Jackie Shroff reveals he did not keep any expectations from Tiger's Heropanti, says, 'Jab pehli baar...'

Veteran Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff is one proud father as he lauds his son, Tiger Shroff's journey in the Hindi film industry, especially since his debut movie Heropanti came out. In an interview with a news portal, the Hero actor talked about his son's debut movie and how he kept no expectations from it earlier.

The 2014 romantic-action movie, starring Tiger, Kriti Sanon, and Prakash Raj became his favourite movie. He was especially impressed with the fact that Tiger got to share screen space with National Award Winner Prakash Raj.

He stated that earlier he went to watch the film with no expectations but came out 'impressed,' "Jab pehli baar bacche ko parde pe dekha. Pehli baar dekha mujhe expectation tha nahi, lekin main gaya dekha, main floor ho gaya"(When I saw my child on the screen for the first time, I had no expectations, but I got floored).

According to Jackie, Tiger Shroff's entry into the film industry gave him a new identity because he started being referred to as Tiger's father, "Aur uske baad mein bachche log, sab mummiyan bolne lagi ki ye dekho Tiger Shroff ke daddy hain, toh ek identity bhi de diya usne mujhe (And after that children, moms, everyone started saying to me that he is Tiger Shroff's daddy, so he gave me an identity as well)." the actor told Bollywood Hungama.

He praised Tiger after watching the film, telling him it was commendable working alongside a National Award Winner without a dialogue, calling it 'difficult' to work in silence with a renowned personality like Prakash Raj.

He also praised his action and dancing skills in the movie. The father-son duo had worked together in 2020 film Baaghi 3 with Jackie making a cameo as his father.

Meanwhile, Jackie will be seen in the romantic comedy movie Atithi Bhooto Bhava alongside Sharmin Segal and Pratik Gandhi. He will be playing the ghost who haunts Pratik's character in the film. It started streaming on ZEE5 on September 25.

Tiger also has several movies in the pipeline. He will be seen in Baaghi 4 which will be released this year, Screw Dheela, Ganapath, and Bade Miyan Chote Miyan to be released next year.