Kriti Sanon Reflects on Moving Beyond ‘Tiger Shroff’s Heroine’ Tag: ‘Kids Called Me Tiger Didi’

Kriti Sanon on Tiger Shroff label: The bollywood actress Kriti Sanon film’s Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya and Crew performed well at the box office after a rough year in 2023.

The actress is all set to release her new upcoming film Do Patti which is directed by Shashanka Chaturvedi.

In a recent chat with the Indian Express Expresso, the actress discussed about her film and journey, social media, and how laughter brings them together.

Krti Sanon also talked about how it took her year to get famous as she had no prior connection.

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At that time, Kriti Sanon was mostly known as "Tiger Shroff's heroine” because she and Tiger appeared in the same film Heropanti, directed by Sabbir Khan.

While speaking with senior columnist Shubhra Gupta and The Indian Express’ National Opinion editor Vandita Mishra, she said, “It didn’t take me that many years to get my first break. At the time of Heropanti, though people knew Tiger and that the movie marked his launch, the director and producer treated the movie as launching two new faces. I got the quintessential Bollywood heroine moment too, with songs and everything.”

She also added, adding that Bareilly Ki Barfi was the turning point when people finally started recognising her for who she was, “However, for a while after that, people referred to me as ‘the one who appeared in Tiger Shroff’s movie.’ When you are not from the industry (film family), it takes longer for you to etch you name and face into the minds of people. At that point the kids of Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, who later directed Bareilly Ki Barfi, used to call me ‘Tiger didi.’ Those were the instances when I realised I would have to work doubly hard to get people to recognise me and know me for who I am.”

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