Juhu firing: 13 arrests, Tiger is stressed, says Vidyut Jammwal

Vidyut Jammwal has opened up about his conversations with Tiger Shroff after the October 18 firing in Mumbai’s Juhu area, and his message is direct: the fear Tiger is carrying is not something to brush aside as a star problem. Speaking on Ranveer Allahbadia’s podcast, Jammwal said he advised Tiger not to stop playing football and not to let one violent evening shrink his life.

Tiger Shroff has built a career on high-octane action, which makes the real-life attempt on his life feel especially unsettling. Asked how Tiger is doing now, Jammwal kept his answer honest. “He is stressed, and he has every reason to be,” he said, adding that Tiger is otherwise good and “trying his best to get out of this.”

What Vidyut told Tiger

Jammwal said he reminded Tiger that not many people have experienced someone shooting at their face. It is the kind of thing soldiers face, not something a civilian can easily process. His point was simple: after an attempt on your life, being stressed is a proportionate response, not a sign of weakness.

That is why his advice was not to retreat. Jammwal said he told Tiger not to hold himself back or give up playing football — the very routine that was interrupted by gunfire.

The Juhu firing, in brief

• On October 18, three men on a motorcycle fired at Tiger Shroff’s car as he left a football game in Juhu.
• Tiger was not hit by any bullet.
• His driver and a bystander were injured and taken to hospital.
• Mumbai Police have so far arrested 13 people in connection with the case.

Why the bystanders upset him

Jammwal was among the first to post a video in support of Tiger, and he has now explained what pushed him to speak. He said he was angered by the idea that so many people captured the scene on camera but nobody moved. “This is the problem with our country,” he said. He expected at least one person — a driver, a rickshaw man, someone — to run toward the danger. Instead, he said, there were a hundred cameras and no heroes.

Psychologists have a name for what Jammwal is describing: the bystander effect. In a crowd, everyone assumes someone else will act, and so nobody does. The difference here is that the phones were out, but the instinct to help was not.

What it means for fans and security

For fans, the incident is a reminder that filming a crime is not the same as responding to it. Calling the police or shouting for security can change a scene; rushing toward a gunman is not safe, so intervention has to be smart rather than reckless.

The case is still active, and the emotional fallout will likely outlast the news cycle. The question now is whether Bollywood takes star security and mental health seriously enough that a routine football game never becomes a crime scene again. For Tiger, the immediate task is simpler: keep playing, keep healing, and let the investigation run its course.

Source: The Times of India