Tiger Shroff

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Sabbir Khan and film producer Sajid Nadiadwala insisted his father, famous actor Jackie Shroff retain the nickname and not the original Jai Hemant, as it looked orthodox and outdated. Interestingly Tiger Shroff’s passport too declares the same name as he has now become a well-known star world around. Tiger Shroff’s first career option was Football Since Tiger’s parents kept him away from the glory of Bollywood, hence the actor was away from the limelight of films and stardom. He focused on studies, sports, martial arts, gymnastics and dance. He was a fitness freak. He was very good at football and was the star football player of his school viz. American School of Bombay. But alas, after schooling he found that there was too much corruption in sports and less opportunity for true talent to flourish. Hence, upset, he decided to pursue acting in films. Michael Jackson and Bruce Lee became his inspiration for films When Tiger was just four years old - two Hollywood stars had a deep impact on his young mind. He says, “The first person who influenced me most was Michael Jackson. His unique dancing style made me fanatical and without my knowledge, my feet would start moving but being shy, I would hide myself and dance at my heart’s content in isolation.” He added, “As I grew I began adding my creative inputs into his style and slowly I developed my style which was highly appreciated.” After Michel Jackson, the next celebrity that empowered young Tiger was Bruce Lee, the martial arts star of Hollywood. Tiger says, “When I was four or five years I watched Bruce Lee’s film ‘Enter the Dragon’ and was left awestruck by Bruce Lee’s mastery in martial arts. I was so overwhelmed that I started learning martial arts.” Few know that Tiger is a master of martial arts and holds a fifth-degree black belt in Taekwondo.

Tiger Shroff rejected many offers before signing Heropanti Tiger Shroff, knew he was not good at academics and he did not aspire to be a doctor or a lawyer. He knew acting in films was his eventual goal. He said, “On some holidays, Dad would take me for shooting. I remember visiting the sets of Rangeela, Ram Lakhan etc. I would not understand much but would feel proud of the royal treatment that was meted out to my dad on sets. This would inspire me to become a star.” He added, “After completing my class XII, everybody would ask me when I was being launched. There were many offers like a lead role in the remake of Shahrukh Khan’s previous television serial Fauji. There were also proposals from Subhash Ghai, planning a remake of Dad’s hit film Hero and Aamir Khan planning to launch me but nothing materialized. Eventually, I officially signed in June 2012 for Sajid Nadiadwala’s home production, Heropanti, particularly because it was action action-based film and gave me ample opportunity to display my martial arts. Tiger Shroff underwent 3 years of rigorous training before Heropanti Before the shooting of Heropanti commenced film director, Sabbir Khan, invested a lot of time in preparing Tiger Shroff to face the camera. He first gave him lessons in acting and was simultaneously given rigorous training in action scenes under the coach, Ziley Mawai, who is a national-level gymnast from Haryana. He gave Tiger intense training and taught him many tricks of martial arts like back layout, front pike, 360-degree-backward twist, wall flips and leaps. Heropanti turned a gold mine at the box office Film producer Sajid Nadiadwala, who had dared to launch an actor, for the first time, in his two-decade career was anxious and keeping his figures crossed. However, when the film was released on 23 May 2014, it was declared an instant hit on day one as it grossed a whopping Rs 21 crore!!! The movie later went on to collect more than Rs 50 Crore thus making Tiger Sharoff, Bollywood’s first debutant actor, after Hrithik Roshan, who created a box office sensation with his debut film Kaho Na Pyar Hai in the year 2000. Tiger dedicated the film’s success to his parents. The movie not only won box office success to Tiger but also fetched Tiger Shroff, the prestigious Screen Best Debutant Actor award, thus stamping his excellence in the acting department too. Tiger Shroff gets his dream role to play a ‘Super Hero’ in A Flying Jatt Since childhood when he developed the craze for watching films, (he used to watch one film each night) he had been aspiring to play a superhero. His dream was fulfilled with the film, A Flying Jatt (2016). Directed by Remo D'Souza and produced by Ekta Kapoor, the highlight of the film A Flying Jatt was that for the first Tiger Shroff was seen clashing with the WWA World Heavyweight Championship and celebrated the World’s Strongest Man, Nathan Jones! The movie was packed with martial arts and dance, an area where Mr. Shroff Jr excels. However, despite all the masala, the film failed to click.