Liger - Saala Crossbreed is a 2022 Indian sports action drama film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh.

The film stars Vijay Deverakonda in a dual role as father and son, the titular MMA fighter “Liger” with stammering problems alongside Ananya Panday as his love interest, Ramya Krishna and Ronit Roy in pivotal roles, and American boxer Mike Tyson making an extended cameo appearance.

The songs are composed by Tanishk Bagchi, Sunil Kashyap, Jaani, DJ Chetas, Lijo George and Vikram Montrose.

Vijay Deverakonda who plays a MMA fighter with a stutter, underwent a dramatic physical transformation for his role and went to Thailand for martial arts training.

[8] After Janhvi Kapoor refused the offer due to dates issues, Ananya Panday was cast opposite Deverakonda.

[11] In September 2021, boxer Mike Tyson was signed for an extended cameo, thus making his acting debut in Indian cinema.

[31] The film was digitally streamed on Disney+ Hotstar from 22 September 2022 in Telugu and dubbed versions of Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada languages.

"[36] Janani K of India Today rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Liger is a convoluted sports drama with a lacklustre story.

"[38] Sonil Dedhia of News 18 rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Liger seems so long that by the end, I started feeling why did I get into this Aafat."

[39] Sudhir Srinivasan of The New Indian Express rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and called it 'a crossbreed between cringe and cliché.'

"[40] A reviewer for Bollywood Hungama rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "On the whole, Liger fails to impress due to its silly and bizarre narrative and poor writing.

"[41] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated the film 1 out of 5 stars and wrote, "There's nothing new or fresh about the ingredients that go into the making of this Liger.

"[42] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated the film 1 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Liger is massive mess of a movie that Vijay Deverakonda's newfangled physique and action chops cannot salvage.

"[43] Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com rated the film 1 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Director Puri Jagannadh's off-putting humour and ridiculous ambitions ensure Liger is a dead duck from the word go.

'[46] Sanyukta Thakare of Mashable India rated the film 0.5 out of 5 stars and said, "0.5 is for the longest fight montage I have even seen, also only good part of the movie.

"[48] Sanjukta Sharma of Moneycontrol noted in her review, "Devarakonda has the swagger of a testosterone bomb but has no consistence in his impersonation of either the lover or the fighter.

"[49] Monika Rawal Kukreja of Hindustan Times wrote in her review, "Puri Jagannadh's Liger is extremely flawed and below average for the hype it created."

[50] Shomini Sen of WION in her review noted, "Lots of mindless action sequences, arbitrary songs and a story that lacks logic- Liger feels like an ordeal to sit through.

"[51] Aditi Chavan of First India wrote in her review, "Overall, Liger is a meme-worthy asinine film that does not do justice as Vijay's Hindi debut.