remuneration in his films and if we talk about the fourth sequel of a film whose three sequels have been a hit, then he has the right to express his enthusiasm. Logically, this may be wrong. Well, this is just a slogan during the campaign till now, but it can be implemented. Yes, the final announcement will be made by Yash Raj only whether the film will be made or not, whether the director or hero-heroine will remain the same or change. Only YRF will tell whether the sequel of 'Pathan' or 'Tiger' or 'Tiger V/s Pathan' will be made first. Till then all things should be considered as part of propaganda.

- Sharad Rai