BREAKING: Tiger Shroff plays a father in Baaghi 2

It s not every day that a new-age Bollywood hero agrees to play a father at an age when he is barely ready for marriage. Varun Dhawan did it in Sriram Raghavan s Badlapur. Now in Baaghi 2 which choreographer Ahmed Khan directs, Tiger Shroff will play a father to a seven-year old girl.

Apparently, the script required someone older as it is the story of an NRI who has had an affair and unknown to him, a child in the past. Producer Sajid Nadiadwala wanted to sign his favourite Salman Khan for the role. But Salman s unavailability immediately put Sajid on the trail of his other favourite, Tiger Shroff.

Says Tiger Shroff, Without giving away my role, I d like to say I play a character in Baaghi 2 that I ve never played before. There is no fun in doing the same thing again and again.