We tigers gotta stick together :D Make every day a happy one for the Tigers :) #InternationalTigerDay pic.twitter.com/yKgaDb1JyW
— Tiger Shroff (@iTIGERSHROFF) July 29, 2016
There were enough responding tweets pointing out the folly of comparing himself to the 1700-odd severely endangered animals that make up India's current population of actual tigers.
Several of these tweets were sarcastic or plain dismissive.
#InternationalTigerDay cause if it were NationalTigerDay people might mistake it as Tiger Shroff's birthday.
— Alokita (@dumbevil) July 29, 2016
#SaveOurTigers @iTIGERSHROFF hey tiger r u okay????????????
— Syeda Birra (@Birra03729707) July 29, 2016
No @iTIGERSHROFF don't say anything. This day isn't for you. #InternationalTigerDay
— fUnkYdORy (@tHefUnkYdORy) July 29, 2016
#SaveOurTigers At 1st i thought everyone is talking about @iTIGERSHROFF and i was like what happened to this guy. lol :D.
— CrimeMaster Gogo (@GogoTheCriminal) July 29, 2016
Dear @peta please see this tiger @iTIGERSHROFF held captive by a Bollywood actor named Jacky Shroff. Please help him his way back to jungle
— Sand-d Singh (@Sand_In_Deed) July 29, 2016
In Tiger's defence, he wasn't the only one making capital of the name - PETA India recruited the 26-year-old actor to write to Minister of State for Environment Anil Dave petitioning to focus on protecting the tiger's natural habitat (not Bollywood).
A separate thread of tweets trolled the actor for an interview with Mumbai Mirror in which he reveals that he was nicknamed 'Tiger' because he used to bite and scratch as a child. His real name is Jai Hemant Shroff.
AIB member Rohan Joshi flagged the interview - which was run with a photo of the Flying Jatt star posing before a caged tiger and a headline that specified the timing was not inadvertent. Twitter did the rest.
— Rohan (@mojorojo) July 29, 2016
@mojorojo What a coincidence. I was named Tiger too for the same reason. They changed it to Rahul once I stopped biting
— Rahul Subramanian (@RahulNotAGandhi) July 29, 2016
@mojorojo bite = tiger Bite = dog
— Coat and Gown Ninja (@mridul_chakra) July 29, 2016
@mojorojo He does fantastic on-screen kicks now. Should consider calling himself Donkey Shroff now.
— Rajesh K Sharma (@rajeshksharma) July 29, 2016
Meantime, actor Rishi Kapoor randomly tweeted about Tiger Shroff some hours previous.
Blessings to another son of mine-Tiger Shroff. What blessed dancer and looker after the Greek Hritik! My bestest! pic.twitter.com/jcTABaRhdG
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) July 28, 2016
He was effusively thanked by both the actor and his mother Ayesha.
Last seen in April's Baaghi, Tiger Shroff has A Flying Jatt with Jacqueline Fernandez coming up.
