It successfully localized the Western "werewolf" trope into an Indian context using a tiger, making it culturally resonant.

You're referring to the 1992 Bollywood film "Junoon"!

. The film is widely known for being one of the few mainstream Indian attempts at the "creature feature" genre, specifically loosely inspired by the 1981 Hollywood classic An American Werewolf in London Plot Summary The story follows Vikram "Vicky" Chauhan