Jimmy Shergill
, who gained widespread recognition with his debut film 'Maachis' and achieved fame with
Aditya Chopra
's '
Mohabbatein
', revealed a conscious effort to avoid typecasting. Despite being celebrated for his boy-next-door charm post 'Mohabbatein', Jimmy expressed a desire to explore diverse roles beyond the stereotypical 'chocolate boy' image.
In a recent interview with Bollywood Bubble, he disclosed that he went to the extent of returning signing amounts to certain producers. This decision aimed to prioritise versatility over predictability in his roles. He also said that after working a lot for the first two years, he returned the signing amount to a lot of people because he wanted to do something different. Because this chocolate boy thing was a little too much at the time. Everybody would say, ‘Why? This is amazing’ and he would say, ‘No, there is something inside me telling me that this won’t last for more than 2-3 years. The actor knew that he needed to look for... that’s where films like 'Munna Bhai', '
Haasil
', and 'Yahaan' came to him. These gave a different image and never let people get stuck in one particular image.
Jimmy
also talked about cutting his hair when he was 18 years old and said that he made a few mistakes.Shergill opened up about the emotional turmoil of not speaking with his parents, emphasising the profound pain associated with such estrangement. He shared that the experience of not communicating with one's parents is exceptionally agonising. He mentioned that it took approximately a year and a half for his parents to forgive him. The actor further added that maybe it was destiny, and it worked more than your plans. At that time, he could not even think that he would land in this industry, but maybe it was written. People call it a mistake, an incident, or an accident. Things happened, and he landed here.
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