Tiger Shroff is no Baaghi; the action star's appeal is restricted to homogeneous roles in the age of versatility

It is ironic Tiger Shroff is the face of the Baaghi franchise since he is not rebellious by any standard when it comes to defying tricks of the trade. No one can take away the huge base of popularity he enjoys or the box office records set by his films, most recently Siddharth Anand’s espionage thriller War from last year and Ahmed Khan’s action drama Baaghi 2 from two years ago. Tiger could take a page out of Roshan’s book, and learn how he has experimented with his roles over the years, not just relying on his impeccable physique, unparalleled dancing skills, and the ability to do action convincingly. Just like he owns the genre of action entertainers, Ayushmann Khurrana has also carved a niche with his small-town-set family comedies addressing taboos, the most recent example being Hitesh Kewalya’s Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan. The tagline of his next film, Baaghi 3, is “He’s up against a nation.” And the tagline of his subsequent film, Heropanti 2, is: “The world wants him dead.” Tiger may be raising the stakes by increasing the size of his odds but he must realise there will be a point when he will have to play an average Joe from the nation/world he is currently fighting.