Jackie Shroff

Jaikishen was born in the Gujarati-speaking Shroff family on February 1, 1957. His dad's name is Kakubhai, his brother's is Hemant, and they live in Bandra, Bombay in a bungalow named 'Le Pepeyon".A vegetarian, Jaikishen made his Bollywood debut in a bit-role as a villain in the hit _Heera Panna (1973)_ (qv) which starred 'Dev Anand'. He then went on to act in another Dev Anand movie, _Swami Dada (1982)_ (qv).It was 'Subhash Ghai' (qv) who signed him up for the hit _Hero (1983)_ (qv) that catapulted this handsome young man to stardom, followed by yet another hit _Andar Baahar (1984)_ (qv) with 'Anil Kapoor' (qv) as his co-star. Thus Jaikishen became the new Bollywood legend: 'Jackie Shroff' (qv).Since then there has been no looking back, as he went on to star in close to 150 movies with a career that spanned from 1973 onwards. Since 2000 or thereabouts he has appeared in a variety of character-roles, villain, comedian, and even as a ghost in _Bhoot Unkle_ (qv).He married his longtime girlfriend, 'Ayesha Shroff' (qv) (née Dutt), who is also a producer and both husband and wife run 'Jackie Shroff' (qv) Entertainment Limited. They have two children, a son, Jai (nickname Tiger), and a daughter, Krishna.::rAjOo