Kriti Sanon says it took her a few years to shed the label ‘Tiger Shroff’s heroine’: ‘Kids of Bareilly Ki Barfi director called me Tiger didi’

At Expresso, Kriti Sanon opened up about how, as an outsider with no prior connections to the film industry, it took her a few years and several films to make her face and name known to the audience.

Kriti Sanon opens up on experiencing break down. (Image: Kriti/Instagram)

After a rather lackluster 2023, marked by consecutive box-office bombs, Bollywood actor Kriti Sanon rebounded in a big way this year, with both of her films released in 2024 — Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya and Crew — becoming major successes. While Crew, the heist comedy where she starred alongside Tabu and Kareena Kapoor Khan, became the third highest-grossing Hindi film of 2024, the science-fiction romantic comedy Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya, co-starring Shahid Kapoor, secured the fourth spot. Now, the National Award-winning actor is ready for the release of her third film of the year, director Shashanka Chaturvedi’s Do Patti.

Kriti takes on a dual role in Do Patti, while Kajol also plays a prominent character in the thriller. Ahead of the film’s release, Kriti and Kajol graced The Indian Express’ Expresso, where they discussed the movie, their film journey, social media and the laughter that brings them together. Kriti also opened up about how, as an outsider with no prior connections to the film industry, it took her a few years and several films to make her face and name known to the audience.

Watch The Indian Express Expresso with Kajol and Kriti Sanon here:

During that time, Kriti Sanon was primarily referred to as “Tiger Shroff’s heroine”. It may be recalled that both Tiger and Kriti made their Bollywood debut in director Sabbir Khan’s romantic action film Heropanti (2014). While Tiger was already well-known as veteran actor Jackie Shroff’s son, Kriti had done only one film prior to that and that too in the Telugu film industry, 1: Nenokkadine.

“It didn’t take me that many years to get my first break. At the time of Heropanti, though people knew Tiger and that the movie marked his launch, the director and producer treated the movie as launching two new faces. I got the quintessential Bollywood heroine moment too, with songs and everything,” she told film critic and senior columnist Shubhra Gupta and The Indian Express’ National Opinion editor Vandita Mishra.

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Do Patti actors Kriti Sanon and Kajol took part in The Indian Express Expresso on Monday.

“However, for a while after that, people referred to me as ‘the one who appeared in Tiger Shroff’s movie.’ When you are not from the industry (film family), it takes longer for you to etch you name and face into the minds of people. At that point the kids of Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, who later directed Bareilly Ki Barfi, used to call me ‘Tiger didi.’ Those were the instances when I realised I would have to work doubly hard to get people to recognise me and know me for who I am,” she said, adding that Bareilly Ki Barfi was the turning point when people finally started recognising her for who she was.

Also starring Shaheer Sheikh, Tanvi Azmi, Brijendra Kala, Vivek Mushran and Prachee Shah Paandya in key roles, Do Patti is penned by Kanika Dhillon, who co-produced the film with Kriti. The movie is set to premiere on Netflix on October 25 (Friday).

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