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“Your face is so gorgeous.”
He is affectionately called Jackie Dada.
His name was Jai Kishan Shroff.
In Bollywood he became Jackie Shroff.
Jackie Shroff was born on 1st January 1957.
Jackie spent his childhood in a small shanty..
..in Walkeshwar, Mumbai.
It’s said that before entering the film industry..
..Jackie Shroff actually did some hooliganism.
That’s why people started calling him Jackie Dada..
..out of fear as well as love.
Come on. Give me protection money.
Protection money? - Yes. Protection money.
I collect protection money from all the shops in this area.
You see, you are new. So you don’t know.
Give me protection money quietly.
He had good looks.
That’s why he started with modeling.
In the beginning of 80s, legendry Dev Anand..
..gave Jackie Shroff a break in the movie ‘Swami Dada’.
And in 1983 Subhash Ghai made this new face a hero.
The movie was also called ‘Hero’.
In this movie Meenakshi Sheshadri was opposite him.
After this movie Jackie Shroff never looked back.
He formed a good pairing with Subhash Ghai.
Be it ‘Karma’, ‘Saudagar’, ‘Ram Lakhan’.
Jackie Shroff acted in all these films.
This superstar has worked in 150 films.
And his pairing with Anil Kapoor was magical.
I have found a true friend like you with great difficulty.
And I don’t want to lose you at any cost.
Be it ‘Yudh’, ‘Andar Bahar’, ‘Karma’, ‘Ram Lakhan’..
..or ‘Parinda’.
Both shared a great bond in all these films.
Jackie Shroff achieved super stardom in 80s itself.
And it was believed that Jackie can only do action films.
In 1987, Mahesh Bhatt’s film ‘Kaash’..
..saw him giving an emotional performance with Dimple Kapadia.
And he proved that he is a complete actor.
“I took your name. I missed you.”
“I missed you. I took your name.”
He won the best actor award for ‘Parinda’.
And he won the best supporting actor..
..for ‘1942, A Love Story’.
Gradually Jackie Shroff started playing negative roles too.
In ‘Mission Kashmir’, his performance was acclaimed.
I stayed to bring a gift for you.
He played the role of Chunni Babu in ‘Devdas’ quite well.
In 80s Jackie Shroff married his girlfriend Ayesha Dutt.
He has two children.
His son’s name is Jai Hemant.
But he is affectionately called Tiger.
And his daughter’s name is Krishna.
By 90s from leading roles Jackie Shroff had started playing..
..character roles.
And the value of the movie in which Jackie Shroff has acted increases.
On the silver screen Jackie Shroff..
..outshines the greatest actors.
Sir! Sir! Sir!
It’s really nice meeting you, sir.
Oh!
He is talented enough to play all kinds of roles.
Be it television shows or films.
“Akar Bakar Bombay..”
Bloody!
Jackie Shroff works with commitment.
There are no two ways that in the history of Indian cinema..
..Jackie Shroff is a superstar.
And his name will always be taken with pride.
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