Jasjit Singh Shergill (Punjabi: ਜੀਮੀ ਸ਼ੇਰਗਿਲ) popularly known as Jimmy Shergill (born 3 December 1970) is an Indian actor
Early life
Shergill born in a Punjabi Sikh family in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, And at the age of 1, His family shifted to Patiala (Punjab) and studied in Punjab Public School(PPS), Nabha, and done his graduation from Government Bikram College of Commerce, Patiala.
[edit]Punjabi Films
As a punjabi, he has also made his contribution to develop the punjabi cinema by doing at least one punjabi film every year. He is the first punjabi actor who has made commitment to the punjabi cinema to help compete with the big budget hindi films. Mel Karade Rabba was his last punjabi film and was an all time blockbuster for a punjabi film as it broke all the records. The film made more than the hindi films that released on the same day even though it had very few screens/shows. The success cemented Jimmy shergill as the new punjabi hero and Jimmy shergill has now become a producer for the upcoming punjabi film dharti in which he will also be starring. Almost all of his punjabi films so far were hits/success and were his only solo hero hits of his career as other than punjabi films, he has had very little successful films as a lead.
He has acted in a number of Punjabi movies such as Mannat, Yaaran Naal Baharan, Tera Mera Ki Rishta, and Munde U.K. De and Mel Karade Rabba. His punjabi films have done really well in Punjab as well as overseas. Recently it has been announced that Jimmy Shergill will be producing and acting in a punjabi bi-lingual film titled Dharti. It will have most of the Mel Karade Rabba team including the director and gippy grewal and Jaswinder Bhalla. The rest of the cast is yet to be announced.
[edit]Film career
He started his career with Maachis, a movie based on terrorism in North India. The film was critically acclaimed and did reasonably well at the box office. Jimmy Shergill has since then worked in many films but only few have been successes. His most recent film is alongsideShahrukh Khan and Kajol in My Name is Khan. Jimmy Shergill played the role of Shahrukh's younger brother.
Of late, Shergill has been performing a variety of roles in various films such as Munna Bhai MBBS, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Delhi Heights andA Wednesday. He has been a critically acclaimed performer ever since his entry into Bollywood. His role in Mohabbatein was really appreciated. He went on to act in Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai and many other films post the success of Mohabbatein.
One of his best performances came in the movie Haasil where he plays the role of a college student who gets roped into the infamous student politics of Allahabad University
[edit]Personal life
Shergill is married to Priyanka Puri from Delhi and they have a son named Vir.
[edit]Filmography
- Maachis (25 October 1996) ...... Jaimal (Jimmy) (As Jasjit Shergill)
- Jahan Tum Le Chalo (15 January 1999)
- Mohabbatein (27 October 2000) ...... Karan Choudhry
- Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar (16 November 2001) ...... Jay Bharadwaj
- Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (7 June 2002) ...... Rohit
- Dil Hai Tumhaara (6 September 2002) ...... Samir (As Jimmy Shergil)
- Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (18 October 2002) ...... Hrithik Mittal
- Kehta Hai Dil Baar Baar (15 November 2002) ...... Sunder Kapoor
- Haasil (16 May 2003) ...... Aniruddha
- Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (19 December 2003) ...... Zaheer
- Agnipankh (27 February 2004) ...... Siddharth Singh
- Charas (7 May 2004) ...... Dev Anand
- Hum Tum (28 May 2004) ...... Mihir
- Yaara Naal Baharan (2005) ........ Navdeep Brar
- Silsilay (17 June 2005) ...... Tarun
- Prateeksha (1 July 2005) ...... Dr.Kishan Lal
- Yahaan (29 July 2005) ...... Captain Aman
- Umar (17 March 2006) ...... Shashank
- Tom, Dick, and Harry (12 May 2006) ...... Harry
- Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota (21 July 2006) ...... Hemant Punj
- Lage Raho Munna Bhai (1 September 2006) ...... Victor D'Souza
- Bas Ek Pal (15 September 2006) ...... Rahul Kher
- Mannat (October 2006) ..... Nihal Singh.
- Rehguzar (17 November 2006) ...... Rahul Khanna
- Eklavya: The Royal Guard (16 February 2007) ...... Udaywardhan
- Delhii Heights (30 March 2007) ...... Abi
- Raqeeb (18 May 2007) ...... Sunny Khanna
- Victoria No. 203 (31 August 2007) ...... Jimmy Joseph
- Chhodon Naa Yaar (5 October 2007) ...... Ravi
- Dus Kahaniyaan (7 December 2007)
- Strangers (14 December 2007)
- Hastey Hastey (30 May 2008) ...... Neel
- A Wednesday! (5 September 2008) ...... Arif Khan, ATS Officer
- Tera Mera Ki Rishta (21 April 2009) ....... Meet
- Munde U.K. De (2009) ..... Roop Singh.
- My Name Is Khan (12 February 2010) ..... Zakir Khan
- Mel Karade Rabba (16 July 2010) ..... Rajveer Gill
- A Flat (2010)
- Tanu Weds Manu (2010)---- set for release
- Game (2011 film)
- Dharti (Punjabi/hindi) .... Releasing in Mid 2011
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