Actor Salman Khan will be back as Tiger in Tiger Zinda Hai on Christmas 2017. Yash Raj films tweeted the news on September 13. "Announcing @BeingSalmanKhan and #KatrinaKaif in #TigerZindaHai Directed by @aliabbaszafar Releasing Christmas 2017," said YRF's Twitter handle. The film is said to be the sequel of 2012's Ek Tha Tiger. Ali directed Salman in Sultan, which is the biggest hit of 2016 till now.