The Black Tiger: Why did ravindra kaushik become Nabi ahmed Shakir, the story of the real tiger will be remade for the big screen
10 years ago, under the banner of yash Raj Films, director Kabir Khan brought the story of tiger, a fictional agent of the research and analysis wing (RAW), to the big screen in the name of 'Ek Tha tiger and since then the story of raw agents has been established in hindi cinema. A series has started. But few people will know that around the release of the sequel of the film 'Ek Tha tiger, 'Tiger Zinda Hai, salman khan had agreed to work in the biopic of raw agent ravindra Kaushik, whose family was It has been alleged that the film 'Ek Tha tiger is Kaushik's story and his name should be there in the credits of the film. The matter came then and there, but work has started once again on the biopic of this raw agent ravindra Kaushik, who got the nickname 'The Black Tiger' from the former prime minister of the country, Indira Gandhi.
Film director rajkumar gupta first acquired the rights to make a film on ravindra Kaushik's biography from his family members. It is famous that during a national drama competition in Lucknow, intelligence agencies identified a young man who, according to them, could be their spy in Pakistan. ravindra kaushik was just 21 years old then. One day ravindra came out of the house saying that he was going to delhi for a job, but in fact, by then he had already been selected for RAW. After two years of training, ravindra went to pakistan with his new identity and new name Nabi ahmed Shakir. There he graduated from Law at Karachi university and was successful in getting a commissioned officer's job in the pakistan Army.
According to Ravindra's relatives, with his new identity, ravindra kaushik worked in the pakistan Army for eight years and during this time he kept providing intelligence about pakistan to the indian Army, due to which india always got a better position in the border. The identity of ravindra kaushik was revealed in the year 1983 by the mistake of Inayat Messiah, another agent of RAW. It is said that Inayat was sent to meet ravindra but she got caught by Pakistani intelligence agencies in between. During interrogation, he also took the name ravindra Kaushik. Inayat was then asked to call ravindra to meet him at a park and when ravindra came to meet her, he was arrested.
According to family members, ravindra Kaushik, who was arrested in 1983 at the age of 29, was sentenced to death by the supreme court of pakistan in 1985, which was later converted into life imprisonment. During this, he was kept in Sialkot to Kot Lakhpat and Mianwali Jails. Due to his espionage skills, ravindra kaushik managed to write letters to his family members even during this period. ravindra Kaushik, a resident of Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, died in november 2001 due to tuberculosis and heart disease. He was buried in New Central Multan Jail.
Ravindra Kaushik's brother Rajeshwarnath and his mother amala Devi wrote many letters to the government to honor the services of ravindra Kaushik. But, according to the rules of raw, the identity of its agents cannot be revealed under any circumstances. When rajkumar gupta acquired the rights to make the biopic of ravindra kaushik from his family five years ago, Ravindra's sister Shashi Vashisht said that many filmmakers approached her to make this biopic, but she found Rajkumar the most. Got the right personality. According to information, rajkumar gupta had also got salman Khan's approval for this role but salman, who was already busy with the 'Tiger' series of films, changed his mind. Shashi's son vikram said in the year 2015 that the story of the film 'Ek Tha tiger was inspired by his maternal uncle's life.
Producer-director rajkumar gupta has taken the rights to the biopic of raw agent ravindra kaushik from his family members, according to which these rights will be considered canceled if the film is not started in five years. This period has been completed at the beginning of this year. Now according to a statement released on Monday, ravindra Kaushik's family has handed over the rights to this biopic to filmmakers divya Dhamija, Ashwin Srivatsangam, and R Vivek. The script of the film is in the process of being reworked and an official announcement will be made soon
