


However, War was still made as a standalone film without directly connecting to the first two Tiger films-supporting the idea of creating a proper foundation for the War characters before a proper crossover. Before making War, producer Aditya Chopra and director Siddharth Anand came up with the idea of merging these films and creating a shared universe by crossing over the characters who all belong to the RAW. War (2019) tells the story of a RAW agent played by Hrithik Roshan who goes rogue. The first film Ek Tha Tiger (2012) and its sequel Tiger Zinda Hai (2017) centre on a fictional R&AW agent played by Salman Khan. The shared universe, initially started out as a single movie series, later was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters.

The franchise is commercially successful by having grossed ₹2,378 crore on a combined budget of ₹600 crore, thus becoming the second highest-grossing Indian franchise. It is produced and distributed by Yash Raj Films. YRF Spy Universe is an Indian shared universe centered on a series of spy action-thriller films, which feature various fictional RAW agents.
