Kriti Sanon Reveals She Was Called 'Tiger Didi' After Heropanti: 'Takes A While To Register Who You Are'

Kriti Sanon, an outsider in the industry, is one of the top stars in Bollywood today. Throughout her filmi journey, she has made quite a few good script choices and eventually became a National Award-winning actress. At an event, she talked about her early struggles, including making her debut alongside Tiger Shroff. She also shared her thoughts on the insider vs outsider debate, citing Shah Rukh Khan as an example. Shah Rukh Khan came to Mumbai from Delhi to make it big in Bollywood.

Talking about SRK, Kriti said, as quoted by Pinkvilla, “Shah Rukh Khan is an absolute outsider and the best example of insider-outsider debate that we keep having. It is a matter eventually.”

She also mentioned that when her first film Heropanti released alongside Tiger Shroff, people often called her ‘Tiger Didi’. The actress said that it takes time for people to recognise your name and match it with your face, especially if you’re not from the film industry. She shared that for a long time, people knew her as the girl who starred in Tiger Shroff’s film.

“The kids Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, director of Bareilly Ki Barfi, they used to call me ‘Tiger didi’ back then. Because they didn’t know my name. It takes a while to register who you are when you are not from an acting background. If you keep at it, you will start feeling like an insider. But those initial years of struggle and frustrating moments of not having the kind of opportunity you want is what you have to go through,” she said in a chat with ANI.

Meanwhile, her latest film Crew has released. News18 Showsha gave the film 3.5 stars. It reads, “Crew is a stunning film to look at. Tabu, Kareena and Kriti look drop dead gorgeous and kudos to the costume department for the same! The women involved with putting the film together – co-producers Rhea Kapoor and Ektaa R Kapoor and co-writer Nidhi Mehra deserve applause. Because womanhood in Crew is never used as a device to push out loaded statements on modern-day feminism even while portraying women as ambitious and unapologetic beings and celebrating sisterhood. The protagonists are flawed and relatable but not undesirable.