War: Tiger Shroff watched a Hrithik Roshan song every day to learn

Tiger Shroff has been gearing up for his next release titled War, alongside Hrithik Roshan and Vaani Kapoor. The film is all set to release on October 2. The upcoming action-thriller is directed by Bang Bang! director Siddharth Anand. This will be the first time the Hrithik-Tiger duo will be seen together on the silver screen.

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How Tiger prepped for his role

In a recent interview, Tiger spilled the beans of how he prepped up for his role in War. He added that he subconsciously decided on watching at least one song of Hrithik’s every night. He would sleep thinking about the same. The next morning during his training, Tiger would try to recreate those steps. This is how the actor learned how to dance like his idol.

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Tiger Shroff also added that Hrithik has the mind of a director. He called Roshan to be a person who pushes oneself to get better every single day. Tiger Shroff was all praise for his co-star and considers himself lucky to have worked beside Hrithik Roshan. The duo recently also released a dance number together, Jai Jai Shivshankar. One cannot take their eyes off how magical they look grooving together.

The Tiger-Hrithik equation

Tiger has been always compared with Hrithik ever since his debut in Heropanti. Many people have always pointed out similarities between Tiger and Hrithik especially for his dance and action moves. The two actors will be pitted against each other in their upcoming movie. While Hrithik is the mentor, Tiger plays the role of his protégée.

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During the promotions of War, both Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff have been seen taunting each other by wearing t-shirts with memes that mocked the other. However, Tiger has recently revealed that their off-screen relationship is quite similar to their on-screen relationship. Tiger also expressed how he has always admired Hrithik. He said that their equation is that of a “guru” and “shishya”.

War is the story of how Kabir (Hrithik) who has been working against the country is being hunted down by his student, Khalid (Tiger). Both Tiger Shroff and Hrithik Roshan are largely known for their action movies. Fans are waiting to see the camaraderie between the two actors, both expect. War will see a pan-India release in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

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