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Jackie Shroff's 'Sai' avataar
By Manissha Despaande, Indo-Asian News Service
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) After playing a variety of roles,
Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff is now gearing up for a spiritual
turn in his career with Deepak Balraj's "Saibaba".
"It is a very different role for me after the grey characters I
have essayed lately in films. I am looking forward to it. It
will have to be a very controlled performance," Bollywood
Trade quoted Jackie as saying.
Asked if he was a Saibaba devotee, Jackie said: "I have been to
Shirdi on some occasions in the past but I firmly believe that
god resides in each of us.
"Our soul is a temple; therefore it is important to be honest to
yourself if you want to reach out to god. But I do intend to
meet devotees of Sai in order to feel and render
conviction to the character."
Apart from "Saibaba", Jackie has an impressive line-up of
releases in the next few months.
He has Sachin Bajaj's "Naksha", scheduled for early September,
in which he plays a hard core villain; and Sangeeth Sivan's "Apna
Sapna Money Money" will see him as a
comic villain.
He is also in Poonam Sinha's "Mera
Dil Leke Dekho", Vidhu Vinod Chopra's "Eklavya" and more.
Meanwhile there are three more films in the offing. Jackie says
all will see him playing diverse roles.
"Honestly, I am enjoying this phase of my career. I can
experiment with roles without worrying about appeasing the
audiences. Fortunately for me, all my roles are fetching
me good feedback."
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