Tiger Shroff will play small town lover-boy in Heropanti

Tiger Shroff's debut in Sajid Nadiadwala's production would take some doing. Shroff Junior plays a ruffian from a small North Indian town.

Tiger Shroff's debut in Sajid Nadiadwala's production would take some doing. Shroff Junior plays a ruffian from a small North Indian town.

No, he isn't doing another

. But yes, Tiger Shroff would be playing a character from a small parched dusty North Indian town. And therefore the dilemma facing the team is, how to keep the two stories and more importantly the two characters apart?

Tiger Shroff

Says a source, "The script written by Sanjeev Dutta who wrote

and

, takes Tiger's character in the Indian heartland. Though it's a completely different subject from

, the problem is how to keep the ambience and the characters apart."

For one, the idea of going to Lucknow has been completely discarded.

as possible. We want absolutely no comparison between Arjun and Tiger."

We hear the role requires loads of action and dancing. Tiger's twin forte and Arjun's weak points. Tiger confirms this. Says the excited debutant, "The action and dance are a big part of the script. I've been training really hard for those. And I don't need to unlearn those skills. But yes, there are a lot of new things I need to learn for the role."

And for this he needs at least six months of training…Over and above the rigorous training Tiger has been going through for the last four years, Tiger would now be training for the specific character.

Says Tiger, "I will be spending a month in the town chosen for shooting. Fortunately for me, I've never had any formal acting training before. So they can mould me any way they want for the character. I am already training to be in character."

Adds a source close to the film, "It's a love story set in a small town in North India. We're going to make sure no one sees even a hint of Arjun in Tiger. The director Sabir Khan was earlier going to make

with Shahid Kapoor. But when he got Sanjeev Dutta's script, he knew this was what he wanted to do with Jackie's son. The role has loads of action and dancing. Tiger is tough and also a lover-boy. It is just what audiences would expect from Jackie dada's son."

A hunt is on for a completely new face to star opposite Tiger. The girl is expected to be locked in within the next one month.