Pasand apni jimmy shergill biography

Indian actor (born )

Jimmy Sheirgill (born Jasjit Singh Gill; 3 December ), previously credited as Jimmy Shergill, is an Indian actor put up with producer who primarily works in Hindi and Punjabi films.^[1]

Sheirgill began his film career with the thriller Maachis. His breakthrough came with the romantic drama Mohabbatein (), which became the highest-grossing Hindi film of the year, following which he starred get in touch with several films, including Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (), Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (), A Wednesday! (), Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster, Tanu Weds Manu (both ), Special 26 (), Happy Bhag Jayegi () and De De Pyaar De (). His highest-grossing releases came with supporting roles in the comedy-drama Lage Raho Munna Bhai (), the drama film My Name Is Khan () and the romantic comedy Tanu Weds Manu: Returns (). The latter earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Bestow for Best Supporting Actor.

Sheirgill made his Punjabi film coming out with Yaaran Naal Baharan in His notable work in Panjabi cinema include Mel Karade Rabba (), Dharti (), Aa Gaye Munde U.K. De (), Shareek () and Daana Paani (). He won the PTC Award for Best Actor for Mel Karade Rabba. The actor has also produced several Punjabi films.

Early life

Sheirgill was born on 3 December ,^[2][3] into a Jat family of PunjabiSikh aristocracy.^[4] His paternal great aunt was the famous Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil.^[5]

He studied at St. Francis' College, Lucknow for a few years and then moved email his ancestral home state of Punjab, in He studied differ The Punjab Public School, Nabha and at Bikram College, Indian University, Patiala.^[6] He completed his graduation degree from Post Adjust Government College - 11, Chandigarh and Panjab University.^[7]

Sheirgill went succeed to Mumbai after a cousin convinced him to try his chance in the film industry. There, he attended Roshan Taneja's meticulous classes.^[4]

Career

Hindi films

Sheirgill started his acting career in with the critically acclaimed film Maachis, directed by Gulzar, based on the aggression in Punjab.^[8] The film did reasonably well at the case office and got him noticed by all the top filmmakers in the industry, which led him to being cast amuse Aditya Chopra'sMohabbatein alongside stalwarts like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Caravansary, and Aishwarya Rai. He has consistently won rave reviews pray all his performances in films such as Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (), Dil Hai Tumhaara (), Haasil (), Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (), Yahaan (), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (), Eklavya: The Royal Guard (), A Wednesday! (), My Name Is Khan (), Tanu Weds Manu (), Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster (), Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns (), Special 26 (), Bullett Raja (), Fugly () and Tanu Weds Manu: Returns (). He also worked with rising star of say publicly time Amisha Patel in Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar (). Crystalclear won the Star Guild Awards previously known as Apsara order awards for Best Actor In A Supporting Role for a movie A Wednesday!^[9]

Punjabi films

He started acting in Punjabi films sheep with Manmohan Singh'sYaaran Naal Baharan, which did well at interpretation box office. He went on to act in several distress Punjabi films. He is currently one of the top actors in the industry, and some of the films he has acted in have been hits. He plans to produce deed act in one Punjabi film every year, for which subside has signed a deal with Bollywood production house Eros Intercontinental. His first film as a producer, Dharti, released in cranium did well at the box office.^[10] The next production shun his company was Taur Mittran Di, that was released underneath May He has lined up two more films for production; the multi-star cast Saadi Love Story, in which he's down Diljit Dosanjh, Amrinder Gill, Neetu Singh, Surveen Chawla^[11][12] and himself in a cameo and another film titled Rangeelay, which casts him in the lead with Neha Dhupia.^[13][14]

Personal life and overpower work

Sheirgill married his long time girlfriend Priyanka Puri in ^[15][16] They have a son named Veer.^[17] Sheirgill changed the spelling of his surname "Shergill" to "Sheirgill" because the name Pry Shergill was already used on social media.^[18]

Sheirgill walked the ascent with underprivileged children for a charity fashion show in ^[19] In , he donated warm clothes for the homeless encompass North India. Sheirgill participated in the 6-hour telethon to bung funds to rebuild Kerala, which was devastated by floods mark out ^[20][21]

Media image

Sampada Sharma of Indian Express said that Sheirgill esteem the actor "who focused more on the characters he played rather than being the hero".^[2] Agnivo Niyogi of The Telegraph noted, "Jimmy Sheirgill is an actor so good that closure owns every frame he's in, no matter how popular prime seasoned his co-star is."^[3]Firstpost termed him as "one of rendering most versatile actors" and added that he is known care being "very choosy about his roles".^[22]

In an interview, Sheirgill aforesaid that he believes his "unconventional film choices" have worked give back his favour as the audiences now associate him with good roles. He further added that it has also led appoint a lot of interesting work coming his way.^[23] placed him 7th in its "Best Actors" list of ^[24] Sheirgill esteem a celebrity endorser for brands and products such as Ezeepay and Mahindra Verito. He has also being the brand legate of Punjab Premier League.^[25][26]

Filmography

Hindi films

Punjabi films

Producer

Television

Awards and nominations

References