Jimmy Sheirgill

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jimmy Sheirgill

• Does Jimmy Shergill drink alcohol?: Yes ^[3]Rediff

• Jimmy belongs to a family of landowners and distillers.

• Since his school days, he wanted to join the Armed Forces.

• Until the age of 18, he wore a turban but removed it; as he found it difficult to manage it in the hostel. After becoming cut surd, his family so much disappointed that they didn’t talk to him for a year.

• After getting encouraged by his cousin Suminder, he joined Roshan Taneja’s acting school.

• In 1989, he met with a very serious accident while riding a bike; a few of his bones got fractured.

• In 1994, Gulzar was directing ‘Maachis’ so he went to meet him to get a chance to assist him. Instead, Gulzar offered him a small role in ‘Maachis’ and that’s how his acting journey got started.

• Jimmy rose to fame after his chocolate boy performance in the film Mohabbatein.

• He is not so much addicted to social media and hardly posts something on it.

• He is very polite and innocent personality in real life.

• He changed the spelling of his surname from ‘Shergill’ to ‘Sheirgill’ because the first one was often used on social media.

• He idolizes Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

• His paternal aunt, Amrita Sher-Gil, was an eminent Indian painter. 

• He is a very emotional person and cries on very little things.

• He is an impulsive shopper.

• Jimmy has done a lot of Punjabi movies and is quite popular in Punjabi industry.

• Sheirgill has a deep belief in Lord Ganesha.