Salman’s ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ is an Indian remake of ‘Bourne’ series

So while the makers have emphasized on the fact that at the core of it ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ is a romantic thriller,Kabir’s penchant for shooting his films abroad has made one expect a slick thriller in a similar format as Bourne.

“If you see my earlier films like ‘Kabul Express’ and ‘New York’,you would agree that locations were important characters there. I couldn’t have set films anywhere else but these countries. Similarly even for ‘Ek Tha Tiger’,I am not going to four countries just because either I want to travel or my producers are willing to spend a fortune on the film”,says Kabir Khan who is gearing up to kick-start the first schedule of his most expensive film till date.

The source adds,”The film is an international thriller and Bhai is quite kicked about starting it soon. He himself is quite fascinated by the Bourne touch here. He understands though that from the core story and plot perspective,there is nothing common between ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ and Bourne films. Still the very fact that even Bourne was required to traverse the entire globe on a mission,even ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ follows suit. This is for the first time ever in over two decade career that Salman would be travelling so extensively for a film of his.”

On asked to comment on the Bourne influence on ‘Ek Tha Tiger’,Rafiq Gangjee of Yash Raj Films said,”The only similarity between the two films may probably be the style of some of the action,nothing more than that.”

With Kabir sounding pretty excited about taking his thriller across the globe,one can only expect the drama to intensify in months to come.