Jasjit Singh Gill (born 3 December 1970), popularly known as Jimmy Shergill (Punjabi: ਜਿੰਮੀ ਸ਼ੇਰਗਿਲ), is an Indian Hindi and Punjabi film actor.
Early life--
Shergill was born in a Jatt Sikh family in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.[citation needed] He later moved to Punjab the place of his ancestors where he studied in Yadavindra Public School, Patiala and Bikram College Patiala.[citation needed] He learnt acting from Sri Harpaul Singh[who?], and then moved to Mumbai.
Film career--
Shergill started his career with Maachis, a film directed by Gulzar and based on terrorism in North India. The film was critically acclaimed and did reasonably well at the box office.[citation needed] Jimmy has since worked in many films, but only few have been successful. He starred in My Name is Khan alongside Shahrukh Khan and Kajol.
Shergill has performed a variety of roles in films such as Munna Bhai MBBS, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Delhi Heights and A Wednesday. He has been a critically acclaimed[by whom?] performer ever since his entry into Bollywood. His role in Mohabbatein was well appreciated.[citation needed] He went on to act in Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai and Tanu Weds Manu.
One of his best performances[citation needed] was in the movie Yahaan where he plays the role of an army officer who falls in love with a young Kashmiri woman in the strife-torn valley of Kashmir and Haasil where he plays the role of a college student who gets roped into the infamous student politics of Allahabad University.
