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. 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.”
