Jackie Shroff

Biography:

Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff, also known as Jackie Shroff, is a popular Indian actor and former model who predominantly appears in Hindi language films. He was born on February 1, 1957. As of 2020, Shroff has a career spanning over four decades and had appeared in over 220 films in 13 different languages. Among the honours he has garnered are four Filmfare Awards. Between the 1980s and 1990s, Shroff made a name for himself as one of Indian cinema’s top actors.

Jackie Shroff left school after his eleventh grade since his family was struggling financially. Due to his lack of credentials, he tried his hand at working as an apprentice cook at Taj Hotels and as a flight attendant at Air India, but he was turned down from both positions. Then he began working as a travel agent for a neighborhood business called “Trade Wings” next to the Jehangir Art Gallery. He was at the bus stop when an accountant for an advertising company saw him and inquired about his interest in modelling.

The following day, during his lunch break, Shroff travelled to the advertising agency (National advertising agency) near Flora Fountain, which is housed in the same building as Davar’s college. Shroff’s career as a model was began by this photo shoot for a suit shirt. In Dev Anand’s film Swami Dada, released in 1982, Shroff made his acting debut. He was coupled up with Meenakshi Sheshadri in the lead role of the 1983 film Hero, directed by Subhash Ghai. The movie was one of the biggest box office successes of 1983, both critically and financially. By the time of Hero, Shroff and Seshadri had both achieved sudden fame.

Regardless of the role that was offered, he kept working in Subhash Ghai films. After Hero, he worked on a number of additional films, including Andar Baahar. Both Jaanoo and Yudh achieved success. He directed Karma in 1986, which became the year’s highest-grossing movie. Kaash was the following movie he released. Later films like Dahleez and Sachché Ká Bol-Bálá received favourable reviews but bombed at the box office. However, he found success again thanks to films like Parinda, Tridev, and Ram Lakhan, which also earned him the filmfare award for best actor. He appeared in a number of popular films during the 1990s, including Saudagar, Angaar, Sapne Sajan Ke, Gardish, Khalnayak, 1942: A Love Story, Rangeela, Agnisakshi, Border, and Shapath. Shroff appeared in the family movie Bhoot Unkle in 2006.

He had an appearance in the 2010 film Bhoot and Friends. He appeared in a cameo in the Gurubhai Thakkar-directed movie Shraddha in The Name of God in 2011.

Shroff made his Konkani acting debut in the 2017 movie Soul Curry, which also earned him a prize. After that, he will star in Kantaar, a Konkani movie that will be released in 2019.