Jackie Shroff
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Jackie Shroff (born 1 February 1960) is an Indian actor. He has been in the industry for more than 28 years and has appeared in over 150 films.

Personal life

Jackie was born in the Gujarati-speaking Shroff family on February 1, 1960. His brother's name is Hemant, and they live in Bandra, Mumbai. He is a vegetarian.

He married his longtime girlfriend, Ayesha Dutt, who is a producer. Both husband and wife run Jackie Shroff Entertainment Limited. They have two children: a son, Jai, and a daughter, Krishna.

Career

He made his acting debut in a bit-role as a villain in the 1973 hit Heera Panna which starred Dev Anand. He then went on to act in another Dev Anand starer, Swami Dada.

Subhash Ghai signed him up for the 1983 hit Hero that catapulted him to stardom, followed by yet another hit Andar Bahar with Anil Kapoor as his co-star.

Since then there has been no looking back, as he went on to star in close to 150 movies. Since 2000 or thereabouts, he has appeared in a mainly character roles.

Awards

  • 1990: Won:Filmfare Best Actor Award
    Filmfare Best Actor Award
    The Filmfare Award for Best Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954....

    -Parinda
    Parinda
    Parinda is an award-winning 1989 Indian film directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Parinda is considered by many to be the turning point in reality in Hindi cinema, as the theme of the film discusses the real life of Indian underworld gangsters and the general life of residents in the city...

  • 1994:Nominated:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
    Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
    The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role...

    -Khalnayak
    Khalnayak
    Khal Nayak is a 1993 Hindi film produced, written and directed by Subhash Ghai. The story centres around the escape and attempted capture of a terrorist criminal, Ballu, by Inspector Ram and his girlfriend Ganga. Box office India declared the film a "super hit" at the box office...

  • 1995: Won:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
    Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
    The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role...

    -1942: A Love Story
    1942: A Love Story
    1942: A Love Story is a 1994 Bollywood film starring Anil Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa, and Pran. The film was the first ever to be given a U/A rating while featuring a scene, previously considered inappropriate for young children, showing the actors kissing...

  • 1996: Won:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
    Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
    The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role...

    -Rangeela
    Rangeela (film)
    Rangeela is a 1995 Hindi film directed by Ram Gopal Varma, and starring Aamir Khan, Jackie Shroff and Urmila Matondkar.Rangeela was music director A. R. Rahman's debut Hindi film with an original score, as the previous ones were dubbed from his Tamil scores...

  • 1997:Nominated:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
    Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
    The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role...

    -Agni Sakshi
  • 2002:Nominated:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
    Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
    The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role...

    -Yaadein
  • 2001:Nominated:Filmfare Best Villain Award
    Filmfare Best Villain Award
    The Filmfare Best Villain Award was given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise an actor who had delivered an outstanding performance in a negative role...

    -Mission Kashmir
    Mission Kashmir
    Mission Kashmir is a 2000 Bollywood film directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and starring Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta and Jackie Shroff as the main characters. Mission Kashmir follows the life and tragedy of a young boy named Altaaf after his entire family gets killed by...

  • 2003:Nominated:Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
    Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
    The Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role...

    -Devdas
    Devdas
    Devdas is a Bengali Romance novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. Essentially, it is a retelling of the Krishna, Radha, and Meera myths, the relationships between its three protagonists - Devdas, Parvati, and Chandramukhi - paralleling the Hindu deities'.-Plot summary:Devdas is a young man from...


  • 2007 - Special Honour Jury Award for Outstanding Contribution to Indian cinema

Other Information

Jackie Shroff was a judge on a magic show called India’s Magic Star broadcast on Indian channel Star One on a weekend.
The show began on the 3rd July 2010 and will run till the final India's Magic Star
India's Magic Star
India's Magic Star was an Indian reality show that aired on STAR One. It was hosted by Karishma Tanna. Every participant performed several magic tricks in this game show.The winner of this series was Tejas.-Concept:...

 is revealed.

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