Jackie Shroff

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"Jackie Shroff was born in Udgir, in Latur District in Maharashtra. His father a Gujarati was married to a Turk Lady from Kazakhstan. They moved to Teen Batti Area in Malabar Hill and their bungalow was named ‘ Le Papeyon’. Before entering the film Industry , Jackie Shroff started with a modeling career and did a few advertisements.. He was introduced by Subhash Ghai in the film Industry who also gave him the name of Jackie Shroff from Jaikishen during the launch of his film Hero. He has a brother Hemant who lived in Mumbai died of drowning . He has two older sisters. His mother was a Turkis Muslim name Hoorunnisa but she had converted herself to a Hindu and thus changed her name to Rita."

The handsome Sauvé looked Jackie Shroff married his long time charming girlfriend Ayesha Dutt who was also a film actress but lesser known as an actor as she quit the film industry shortly after her marriage to Jackie Shroff. She later became the film producer. The couple together runs a media company called the Jackie Shroff Entertainment Limited. They jointly also hold shares in the Sony TV since its launch in 2012 and their term ended in 2015 over their stake over the Television company. Jackie Shroff has two children, Tiger Shroff who is one of the most popular and budding star today and a daughter Krishna. Ayesha Shroff ( Nee Dutt) is the daughter of a Bengali Pilot and a Belgian Mother Lady Claude Maria Dutt De Cavey from whom she has those typical Belgian looks and their son Tiger Shroff resembles his mother strongly and stands apart in the film industry with his handsome looks.

"Jackie Shroff the dashing looking actor soon became popular for his looks and also did a small role as a villain in the film Heera Panna in 1973 which had Dev Anand in the lead role. After his hit film Hero he signed up many more films and gave another hit film Andar Baahar in 1984 co-starring with Anil Kapoor. Since then there was no looking back for the actor and he acted in films close to as 150 with a career span that started in the year 1973 . Since 2000 he reappeared in a variety of films in character roles as a villain, comedian and even a ghost in Bhoot Unkle in 2006. He proclaims his fan following for the yester heroine Asha Parekh. He did several films like Osho Raja that was shelved and few other films that never saw the limelight.However that did not stop Jackie Shroff in his attempt to make it big. He has acted as special appearance in many films like Pyar Hamari Zindagi in 1990 produced by Ramsingh Thakur and D. R. Chandra Jackie Shroff has been in the film Industry since the early 80’s and has not only acted in Hindi films but has also acted in Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telegu, and is said to have acted in over 200 films till date. His first film was in Dev Anand’s Swami Dada in the year 1982 . In 1983, he was cast in the lead role for the film Hero paired with Meenakshi Seshadri. The film was a super success with which Jackie Shroff established himself as a Bollywood actor. He continued to work with the Subhash Ghai banner . After the success of the film Hero he acted in several other films like Andar Baahar, Jaanoo and Yudh which was a successful film. In 1986 he acted in the film Karma which is said to be one of the highest grossing films of that year . What followed was his films like Kaash, Dahleez and Sacche Ka Bol Bala which were critically acclaimed films but failed to do well at the Box Office. Although he earned the name and fame , success and recognition, it was mostly by the supporting roles he acted in that captured the audience interest . In 1992 in the film Angaar he played the role of youth who is frustrated with the corrupt system. His role in the film Gardish in 1993 is still remembered by his fans and is considered to be one of the best of his work till date, in which he plays the role of a common man fighting against society criminal entities. His other popular supporting actor roles are the films Rangeela as a Superstar , Ram Sinha Police Inspector in the film Khalnayak, Chunnila in 2002 Devdas and a freedom fighter in the film Sbhuhankar in 1942 A Love Story. He also played the role of a villain in the most recent, Happy New Year by Farha Khan. Recently he won the accolades for his outstanding performance in the 2005 Bengali Film Antar Mahal directed by Rituparno Ghosh. And a few more comedy films like Bhagam Bhag, Apna Sapna Money Money. In 2007 he appeared in the multi-starrer film Fool and Final by Ahmed Khan. He did a film Aaina a Yashraj film with Amrita Singh and Juhi Chawla. The films that he has done are Jaanoo, Mard Ki Zabaan, Daku Hasina, Falak, Ram Lakhan, Sikka, Vardi, 100 Days, Saudagar, King Uncle, Khalnayak, Hasti, Angaar, Police Officer, 1942 A Love Story , Gardish , Stuntman, Milan, Trimurti, Agni Saakshi, Kalinga, Talaashi, Return Of Jewel Thief , Bandish, Share Bazaar, Border,Shapath, Gang, Jung, Refugee, Mission Kashmir, One 2 Ka 4 , Halla Bol, and Shakti to name a few ."