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Ek Tha Tiger only Indian film at International Spy Museum in D.C.
The movie now appears alongside established global titles, highlighting its significance as a representative of Indian cinema in the genre.
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Bhavana P - Mon, 08, Sep 2025
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Salman Khan’s 2012 Hindi film Ek Tha Tiger has been included in the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., making it the only Indian film to feature in the institution’s special section on global spy cinema.
The International Spy Museum, which documents espionage through historical artifacts and cultural representations, maintains a curated section of approximately 25 internationally recognized spy films and series.
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Directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Yash Raj Films, Ek Tha Tiger was released in 2012 and introduced the fictional Research and Analysis Wing agent Avinash Singh Rathore, also known as Tiger, played by Salman Khan.
Katrina Kaif co-starred as ISI agent Zoya. The film achieved major commercial success in India and overseas and is regarded as the foundation of the “YRF Spy Universe,” which later expanded with films including Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), War (2019), Pathaan (2023), and Tiger 3 (2023).
Kabir, in an interview with Bollywood Hungama, said, "I didn’t have any knowledge about it and I got to know about it from the people who saw it over there. They messaged me, 'We saw the poster of 'Ek Tha Tiger' and it’s the only Hindi film there in the whole galaxy of films'. I found it very amusing and it was great to see Salman and Katrina’s faces on that wall!"
The other titles mentioned by International Spy Museum are 'Casino Royale', 'Mission Impossible', 'Spy Game', 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy', 'Seventeen Moments Of Spring', 'OSS 117', 'G Men', 'The Imitation Game', 'Mr and Mrs Smith', 'Bridge Of Spies', 'Homeland', 'Alias', 'Fauda', 'The Prisoner', 'Get Smart', 'Men In Black', 'The Siege', 'Turn: Washington's Spies', 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' etc.
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