Bollywood Blockbuster Which Brought "€1.5m to Ireland Wraps Dublin Shoot
The first Bollywood blockbuster to shoot in Ireland EK THA TIGER has finished its five week shoot in Dublin.Starring two of Bollywoods biggest stars Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif and directed by Kabir Kahn, the romantic thriller tells the tale of a man sent to Dublin on a secret mission, who falls in love with a woman studying at a fictional dance academy at Trinity College.
Irish producers Fantastic Films estimate that the production contributed "1.5m to the Irish economy and created over 1,000 short-term jobs with many Irish cast and crew involved in the shoot.
The film used an abundance of Dublin locations for spectacular dance sequences and stunts including Trinity College, IMMA, the quays, South King Street, Mount Street, the Shelbourne Hotel, Temple Bar and St StephenÂ’s Green to name a few.
It is set to be distributed to 24 countries which means images of Ireland and Dublin will be projected on the big screen across the globe especially to new untapped demographics such as IndiaÂ’s burgeoning middle and upper classes not to mention the Indian diaspora around the world.