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I still work with my heart: Jackie
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 that 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. And recently, he was seen in JP Dutta’s Paltan.
Ask him if the criteria for doing a film changed over the years, and he says, “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.” The actor has not only worked in Bollywood, but has also branched out to movies in different languages such as Marathi, Kannada, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri and Gujarati in his career.
About if he ever plan to take a break, he says, “My work is my break. It takes me to different parts of the world and I get to meet different people.”
The 61-year-old adds that he aspires to remain healthy, and reciprocate the “love and affection to all the people who have made me who I am”.
Shroff, who is fondly called Jaggu dada by his fans, has often been labelled as the “cool dude of Bollywood”. About how does he look at this tag, Jackie, who is the father of actor Tiger Shroff, says, “I am what I was before joining films. Nothing has changed and I hope nothing will ever change. I’ll always remain the way I am.”
The Devdas (2003) actor says that he wants to work with his son Tiger. “I definitely want to work with Tiger someday. I would love for it to be a part of our film industry history,” adds the actor.