Jackie Shroff

Jackie Shroff

Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff (born 1 February 1957), popularly known as Jackie Shroff, is an Indian actor and former model who primarily works in Hindi films. In a career spanning over four decades as of 2020, Shroff has appeared in over 220 films in 13 languages. He has received several accolades including four Filmfare Awards. Shroff established himself as one of the leading actor of Indian cinema from the 1980s to the 1990s. After a small appearance in Swami Dada (1982), Shroff made his lead debut with Subhash Ghai's Hero (1983), which made him an overnight star. He went onto established himself with successful films such as - Teri Meherbaniyan (1985), Aaj Ka Daur (1985), Karma (1986), Ram Lakhan (1989) and Parinda (1989), winning Filmfare Award for Best Actor for the latter. The year 1993 proved a major year with successful films King Uncle, Khalnayak, Aaina and Gardish (1993). Hus other critical and commercial successes include 1942: A Love Story (1994), Rangeela (1995), Bandish (1996), Agni Sakshi (1996), Border (1997) and Bandhan (1998). In the 2000s, Shroff took on more supporting and negative roles in films such as Mission Kashmir (2000), Yaadein (2001), Devdas (2002), Baaz: A Bird in Danger (2003), Aan: Men at Work (2004), Bhagam Bhag (2006), Dhoom 3 (2013), Housefull 3 (2016), Bharat (2019) and Sooryavanshi (2021). Shroff's work in other languages include - Punjabi film Sardar Saab (2017), Konkani film Soul Curry (2017), Tamil film Bigil (2019) 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 including actor Tiger Shroff.

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