Jackie Shroff Debut: Jackie Shroff is one of the veteran and best actors of Bollywood. Whenever his name is taken, Aye Bhidu comes to everyone’s mind. He has his own unique style for which he is known. Jackie has created a distinct identity in the industry because of her style. His style of talking is such that everyone goes crazy about him but it was not easy for Jackie to debut in the industry. When Jackie made his debut, he neither knew acting, nor dancing nor singing. This was told by Subhash Ghai, who launched it himself. But because of one thing about him, Subhash Ghai had agreed to cast him in his film. Let us tell you how he debuted in the industry.
Jackie Shroff entered Bollywood with the film Hero. Meenakshi Sheshadri was seen in the lead role with him in this film. Hero, directed by Subhash Ghai, proved to be a superhit. Subhash Ghai had told in a recent interview how he had decided to cast Jackie Shroff.
I didn’t know how to act
Subhash Ghai talked about Jackie Shroff in a conversation with Brut. He said- I wrote the story of the hero. Then I started searching for a new boy and girl. Jackie was introduced by my friend Ashok Khanna. He brought Jackie to my house. Meet this model type boy. So I said okay. The first question I asked Jackie was – Do you know dance? He said- no. Do you know the song? He said- no. Do you know acting? No. He spoke directly and I fell in love with him. I like honest people. The second thing I saw was intensity on his face. There is an intensity in people who have been beaten by life. There is a different pain in his eyes. I wanted that face.
told your story
Subhash Ghai further said- After that I gave him the dialogue and kept a small camera. Told the video camera person to turn it on and asked Jackie to memorize the dialogue and speak. He said that Sir, this dialogue will not be spoken to me. This is one page of two pages. Subhash Ghai told him that you don’t speak dialogue, let’s talk. You tell me your story. Whenever someone tells the story of his home, it becomes real. Gets emotional. Then he told them the story of how his brother drowned in the sea while saving someone. How did he become serious? We recorded all that twenty minutes. I said now you go, we will meet tomorrow.
This is how we became heroes
Subhash Ghai further said- At night I called my writers and showed them the video. Look he is telling his story. All of them also liked it very much. The next day I called him and said that this is the story, you are my hero of the picture. He was shocked. He told me, Sir, I don’t know how to act… I said, I know, I don’t know how. But you will do it and this is how Jackie Shroff became a hero actor.
Talking about Hero, this film was released in 1983. This film of Subhash Ghai proved to be a superhit. Sanjeev Kumar, Shammi Kapoor and Amrish Puri were also in this film.
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