Happy Birthday Mike Tyson: Liger team Vijay Deverakonda, Ananya Panday, Karan Johar and others send warm wishes

The upcoming film, directed by Puri Jagannadh, marks the boxing legend's debut in Indian cinema.

Liger is a highly awaited film for several reasons. One of them is definitely the fact that boxing legend Mike Tyson will make his acting debut in Indian cinema with the film. On the occasion of the boxer’s birthday today, the Liger team took it upon themselves to send the former their warm wishes, in a delightful video.

The video, shared by the film’s producer Karan Johar, features Liger stars Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday, producers Johar and Charmme Kaur, director Puri Jagannadh and more sending the boxer their wishes. Calling Tyson an ‘absolute legend’, Johar said he felt ‘honoured’ that the boxer was a part of the film. The clip also featured several BTS moments where Tyson is seen sharing laughs with his co-stars and crew. Part of Johar’s caption on the post read “Team #LIGER wishes the LEGEND, @miketyson a very happy birthday! The big clash on-screen awaits!”.

Check out the video below:

Deverakonda also shared the video on his social media and captioned it “Happy Birthday @miketyson I never even dreamt of meeting you, forget all the things I got to do with you. You are a memory for life #Liger”.

Apart from Deverakonda and Panday, the upcoming film also stars Ronit Roy and Ramya Krishnan in prominent roles. The film will see Deverakonda, who is making his Hindi film debut with Liger, essay the role of a kickboxer. Jagannadh, Apoorva Mehta and Hiroo Yash Johar are the other producers on the film.

The upcoming film’s background score was composed by Mani Sharma and Tanishk Bagchi, while Junaid Siddiqui has edited the film. Vishnu Sarma has handled the cinematography of the sports drama.

Liger will hit the big screen on August 25, 2022. The pan India film will be released in the languages of Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.

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