Jaikishen Kakubhai "Jackie" Shroff is an Indian actor. He has been in the Hindi cinema (Bollywood) industry for almost four decades and as of 2015 has appeared in 207 films in nine languages (Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu).
Shroff was born Jaikishen Kakubhai Shroff in Udgir, Latur, Maharashtra. His father, Kakabhai Haribhai Shroff, was a Gujarati and...Jaikishen Kakubhai "Jackie" Shroff is an Indian actor. He has been in the Hindi cinema (Bollywood) industry for almost four decades and as of 2015 has appeared in 207 films in nine languages (Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu).
Shroff was born Jaikishen Kakubhai Shroff in Udgir, Latur, Maharashtra. His father, Kakabhai Haribhai Shroff, was a Gujarati and his mother, Rita, was a Turk from Kazakhstan. They lived in the Teen Batti area of Malabar Hill, Mumbai. Before entering the film industry, he was a local toughie. He modelled in a few advertisements. It was director/producer Subhash Ghai who gave Shroff his screen name "Jackie" when he launched him in the film Hero.
Shroff was a judge on a magic show, India's Magic Star, broadcast on Indian channel Star One. The show began on 3 July 2010 and ended on 5 September 2010.
In 1982, Shroff made his acting debut in Dev Anand's movie, Swami Dada. In 1983, Subhash Ghai cast him in lead role for the movie, Hero, paired against Meenakshi Seshadri. The film was a success. He continued to work in Subhash Ghai movies, irrespective of any role that was offered. After hero he did several others films among which Andar Baahar. Jaanoo and Yudh were successful. In 1986 he did Karma which became the highest-grossing film of 1986. His next film to be released was Kaash. Later films, such as Dehleez and Sachche Ka Bol Bala were critically acclaimed but failed at the box office.
