Jimmy Shergill

Jimmy Shergill ਜਿੰਮੀ ਸ਼ੇਰਗਿਲ
Born	Jasjit Singh Gill (1970-12-03) 3 December 1970 Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Jimmy Shergill
Education	Punjabi University, Patiala
Occupation	Actor, Producer
Years active	1996-present
Religion	Sikh [1]
Spouse(s)	Priyanka (m. 2001)
Children	Veer

Jasjit Singh Gill (Punjabi: ਜਸਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਗਿੱਲ; born December 3, 1970), commonly known as Jimmy Shergill is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Bollywood and Punjabi Cinema films.^[2] Shergill started his acting career in 1996 with the critically acclaimed film Maachis based on Punjabi Sikh nationalist movement.

Early life

Shergill was born in a Sikh family in Deokahia village, Sardarnagar, Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. He hails from a family of land owners and distillers, and his paternal great aunt was the famous Indian painter Amrita Sher-Gil.^[3]

He studied at St. Francis' College, Lucknow for a few years and then moved to Punjab, the place of his ancestors, in 1985. He studied at The Punjab Public School, Nabha and at Bikram College, Punjabi University, Patiala.^[4]

He went to Mumbai after a cousin convinced him to try his luck in the film industry. There, he attended Roshan Taneja's acting classes.^[3]

Film career

Hindi films

Shergill started his acting career in 1996 with the critically acclaimed film Maachis directed by Gulzar based on terrorism in Punjab. The film did reasonably well at the box office and got him noticed by all the top filmmakers in the industry which led him to being cast in Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein alongside stalwarts like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aishwarya Rai. He's consistently won rave reviews for all his performances in films like Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002), Haasil (2003), Munna Bhai MBBS (2003), Yahaan (2005), Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006), Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007), A Wednesday (2008), My Name is Khan (2010), Tanu Weds Manu (2011), Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster (2011), Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns (2013), Special 26 (2013), Bullett Raja (2013), Fugly (2014) and Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015). He also worked with rising star of the time Amisha Patel in Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar (2001). He won the Star Guild Awards previously known as Apsara guild awards for Best Actor In A Supporting Role for a movie A Wednesday!^[5]

Punjabi films

He started acting in Punjabi Films in 2005 with Manmohan Singh's Yaaran Naal Baharan which did well at the box office. He went on to act in several other Punjabi films. He is currently one of the top actors in the industry, and some of the films he's acted in have been hits. He plans to produce and act in one Punjabi film every year for which he's signed a deal with Bollywood production house Eros International. His first film as a producer Dharti released in 2011 and did well at the box office.^[6] The next production from his company was Taur Mittran Di, that released in May 2012. He's lined up two more films for production the multi star cast Saadi Love Story in which he's cast Diljit Dosanjh, Amrinder Gill, Neetu Singh, Surveen Chawla and himself in a cameo and another film titled Rangeelay which casts him in the lead with Neha Dhupia.

Personal life

Shergill married his long time girlfriend Priyanka in 2001.^[7] They have a son named Veer.^[8]

He has changed the spelling of his surname to Shiergill because the name Jimmy Shergill was already used on social media.^[9]

Filmography

Hindi

Punjabi

Producer

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jimmy Shergill.

• Jimmy Shergill at the Internet Movie Database