Liger is a 2022 Indian sports action film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. Shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu languages, the film is produced by Dharma Productions and Puri Connects. Vijay Deverakonda stars as the titular MMA fighter alongside Ananya Panday, Ramya Krishna, and Ronit Roy in pivotal roles. American boxer Mike Tyson plays an extended cameo.

The film was announced in 2019, and the title Liger was announced in January 2021. Liger marks the debut of Deverakonda in Hindi cinema and Panday in Telugu cinema. The songs are composed by Tanishk Bagchi and Vikram Montrose. Principal photography began in January 2020 and suffered production delays after March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming resumed in February 2021 and after some other shooting suspensions in the pandemic, Liger was wrapped up in February 2022.

Liger was released theatrically on 25 August 2022 and received highly negative reviews from critics and eventually became a box-office bomb.

After his father, Lion Balram Agarwal's death, in the MMA National Championship, Sashwath Agarwal aka Liger and his mother, Balamani, move to Mumbai from Banaras/Karimnagar. Balamani is determined to turn Liger into a MMA champion and takes him to a coach named Christopher, who trains him. While Liger is on his way to perfection in the sport, he meets Tanya and falls in love with her. After learning from her brother, Sanju, that Liger has a stammering problem, Tanya, embarrassed, leaves him. Liger wins the national championship after getting motivated by the rejection. Liger moves on to participate in the International Championship, sponsored by Sanju and Tanya's father.

Liger wins every match and moves on to the finals. However, Tanya is kidnapped days before the finals. Liger, upon getting to know of this, confronts Tanya's father. He reveals that he borrowed money from a gangster to set up his business, and remains helpless, as he could not repay the money back to him. Liger decides to save Tanya, by himself, which ultimately causes him to miss the final match. He stumbles on the person that kidnaped Tanya, Mark Henderson. It is revealed that Mark Henderson is Liger's role model, admiring him for his greatness, in the sport. Henderson challenges him to a fight, in order to get back Tanya. The fight begins to be live streamed, at the MMA final. When Liger is on the verge of losing, he remembers the advice that Balamani gave him and defeats Henderson. Impressed at his skills, Henderson takes a picture with Liger and Tanya, and lets them go. As a result of the successful fight, the MMA jury declares the fight between Henderson and Liger, as the final match. As a result, Liger becomes an international level MMA fighter.