Not many know that Jackie Shroff continued to live in the chawl even after he had established himself as an actor in the film industry. In fact, did you know he was given a private toilet in the chawl after he made it into movies?
Yes, you read that right! In an interview with Mukesh Khannaon his YouTube channel, Jackie revealed that there were three shared toilets in his chawl, and every morning, a queue would form outside.But when he became famous, one toilet was reserved just for him. He told them that it will become difficult for them, with 34 people. But they insisted, because they were proud of what he had done, and they even offered to lock the toilet when he wasn’t around. According to him, it was very embarrassing in the mornings. Although he would tell people to use his toilet after him, they would refuse. They used to continue standing in queues.
Yes, you read that right! In an interview with Mukesh Khannaon his YouTube channel, Jackie revealed that there were three shared toilets in his chawl, and every morning, a queue would form outside.But when he became famous, one toilet was reserved just for him. He told them that it will become difficult for them, with 34 people. But they insisted, because they were proud of what he had done, and they even offered to lock the toilet when he wasn’t around. According to him, it was very embarrassing in the mornings. Although he would tell people to use his toilet after him, they would refuse. They used to continue standing in queues.
The ace actor also recalled producers coming and sitting on two boxes that they would arrange as a meeting place.
On the work front, Jackie will next be seen in ‘Jailer‘ which stars Rajinikanth in the lead role. Apart from this, he also has ‘Baap’ along with Sunny Deol, Mithun Chakraborty, and Sanjay Dutt.
