Tigers (film)

Tigers
Directed by Danis Tanovic
Produced by Prashita Chaudhary
Kshitij Chaudhary
Guneet Monga
Anurag Kashyap
Cedomir Kolar
Marc Baschet
Andy Paterson
Cat Villiers[1]
Screenplay by Danis Tanovic
Andy Paterson
Story by Danis Tanovic
Starring Emraan Hashmi
Khalid Abdalla
Geetanjali Thapa
Supriya Pathak
Music by Pritam
Cinematography Erol Zubcevic
Edited by Prerna Saigal
Production
company
Cinemorphic
Sikhya Entertainment
A.S.A.P. Films
Release dates
2016 (expected)
Running time
90 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
English
German

Tigers (initially titled White Lies)[2] is a 2014 Indian-International film directed by Danis Tanovic, starring Emraan Hashmi.[3][4][5] The film's music will be composed by Pritam. It has been selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[1][6] The film is based on a real-life story, about a salesman working the pharmaceutical industry in Pakistan, discovers its truths, while selling baby formula products, and tries to fight against the system.[1]

The film is a joint production between Cinemorphic, French production company ASAP Films and Sikhya Entertainment.[7]

Plot

Ayan (Emran Hashmi) is a young, recently married salesman who gets a job peddling locally made drugs to pharmacies and doctors. Despite the fact that the Pakistani-manufactured pharmaceuticals he sells are much cheaper than those sold by Western competitors, no one will trust or buy products that lack major brand names. His wife encourages him to apply for a job with Lasta, a large multinational, and Ayan is hired on a trial basis. It's not long before his natural charm and knack for glad-handing make him into a minor star, and Lasta expands his responsibilities. However, one day he is devastated to see first-hand what the selling of baby formula really means in certain cases. Shocked, Ayan sets out to challenge the system and the powers that be.

In a neat piece of narrative structuring on Tanovic's part, this David-and-Goliath story is told partially through the eyes of a film crew making a documentary on Ayan's astonishing findings. But the power of Tigers lies in his willingness to push his film out onto the streets of Pakistan and into the face of a system where narrow interests prevail, and an honest man doing the right thing is castigated and threatened, and finally sees his life endangered. Music Composed By Pritam And Background Music Composed By Puneet Dixit

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