Actor
Jackie
Shroff,
who
ruled
the
silver
screen
in
the
'90s,
says
he
realised
he
had
become
famous
when
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan's
children
came
up
to
him
for
an
autograph.
The
63-year-old
actor
said
he
was
shooting
in
Chennai
and
Bachchans
had
booked
an
entire
top
floor
of
a
five-star
hotel
he
was
also
staying
in.
"I
asked
the
waiter
what
time
does
he
(Bachchan)
come,
because
I
really
wanted
to
meet
him.
But
I
find
his
kids
coming
to
take
my
autograph.
I
said,
'Wow,
here
I
am
waiting
to
see
Bachchan
sir
and
his
kids
want
my
autograph!'
I
realised
then
that
I
had
become
famous," Shroff
said.
Coming
from
a
chawl
in
South
Mumbai,
the
actor
said
he
never
thought
he
would
become
an
actor
but
his
father,
an
astrologer,
always
believed
that
he
was
destined
for
better
things
in
life.
"My
father
said
that
I
will
be
an
actor
but
I
scoffed
at
him.
I
wondered,
'How
can
a
boy
from
Teen
Batti
(Mumbai)
become
an
actor?' I
went
to
a
hotel
to
become
a
chef
and
then
tried
becoming
a
flight
attendant
but
no
one
took
me.
"I
then
worked
in
a
travel
agency
and
got
into
advertising
and
modelling
after
someone
spotted
me.
So
I
started
doing
ads.
I
did
'Charminar' ad,
because
of
which
I
got
two
films.
Dev
Anand
saab
gave
me
my
first
film
and
then
I
got
"Hero".
The
actor
said
thanks
to
his
background,
he
did
not
fear
failure
because
he
"never
had
anything
to
lose".
"I
used
to
live
in
Teen
Batti.
We
used
to
have
a
queue
for
the
washroom,
what
did
we
have?
A
cot,
that
too
for
'aai-baba'.
We
slept
on
the
floor.
So
what
came
to
me,
has
been
more
than
enough."
Shroff
will
next
be
seen
in
"Phamous",
directed
by
Karan
Lalit
Butani.
The
film,
also
starring
Jimmy
Sheirgill,
Kay
Kay
Menon
and
Pankaj
Tripathi,
is
set
in
Chambal
with
a
power
struggle
between
four
principal
characters
forming
the
crux
of
the
story.
The
film
releases
on
June
1.
"I
was
bowled
over
by
my
character
and
the
way
Karan
(director)
saw
me
in
the
film.
I
can
work
with
both
the
old,
revered
filmmakers
and
new
directors.
It
is
amazing
how
they
see
me
in
their
world
and
then
I
adapt
accordingly," Shroff
said.
Credits
-
PTI