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Tiger Shroff real name changed due to a strange childhood habit
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News18•18-10-2026, 21:56
Tiger Shroff real name changed due to a strange childhood habit
- •Actor Tiger Shroff was originally named Jai Hemant Shroff by birth.
- •He earned the nickname Tiger in his childhood because of a bizarre habit of biting people around him.
- •He even bit a school teacher once and faced punishment for it during his childhood days.
- •He officially adopted the name Tiger when he entered the film industry with Heropanti in 2014.
- •He once legally adopted a tigress named Lee from the Maharajbagh Zoo in Nagpur for wildlife conservation.
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Tiger Shroff's original name is Jai Hemant Shroff. He acquired the name 'Tiger' due to a strange childhood habit of playfully biting family members, acquaintances, and even a school teacher.
On October 18, 2026, unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on Tiger Shroff's car in Mumbai's Juhu area while he was leaving a ground. Although the actor escaped unhurt, his driver and a fan or auto-rickshaw driver sustained injuries.
The Lawrence Bishnoi gang claimed responsibility for the attack, with an associate named Anil Pandit posting on social media that the action was taken because the actor ignored warnings regarding working with Salman Khan.
