Mumbai, Sept. 9 -- A decade after it roared across Indian screens, Salman Khan's "Ek Tha Tiger" has lept into an altogether different orbit, enshrined at Washington, D.C.'s International Spy Museum as the only Indian film to grace its prestigious showcase of espionage drama.

Directed by Kabir Khan, the 2012 blockbuster was more than just a box-office juggernaut; it heralded a new cinematic universe for Yash Raj Films and redefined the contours of spy thrillers in Bollywood.

With its tautly woven narrative, high-octane sequences and palpable chemistry between Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, the film transcended national boundaries, embedding the character of Tiger in popular imagination as an indomitable, quintessentially Indian secret agent...