Jimmy Sheirgill completed 25 years in Bollywood this year. He made his acting debut in the year 1996 with the film Maachis but only made a breakthrough in 2000 with the film Mohabbatein.

He expressed how he didn’t have the luxury to wait for lead roles and took anything interesting that came his way. He said that he didn’t focus on only playing lead roles.

He has played prominent supporting roles in many hit films including Munna Bhai MBBS, Hum Tum, Tanu Weds Manu, and Special 26.

Recently, in an interview with radio host Siddharth Kannan, he was asked how he managed to be a part of Bollywood for such a long period of time.

He said, “Mera toh iss industry mein koi nahi tha toh mujhe isi tareeke se apna career dikha, ki kahin kuch interesting mila woh kar liya, yeh nahi socha ki main sirf hero hi karunga aur uske baad phir do saal ghar pe baitha reh gaya. Woh sab luxury mere paas nahi thi isliye mujhe woh saare roles choose karne pade jo maine kiye finally (I did not have a godfather in this industry so I just took up any interesting roles that came my way. I did not think that I would only play the hero and then sat at home for two years waiting. I did not have that luxury, so I chose the roles I ended up doing).”

He further added, “Kai baar log mereko poochte hai, ‘Aapko kya zaroorat thi? Aap achcha bhala hero ka role kar rahe the. Aapko yeh chhota role karne ki kya zaroorat thi? Usse aap typecast ho gaye, uss wajah se aapko aise roles milte hai’ (People often ask me why I took up small roles after playing the lead role and tell me that I got typecast in supporting roles). I turn around and say, ‘Boss, at that point of time, that was the best option for me and I chose it and I went ahead and did it. I am proud and glad that I did that.’ That’s how it has been, it’s not that I have got anything on a platter.” 

Jimmy was recently seen in the film Collar Bomb alongside Asha Negi. He has a huge fan following and many of his fans also believe that he is an underrated actor.

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