Jackie Shroff

Jackie Shroff
Shroff in 2011
Born
Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff

(1957-02-01) 1 February 1957 (age 67)
Bombay, Bombay State, India
Other namesJaggu Dada[1]
OccupationActor
Years active1982–present
WorksFull list
Spouse
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(m. 1987)​
ChildrenTiger Shroff
Krishna Shroff
RelativesRanjan Dutt (father-in-law)

Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff[1] (born 1 February 1957), known by his screen name Jackie Shroff, is an Indian actor and former model from Mumbai, Maharashtra, who primarily works in the Hindi film industry. In a career spanning over four decades, he has appeared in 250 films in 13 languages.[n 1][2][3] He has received several accolades including four Filmfare Awards. Shroff established himself as one of the leading actors of Indian cinema in the 1980s and the 1990s.

After an uncredited small appearance in Swami Dada (1982), Shroff made his lead debut with Subhash Ghai's blockbuster actioner Hero (1983), which made him an overnight star.[4][5] He went onto establish himself as an actor with hit films, almost every year in 1980s and 90s and went to win the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Parinda.[6] His other critical and commercial successes, include Tridev (1989), Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri (1990), Angaar (1992), Khalnayak (1993), Rangeela (1995), Agni Sakshi (1996), Border (1997) and Bandhan (1998).[7][8]

In the 2000s, Shroff took on more supporting and negative roles in Refugee, Mission Kashmir (both 2000), Devdas (2002), Hulchul (2004), Dhoom 3 (2013), Happy New Year (2014), and Sooryavanshi (2021). Shroff has worked in films of other languages including Punjabi film Sardar Saab (2017), Konkani film Soul Curry (2017), Tamil films Bigil (2019), Jailer (2023) and Telugu film Saaho (2019).

In addition to his acting career, Shroff is an environmentalist. He is married to model and producer Ayesha Dutt, with whom he has two children, actor Tiger Shroff and entrepreneur Krishna Shroff.[9]

  1. ^ a b "Dekhiye Jaggu Dada Ki Cute Dadagiri Hamari Office Me || Mukesh Khanna || Jackie Shroff ||the MK Show". YouTube. Bheeshm International. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  2. ^ Chakravarty, Durga (20 October 2018). "I still work with my heart: Veteran actor Jackie Shroff (IANS Interview)". Business Standard India. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ^ Jackie Shroff at IMDb
  4. ^ "2018 Has High Number Of Blockbusters". 9 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Top Actors". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  6. ^ Pinto, Jerry (April 1997). "Tangy titbits from the Filmfare past". Filmfare. Archived from the original on 5 July 1998. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Rangeela - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Border - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  9. ^ "8 facts you didn't know about Tiger Shroff". Rediff. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2022.


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