Mumbai: With Heropanti inching closer towards the Rs 50-crore mark, Tiger Shroff has become the first debutant actor to achieve the feat with a solo hero launch film. It also adds him to the successful batch of newcomers who have made a recent entry into the industry, such as Varun Dhawan, Siddharth Malhotra and Arjun Kapoor.
“It’s a good time for newcomers in the industry. The audience wants fresh faces. Our acceptance is a sign of that,” Tiger says. Talking about his contemporaries he says, “They deserve the adulation because they are all so talented. It is so inspiring to just see them perform so well. Look at Ranveer, Varun, Arjun, Sid these guys are fantastic. They have their own plus points and I hope after Heropanti, the audience knows that I too have something new to show. I will always strive to be accepted by them and the industry," he says.
The actor admits that he wasn’t very confident during the time of the film’s launch.
“Honestly, sometimes it all becomes a little too overbearing,” he confesses adding, “I was stressed all the time about how people would receive me. Moreover, being my father’s son added to the pressure. Ultimately it was my sportsman mentality that kept me going. I knew that I had to prove myself and show that I am very different from my father. Guess that worked after all.”
