Jackie Shroff: I still work with my heart
22 October, 2018
He has a career spanning over four decades in the Hindi film industry and, as of 2017, has appeared in over 200 films. Actor Jackie Shroff, who has over five movies waiting to release now, says he still works with his heart.
Jackie made his acting debut in 1982 with Dev Anand's Swami Dada. A year later, he was cast in a lead role for the movie Hero, after which he was seen in a string of hits like 'Yudh', 'Karma', 'Ram Lakhan', 'Tridev', 'Parinda', 'Saudagar', 'Khalnayak', '1942: A Love Story and Rangeela'.
He was recently seen on-screen in J.P. Dutta's Paltan. "Nothing has changed. I still work with my heart. Some people take me in the films thinking it will change their life or film. Sometimes I look at the banner, sometimes at the script and sometimes at the director.
But emotions is something I am associated with," Jackie said. Jackie, whose given name is Jai Krishan Kakubhai Shroff, has not only worked in Bollywood, but has also branched out to movies in different languages like Marathi, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri and Gujarati in his career.
The 'Devdas' actor says he wants to work with Tiger. "I definitely want to work with Tiger someday. I would love for it to be a part of our film industry history," added the actor, who is the brand ambassador of Thalassemia India.