Either go all out or don't! An advice I have to give to all Bollywood-wallahs out there, even if it is just a matter of an action figure. Tiger Shroff has often been a target of Twitter memes and trolls, mostly for the way he bends his body in ways we can't imagine or for the dialogues he has to pout in his movies ('sabki aati nahi, meri jaati nahi'). Now, once again, Jackie Shroff's little boy finds himself on being on the other end of more jokes, but this time, it has more to do with his action figure.
The makers of his upcoming action movie, Baaghi 2, have been sending out merchandise that also includes an action figure of his, based on one of the stills from the movie. You can check it out below,
Ready to roar.... #Baaghi2
merchandise is eye catching and will be loved by all age groups. @iTIGERSHROFF @TeamTIGERSHROFF @DishPatani @NGEMovies @foxstarhindi @AyeshaShroff @khan_ahmedasas pic.twitter.com/NJqn8zwTki
— #2WeeksTo_Baaghi2 (@HarshTigerian) March 15, 2018
While it is great to have a character of yours get immortalised as an action figure, there has to be some kind of semblance somewhere. Instead, Tiger's action figure looks more like a tanned poor man's GI Joe toy, who looks Latin American for some reason. And I am not the one with these thoughts. Just check out how Twitter reacted on seeing Tiger's errr... toy figure,
Better him than Tiger...
Just came to know that @SamiZayn is playing the lead in #Baaghi2 wow. pic.twitter.com/Tjd4Ii6k17
— RANBIR KAPOOR FANBOY (@RKsWarrior_) March 15, 2018
Christ! They had to drag Jesus too?
Didn't know Jesus Christ is making his Bollywood debut in #Baaghi2 pic.twitter.com/r3GKcvm7RJ
— Rishabh Bhandari (@jokebazz) March 15, 2018
I believe that goes for the trailer too...
#Baaghi2 merchandise is Rambo’s woodoo doll. pic.twitter.com/rU07QbedLV
— Yawn-सम्बंध (@KamalZoheb) March 15, 2018
Aquaman is furious
Tiger Shroff is a merman.
He has webs in his underarms.
His father calls him, "Mausichi Gill." https://t.co/hXfj8hsUNE
— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) March 15, 2018
Ouch!
I first played 'Doom' on a PC running Windows 95, like, 20 years ago. Even that had better graphics than this. https://t.co/kBe3EFgbyT
— Sahil Rizwan (@SahilRiz) March 15, 2018
Tinder sucks!
Tinder Picture vs Them In Person pic.twitter.com/XnMTs088BE
— Harish Iyengaar (@scaryhairyman) March 15, 2018
The story of every corporate!
pic 1: client brief
pic 2: client budget pic.twitter.com/Wk2kV3F5AZ
— Harish Iyengaar (@scaryhairyman) March 15, 2018
Annabelle will haunt you forever for this comparison!
This feels like the merch for an Indian gender-swapped version of Annabelle. Looks EXACTLY as haunted and scary. pic.twitter.com/XlINT1VuZC
— rohini (@lesqueerables) March 15, 2018
Don't trust Shaadi.com!
Pic 1: What your mom thinks the super eligible shaadi boy she found for you looks like
Pic 2: What he actually looks like pic.twitter.com/tYkq5Ayu2b
— Priyal (@priyal) March 15, 2018
Interestingly, trade analyst Taran Adarsh had tweeted the picture of the action figure, that he later deleted *see screenshot below*. Did he realise it was not exactly the kind of 'eye catching' they wanted it to be?
Come on, people, how difficult it is to make an action figure? Why give Twitter just another chance to troll poor Tiger again?
Baaghi 2 is directed by Ahmed Khan, and also stars Disha Patani, Prateik Babbar, Darshan Kumar, Deepak Dobriyal with Randeep Hooda and Manoj Bajpayee.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Mar 16, 2018 12:25 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).