Did you know that Tiger Shroff’s grandfather was a World War II veteran?
Tiger’s mother shared this bit of information on social media recently
Jul 07, 2022
Tiger Shroff
Being in the army or having a family member serve the country is a matter of pride. And when you have someone in the family who was part of one of the most historic wars the world has ever seen, then even more. Earlier this week, Ayesha Shroff, Jackie Shroff’s wife and Tiger’s mother, took to social media to share rare photos of her father, Ranjan Dutt, with a caption explaining that he fought in World War II.
Taking to Instagram with the images of Ranjan Dutt with his fellow fighter pilots, Ayesha wrote, “Tiger’s grandfather training to fly Tiger Moths. I guess he was around 18 or 19 years old when he fought in World War 2. True grit and true valour. Decorated for his bravery by his India. I’m proud to be his daughter. Jai Hind🙏🏻.”
Ayesha’s post was soon flooded with messages from friends from the film fraternity and fans who had nothing but respect for the war veteran. Most of the comments that poured in lauded the achievement. While Salil Acharya was astounded and wrote, “Wowwww,” Ahmed Khan’s wife Shairaa commented, “RESPECT ✊ ♥️.” “It’s in The Blood Ma’am. Warrior Mindset 🔥,” read a fan comment.
This is not the first time that Ayesha has shared throwback images of her father. A few weeks ago, she had put up a few images of her father and tagged her husband and kids in the post. She captioned the photo, “Remembering my dad on this day🙏🏻❤️ I guess I definitely inherited some of his guts!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️.”
Tiger has never addressed this war veteran status of his grandfather, but in an earlier appearance on Arbaaz Khan’s celebrity talk show he had said that he was incredibly proud of his roots, considering that he has mixed races on both sides of the family. He had said, “My dad’s (Jackie Shroff) dad is Gujarati, and my dad’s mom is from Turkmenistan, a Mongolian-Chinese Muslim. My mom’s mom is French, and mom’s dad is Bengali, so I’m a mix of a lot of things, I don’t know what that makes me.”
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