Who was the “TIGER” - The untold story behind the ban on ‘Ek Tha Tiger’

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25-08-2012
Ek Tha Tiger is a 2012 Bollywood romantic action thriller film starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in the lead roles. In the movie Ek Tha Tiger, Salman Khan is the officer of research and analysis wing (RAW), India’s external intelligence agency and called Tiger in his codename.

Family of Ravindra Kaushik have claimed that the storyline of the famous Bollywood flick “Ek Tha Tiger” released in the year 2012 was based on the life of Ravindra and asked for the credit in the movie titles for Ravindra.

Who was Ravindra?

Ravindra Kaushik was a former RAW agent who was caught and jailed in Pakistan where he eventually died. Ravinder Kaushik was born in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan on April 11, 1952. He was contacted and offered a job for being an undercover agent of India in Pakistan. At the age of 23, he was sent to Pakistan on a mission. Sunnat (circumcision) was performed on him to show him as a Muslim.

In 1975 he was sent to Pakistan and given the name Nabi Ahmed Shakir. He succeeded in getting admission in Karachi University and completed his LLB. He joined Pakistan Army and become a commissioned officer and later was promoted to the rank of a Major. He married a local Pakistani girl ‘Amanat’, and became father of a girl.

From 1979 to 1983, while in military service, he passed on valuable information to RAW which was of great help to the Indian defence forces.

He was given the title of ‘Black Tiger’ by India's then home minister S.B. Chavan. Some testify that the title was conferred by then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi.

On 21 November 2001, he succumbed to pulmonary tuberculosis and heart disease in New Central Jail Multan. He was buried behind that jail.