'Action has a universal language'

Asked what could be the reason that his generation of actors are holding back to do action films, Tiger said: "I don't know what is holding them back. I truly believe that action is universal language and it has mass appeal."

"As far as I remember, all mass heroes in our industry have been action heroes. Look what Salman Khan primarily does and in my father's (Jackie Shroff) time, Sanjay Dutt, Suny Deol and my dad, all these guys were mass heroes.

"So, I think action definitely appeals in our country and the whole rom-com generation or romantic and chocolate boy hero (concept) is a very urban, city, multiplex sort of flavour. But when you talk about masses and the B and C centres, films like Sultan, Dangal and Baaghi will definitely do the run." Tiger said he is happy to be doing films in the action space.

"As far as other actors not doing action films are concerned, I know Varun (Dhawan) has done Badlapur, Sid (Sidharth Malhotra) has done some action in Ek Villain. I don't know why people are not tapping into that. I am happy in this space and I am happy that nobody (his contemporaries) is attempting it. This gives me a little more chance."

Is he feeling the pressure with Baaghi 2 as Baaghi was hit, he said: "Yes, of course... and the USP of 'Baaghi' was action. So I think we need to push that further."