From Mumbai's chawl to Bollywood's 'hero'; a bus stand meeting changed Jackie Shroff's life

Bollywood is an industry where every day we get to see a new surprise. Here even ordinary actors sometimes become superstars, and the films of many big stars also fail at the box office. This industry has changed the fate of many people, and one of them is Jackie Shroff. Seeing the position Jackie Shroff is in today, it is difficult to believe that he once spent his childhood in Teen Batti Chawl in Mumbai. He spent about 30 years in this chawl. Jackie Shroff, who once faced a severe financial crisis, is today the owner of property worth crores, and his son Tiger Shroff is also counted among the big stars of Bollywood.

Jackie Shroff may be in whatever position he is today, but he has never forgotten where he came from. He still goes to that chawl where he spent his childhood in a 10X10 room. The memories of Jackie Shroff still reside in this chawl. Jackie Shroff used to sell peanuts outside theatres and paste movie posters. But who knew that one day his posters would be pasted outside these theatres? His films would run in these theatres and the public would shower love on him.

The story of how a boy from a Mumbai chawl became a Bollywood 'hero' is also very interesting. You will be surprised to know that he got his first film offer at a bus stand. Before entering the world of acting, one day Jackie Shroff was standing at a bus stand waiting for a bus in search of a job. A man passing by saw his height and offered him modelling. While modelling, he turned to films and worked in Heera Panna and Swami Dada in 1973.

The initial films of Jackie Shroff's career did not show anything special, but he did not give up. When he got Subhash Ghai's 'Hero', this film made him a hero. He became a star overnight. There was a line of directors outside his house, but even during this time, he did not leave his chawl. Even after becoming a blockbuster hero, he lived in the chawl, where many high-profile people used to come to meet him.

If Jackie was in the toilet, the producers and directors would stand outside the toilet and wait to cast him. Jackie Shroff worked in about 250 films in his career, some of which proved to be hits, some flops and some disasters. He worked in 51 flop and 69 disaster films in his career.