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Entertainment News: Jackie Shroff: Bollywood's best actor Jackie Shroff has lost both his mother and father. His parents died years ago. Jackie Shroff was very close to his father Kaku Bhai Shroff and mother Rita Shroff. Jackie has also talked about his parents on many occasions. Once he told such an anecdote related to his mother, which will make you emotional too. The actor touches his mother's picture every day and shows it the sun. Let's know what is the reason behind Jackie Shroff doing this?
Jackie Shroff has made a wonderful journey from rags to riches. The boy who once lived in a chawl in Mumbai later became an actor. Then a star and then a superstar. But, even after reaching such a high position, Jackie remained connected to his roots, his culture. Today we are going to tell you an incident related to this.
Jackie Shroff's mother Rita was from Kazakhstan. When there was a coup in Kazakhstan, his mother saved her life from there and came to Lahore at a young age. After this she came to India. However, she is no longer in this world. The actor first lost his father and then his mother.
Talking about his mother in an interview, Jackie had said that he touches his mother's picture every day after taking a bath. After this, Jackie shows his mother's picture towards the sun. There is a very emotional reason behind his doing this. The actor further said, "Because she (Jackie Shroff's mother) used to worship the sun every morning."
Before starting his career as an actor, Jackie did many odd jobs. He used to sell peanuts, gram and cigarettes. But later he did modelling and then came to Bollywood. He started his career as a lead actor with the 1983 film 'Hero'. Jackie became a star overnight with his first film.