Trivia

Real surname is " Saraf" that was later changed to Shroff by his father.

Has two children, a son and a daughter.

On June 16, 2005, he admitted to being a fan of the former actress Asha Parekh.

Older brother Hemant Shroff died from drowning.

Mother in law name is Claude Marie Dutt de Cavey. She passed away in 2010.

One of the first articles about Jackie Shroff appeared way back in Cineblitz June 1981. This was 2 years before his first release Hero.The article was titled "Here They Come". The article also covered Arati Gupta Dalip Tahil Maureen Lestoergeon Ardhendu Bose Sofia Khan Sabita Dhanrajgir Kalpana Iyer Suresh Oberoi Deepak Parashar.

Was linked to Tina Munium's niece Leena Somaiya in the early 1980's. She was a model and trying to become a actress. Years later she migrated to Australia and became a famous author. She is now known as Lina Ashar .

Jackie's mother was a Turkish Muslim named Hoorunnisa. She converted after marriage and took the name Rita.

Starred in Osho Raja (Ashok Tyagi) shelved film " Devyani" Based on the murder of India Express journalist Shivani. This was in 2003. Co starring Krishna Abhishek, Danny Denzongpa, Shruti Sharma, Ravi Kishen, Farha, Shakti Kapoor. Jackie was playing the role of the accused killer Haryana Inspector R.K. Sharma, who is in the Tihar jail. Shivani was found murdered in her Delhi apartment.

Starred in the shelved film, JSEL's "Aatma" (1997) Starring Jackie Shroff, Mamta Kulkarni,Raymon Singh, Suresh Oberoi,Music by Nadeem Shravan, Produced by Jackie Shroff, Directed by Tulsi Ramsay, Shyam Ramsay. Reels:3.

Starred in the shelved movie Jackie Shroff Entertainemnt LTD's "Humse Pyar Mat Karna" (1996) Starring Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Music by Nadeem Shravan,Directed by Anil Sharma.Reels:2.

Starred in the shelved film " Vivash" (2003). Starring Jackie Shroff, Lucky Ali, Rajpal Yadav, Directed by Sandeep D. Shinde.

Jackie Shroff is the only leading man to star opposite a mother ( Moon Moon Sen in Andhar Bahaar) and daughter ( Riya Sen in Tum Ho Na).

Jackie Shroff was approached for the film Shart. The problem was his astrologer father kept telling Jackie what day would be lucky for him to sign the film. The dates kept changing . Ketan Anand got irritated by this situation.Finally Ketan Anand got word Jackie would be unable to do the film for unknown reasons. Kanwaljeet was signed to replace him.

Original choice for The Don (1995).

Subhash Ghai went to sign Jackie Shroff to play Madan Puri's son Ponchi (the role done by gautam sarin) for Vidhaata. But when Subhash Ghai met Jackie, he had requested him not to do Vidhaata, instead he told Jackie not to sign any film. He told Jackie to wait for him and sign hos production Hero.

His secretary Mukesh Aggarwal sang 2 songs.In Sapne Saajan Ke and Sangram.

Father in law name is Ranjan Dutt. He was a Bengali pilot. He was married to a Belgian lady Claude Marie Dutt De Cavey.

Was signed for 88 Antop Hill and was replaced by Atul Kulkarni.

Signed K Shashi Lal Nair for his shelved home production "Woh Kaun Thi" Co starring Nandita Das and Sushmita Sen. This was in 2001.

When the unreleased movie Sangam Hoke Rahega was launched in 1990, Jackie Shroff was the main lead. He was later replaced by Emraan Khan in 1992.

Did a Special Appearance in the shelved movie "Pyar Hamari Zindagi" in 1990. Produced by Ramsingh Thakur and D.R. Chandra. directed by P. Balshanker.Music Raam Laxman. Co starring Shreeram Lagoo,Jayshree Gadkar,Raza Murad, Aruna Irani,Vikram Ghokale,Bharat Bhushan,Mohan Choti.

Starred in Jackie Shroff Entertainment's shelved film,"Raju Raja Ram". Starring Jackie Shroff, Govinda, Salman Khan, Manisha Koirala, Rakesh Bedi. Produced by Jackie Shroff , Avinash Adik, Prakash Jaju. Music by Anu Malik. Directed by David Dhawan. This was in 1997. The film was finally made as Tom Dick and Harry in 2006.

Starred in the completed and unreleased, Viraj Motion Pictures "Siddhant" ( Sautela). Starring Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Suresh Oberoi, Danny Denzongpa, Mahesh Anand, Arjun,Ashok Saraf, Aruna Irani, Goga Kapoor. Music by Charanjit-Babloo. Produced by Nemish Mehta,Suparna Singh. Directed by Ashok Gaikwad. This was in 1993.

Starred in the shelved film, Smita Films International "Lankeshwar". Starring Jackie Shroff,Juhi Chawla. Produced by Ajay Kumar Garg, Mukul Aggarwal. Music by Nadeem Shravan. Directed by Ravi Raja. This was in 1993.

Starred in the shelved film, Sarvam Darshanam Chitram Chitrakala Mandir's "Bhai Log" (2000). Starring Jackie Shroff, Sharad Kapoor,Poonam Jhaver,Meghna Desai,Muskaan, Mac Mohan,Sudhir Tinnu Anand,Raza Murad. Music Bappi Lahiri. Produced Umesh Sharma, Directed by Ajay Das.

Starred in the shelved film, J.S. Films "Tabdili" (1998). Starring Jackie Shroff, Sharad Kapoor, Simran. Produced by K.N.Pimple, S.N. Pimple. Directed by Ashok Gaikwad.

Starred in the shelved film ,R.S. Films Internationals "Ahsaan Faramosh" (1999). Starring Jackie Shroff(Special Appearance),Rajesh Sabharwal,Jai Kirti,Shakti Kapoor. Produced by Reshma Patel, Directed by Abdul Aziz.

Starred in the shelved film, New Age Productions, "Chupa Hain Kya Dil Mein"(1998). Starring Jackie Shroff, Arshad Warsi, Mamta Kulkarni, Sharbani Mukherjee, Suresh Oberoi,Milind Gunaji. Music by Adesh Srivastav, Produced by Kamal Zaman,Furqan Ahmed. Directed by Partho Ghosh.

Starred in the shelved film, United Films Combined "Dil Ke Aas Paas" ( Previously titled Mastana)in 1998. Starring Jackie Shroff,Govinda, Mahima Chaudhary, Rambha (Special Appearance),Anjan Srivastav,Jaspal Bhatti,Satyen Kappu,Tiku Talsania,Indira Krishnan,Nirmal Pandey,Arun Govil,Avtar Gill,Upasana Singh,Music by Rajesh Roshan. Produced by Kamlesh Doshi, Vasant Doshi,Directed by Partho Gosh.

Starred in F.K.F. Productions shelved film " Sitam" ( Previously titled Tum). Starring Jackie Shroff,Saif Ali Khan, Preeti Jhangiani,Aftab Shivdasani, Bipasha Basu, Sakshi Sivanand,Johny Lever. Music by Nikhil Vinay, Directed by E Niwas.This was in 2002.

Starred in the shelved film "Jigarbaaz" (1997. Starring Jackie Shroff, Akshay Kumar, Manisha Koirala, Mamta Koirala, Amrish Puri, Bindu. Produced by Ashish Balram Nagpal. Music by Jaideep Kamal. Directed by Robin Banerjee. Plot centres around a young man who finds out the truth about his illegitimate birth and the cruel treatment meted out to his mother by his real father. He return to his native village to avenge the injustice and falls in love with a young woman who turns out to be his half sister.

Starred in the unreleased and completed film Shantanu Sheorey Film's "Jadh". Starring Jackie Shroff, Arjun Rampal, Tabu, Smriti Mishra (Replaced Sonali Bendre), Pooja Batra ( Special Appearnce), Prem Chopra, Ranjeet, Sayaji Shinde, Sachin Khedekar, Ritesh Sinha,Tom Alter. Music Leslie Lewis. Produced and Directed by Shantanu Sheorey. This was in 1997 and was to be Arjun Rampal's debut film. The film was based on the book "Thank You Mr. Glad", written by Marathi writer Anil Barve. Hrishikesh Mukherjee had bought the rights to the film in the 1980's. He wanted to cast Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan in the film. Years later Jackie Shroff and Arjun Rampal stepped into their roles.

Starred in the shelved film, Roopa Films " Hum Toh Jaate Apne Goan" (1998). Starring Mithun Chakraborthy, Jackie Shroff, Sheetal Bedi,Jyoti, Shakti Kapoor,Ismat Merchant,Rajoo Kariya,Raju Shrestha. Music by Ghulam Ali. Produced and Directed by Mahendra Shah.

In 1979, Producer, Director O.P. Ralhan was making his biggest film ever " Ashoka The Great". The budget of the film was massive with a British historian working on the script . Ralhan was auditioning new faces for the title role. Jackie Shroff had sent in his picture and gave a audition for the film.The film ended up being shelved . It was finally made with Shah Rukh Khan and Santosh Sivan in 2001.

Starred in the shelved movie, Jackie Shroff Entertainment Limited's "Nagrik"(2000). Directed by K Shashilal Nair. The film was to be made a decade later with actor Mashhoor Amrohi and Esther in the lead. The film was to be produced by Tajdhar Amrohi and directed by K Shashilal Nair.

Starred in Sudhakar Bokade's shelved film "Money Mooney Money" directed by Lawrence Dsouza. Starring Jackie Shroff, Tabu, Vikas Kalantri, Aslam Khan, Shrestha. Music by Bali Brahmabhatt. This was in 2004.

Starred in Sandip Shinde's untitled film that was shelved. Starring Jackie Shroff, Lucky Ali, Rajpal Yadav. Directed by Navneet Saini. This was in 2005.

Signed the film "Agnibandhan"(1994). Starring Jackie Shroff, Sri Devi,Sanjay Dutt.Produced by Sudhakar Bokade and directed by Lawrence DSouza . Later the lead cast opted out and Saif Ali Khan,Pooja Bhatt,Atul Agnihothri was signed. The film's title was changed to Sambandh. The film would not release for over 13 years due to legal problems. It was finally released with the title "Sanam Tere Kasam".

Starred in shelved film Bhagavati Pictures "Chaal Pe Chaal"(1993) Starring Jackie Shroff (Double Role), Chunky Pandey (Double Role),Kader Khan (Double Role),Divya Bharti, Anu Aggarwal, Kiran Kumar,Tej Sapru,Kunika,Raja Bundela,Music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Produced by R. Joshi, Directed by Partho Gosh.

Starred in the shelved untitled film Amidhara Cine Productions, directed by Mahendra Shah. Starring Jackie Shroff, Chunky Pandey, Deepak Tijori, Mamta Kulkarni.Music by Nadeem Shravan. This was in 1997.

Starred in the shelved film Viraj Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd's " Tuhi Meri Zindagi"(1993). Starring Jackie Shroff, Pooja Bhatt, Moushami Chatterjee, Raj Babbar, Danny Denzongpa, Laxmikant Berde. Music Charanjit Babloo, Directed by Moti Sagar. The film was to be shot in Holland and England. A talent search was held to find extra's in the film.

Feroz Khan wanted to make a film titled "Yalgaar" in 1987. Starring Feroz Khan,Anil Kapoor ,Jackie Shroff, Sri Devi ,Anuradha Patel, Saeed Jaffery, Shakti Kapoor, Amjad Khan. Sonam auditioned for the film in early 1987. The film was about a desperate mission of a group of commando's. A song was also recorded by Kalyanji Anandji on October 1986. But in the summer of 1987,Feroz Khan decided to shelve Yalgaar and direct Dayavan instead. After Dayavan's shooting was complete, in June of 1988, Feroz Khan started Yalgaar once again. The star cast was now Feroz Khan, Vinod Khanna (Replaced Jackie Shroff), Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit,Anuradha Patel, Shakti Kapoor,Amjad Khan, Saeed Jaffery, Paresh Rawal. The film was shelved due to Anil Kapoor disagreeing when Feroz Khan dropped Jackie from the film. Plus Feroz Khan's mother and brother in law passed away. The film was based on the Indian army. The song "Hain Dil Mein Lagan" was recorded for the film .Feroz later started Yalgaar with himself and Sanjay Dutt, but with a different subject and story line. The song "Hain Dil Mein Lagan" was used for the new Yalgaar (1992).

Producer Pravesh Sippy was going to remake the Hollywood hit Pretty Woman with Sri Devi and Jackie Shroff in 1991. The film got shelved.

After Rajput, Vijay Anand had planned a big budget film called "Dekha Jayega" with Anil Kapoor,Jackie Shroff,Juhi Chawla,Raveena Tandon. Anil Kapoor caused major delays and backed out at the last hour causing the film to get shelved. Vijay Anand restarted it with Jackie Shroff and Saif Ali Khan in 1994. The film was once again shelved. Vijay Anand endlessly bashed Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff in the media for leading him on and not giving a straight answer about the dates.

Starred in shelved film United People' Pictures "Haramzaada" (1986) Starring Sanjay Dutt (Replaced Jackie Shroff),Amrita Singh (Replaced Ayesha Dutt Shroff),Vijayta Pandit (Who left the film after a fight with the director),Sharmila Tagore,Dialogues by Kader Khan,Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Produced by Shabana Ahmed,Sharad Shah. Sharad was the assistant to Rajiv Rai,Directed by Mounna Dhari. The film was about a woman who is kidnapped and raped repeatedly for 6 months by a mask man.

After Kader Khan shelved his film Jaahil with Amitabh, Raj Sippy wanted to make the film with Jackie Shroff in 1985.

After Haathon Ki Lakheeren, Chetan Anand was going to direct a film titled "Haal E Dil with Jackie Shroff, Poonam Dhillon, Sadhana Singh (Replaced Farha).. The film got shelved when Priya Rajvansh threatened to walk out of Chetan Anand's life due to Sadhana Singh. It was speculated that Chetan was paying extra attention to Sadhana .Chetan decided to then cast all new faces. DIvya Rana,Amar Dhawan,Amar. Hashmat Khan was offered the film but had to decline due to his contract.

The film " Boss " with Don's director Chandra Barot was very controversial . The film is completed and unreleased. The film stars Vinod Khanna, Jaya Pradha and Danny Denzongpa. Jackie Shroff first signed the film but was unable to shoot two songs in Kashmir due to being booked with Subhash Ghai's Karma. Jeetendra next was signed but he too left the film. Vinod was later signed. Chandra Barot blamed Vinod for the film being delayed. He said Vinod was not giving dates to complete the film.

Was going to star in Vinita Goel's debut film. The movie was shelved when Jackie walked out of the film.