Liger

Liger follows a young man from Karimnagar who moves to Mumbai with ambitions of making it in mixed martial arts. Known by the nickname Liger, he trains hard and climbs the rankings while chasing the example set by a world-famous fighter he has admired since childhood. His rise brings him recognition, but also tests involving his own shortcomings and his romantic life.

The film was released in August 2022 and runs 138 minutes. It is an action-romance from India, produced by Dharma Productions and Puri Connects. Puri Jagannadh directed and wrote the screenplay; Yash Johar, Karan Johar and Charmy Kaur produced. Vijay Deverakonda plays Liger, with Ananya Panday as Tanya, Ramya Krishnan as Balamani, Ronit Roy as Raghuveer Bhatnagar, Ali as Ali and Chunky Pandey as Tanya's father.

Liger sits between Paisa Vasool (2017) and Double iSmart (2024) in the director's filmography of six features listed here. Its worldwide box office came to about 5 million USD. On IMDb, the rating stands at 2.6/10 from roughly 49,000 votes, while on TMDB it is 4.2/10 from a much smaller group of 36 votes.