Jackie Shroff opens up about his tough days as a struggling actor in the Hindi film industry. In a recent interview with Ranveer Allahbadia, the seasoned actor talked about his childhood growing up in Mumbai's Teen Batti chawl. Shroff said that while staying in a small room in the chawl, he was bitten by a rat.
Jackie Shroff recalles staying in a Mumbai chawl
Recalling his struggling days, Jackie said in Hindi, “I remember those years when I would stand outside chawl’s bathroom with my mug. There were seven small buildings and we had a total of three bathrooms for all the people of those buildings. There would be a line outside the toilet every morning because people would be in a hurry to go to work. This memory is still so fresh in my mind… that sometimes I still see myself standing in that line in my dreams.”
During the interview, Jackie was shown a picture of the same room and said, “I used to sit on the floor and eat, which is the best way to eat I think. My mother would cook and I would sit on the ground and eat. Those memories haven’t left my mind. I used to sleep on the floor of this room. I saw a snake in the corner of that room. Once a rat bit me and my mom. This I am talking about mid 60s that time around. I sometimes go there, it is a place where I grew up. I even told the landlord to give the space to me for rent but he said no. I told I would pay the same amount as others but he did not budge. I am still trying…”
Jackie Shroff upcoming projects
On the work front, the action-thriller ‘Baby John’, starring Varun Dhawan and Rashmika Mandanna, will be Jackie Shroff's next film. In Rohit Shetty's ‘Singham Again’, he portrays the antagonist, with major roles played by Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and Arjun Kapoor.