Three men opened fire on Tiger Shroff’s car as he left a sporting event in Juhu, the first real gunfight in the city’s film district in over two decades.
Shroff was seated in the front seat, ducking under the hail of bullets while the driver swerved. Two bystanders were hit and later hospitalized with minor wounds.
The attackers, later claimed by a member of the infamous Bishnoi gang, have been linked to a string of violent incidents across northern states.
Mumbai’s underworld once thrived on extortion, targeting producers like Mukesh Duggal and filmmakers such as Ajit Diwani, until a crackdown in the 2000s sent the big names to prison or the battlefield.
Now, the Bishnoi’s new focus on Bollywood mirrors a 2023 shootout that nearly felled Salman Khan, proving the gang is looking to replace old Mumbai bosses with a new generation of fear.
Security agencies are scrambling to patch gaps, but the real question is whether the industry can curb the appetite for notoriety, or if the guns will keep humming in the night.