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4 Years of Tiger Shroff: How a newcomer became a star
It was the 23rd of May, 2014; Sajid Nadiadwala was launching two actors- Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon in his production, Heropanti. The film was being helmed by Sabbir Khan, who had a dud in the form of Kambakkht Ishq (2009) behind. As far as the leading man was concerned, Tiger had to bear the brunt for his lack of acting abilities and for his feminine appearance. But all these brickbats and criticisms couldn’t stop the film from being successful and Heropanti raked in over 55 crores at the ticket windows. Tiger Shroff had arrived.
Despite being Jackie Shroff’s son, offers were few and far between. His next film was also backed by his mentor, Sajid Nadiadwala, and his first director, Sabbir Khan. The film was called Baaghi and had some really niftily choreographed action sequences, the film was a smash hit and Tiger established an image of the modern-day, reincarnated version of Bruce Lee. The single screens began to adore him; he was the man of the masses.
Despite the failure of his next two films, A Flying Jatt and Munna Michael, the actor had become a star and was being called a combination of Michael Jackson and Bruce Lee, given his effortlessness in hard-core action and fluidity in complexed dance sequences.
His last release, Baaghi 2, has earned over 165 crores at the box-office, and it’s still the second most successful Hindi film of 2018 after Padmaavat.
All set to star in Student Of The Year 2, Rambo remake and a film with his idol, Hrithik Roshan, he’s surely one of those rare star-sons who’s successfully taking his father’s legacy forward.
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