Liger - Saala Crossbreed is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language sports romantic action film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. Shot simultaneously in Hindi and dubbed in Telugu languages, the film is produced by Dharma Productions and Puri Connects. The film stars Vijay Deverakonda as the titular MMA fighter “Liger” with stammering problem alongside Ananya Panday as his love interest, Ramya Krishna and Ronit Roy in pivotal roles, with American boxer Mike Tyson playing an extended cameo appearance.
The film was announced in 2019, and the title Liger was announced in January 2021. Liger marks the debut of Deverakonda in Hindi cinema and Panday in Telugu cinema. The songs are composed by Tanishk Bagchi, Sunil Kashyap, Jaani, DJ Chetas, Lijo George and Vikram Montrose. Principal photography began in January 2020 and suffered production delays after March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming resumed in February 2021 and after some other shooting suspensions in the pandemic, Liger was wrapped up in February 2022.
Liger was released theatrically on 25 August 2022 and was declared a cringe fest[5] receiving highly negative reviews and was panned by both critics and audience, with criticism on the films's script, screenplay, Jagannadh’s writing and direction, cast performances, soundtrack, mocking of Mike Tyson’s role & unjustified ending.
