Tiger Shroff has had a successful 2019, with his film War emerging as Bollywood's biggest blockbuster of the year so far. He is all set to feature in the third instalment of Baaghi b. The film also stars Shraddha Kapoor, Ankita Lokhande and Riteish Deshmukh.
The trailer of the film features Tiger going to Syria to save his brother, played by Riteish, who is captured by terrorists. Once he reaches there, he says, "If you harm my brother, I swear on my father, I will wipe out your country from the map." The dialogue has been termed as 'offensive and insensitive' by several social media users.
At a recent media event, Tiger defended the dialogue and said, "At the end of the day, it's just a film. The intent was just to show, if anything happens to my brother... The characters are so much in love with each other, there is so much bromance, that this boy will do anything for his brother, go to any extent if something happens to him. So I think it was just in an outburst to express his emotions," as reported by a leading news agency.
Riteish too added, "I feel if you love your brother or any family member or if you think there's a certain country responsible for it, you'll say the same thing. This feeling is not there in everyone's destiny. My character is fortunate to have someone who doesn't question, if his brother has been beaten, he will hit back."
Baaghi 3 is slated for a March 6 release.
(Source: PTI)
