Jackie Shroff’s journey from Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff to Jaggu dada and then to Jackie Shroff is nothing less than the script of a typical Bollywood masala movie. Jackie Shroff’s father was a well known astrologer and while Jackie was still a little boy, his father had predicted huge stardom for his son. Ā Jackie said, “My brother was the real Jaggu Dada of our chawl. He used to take care of our slum people, look after them when in need. But at a very young age, unfortunately my brother jumped into the sea to save someone and my brother did not know swimming so he also started drowning. I threw a cable line at him, he held onto it, was floating for few seconds but the cable slipped out of his hands. I was young and scared and I stood there watching him drown. After him, I decided I will look after my slum people just like he does and then I turned into Jaggu dada.”
