St. Francis’ College, Lucknow The Punjab Public School, Nabha, Patiala, PB
College
Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab
Qualification
B.Com
Father Name
Satyajeet Singh Shergill
Mother Name
L. Balraj Kaur Shergill
Wife
Priyanka Puri
Children
Veer Shergill (Son)
Siblings
Aman Shergill (Brother)
Occupation
Actor, Model
Years Active
1996 – Present
Jimmy Sheirgill is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi and Punjabi films.
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Personal Life
Jimmy Shergill was born on 03 December 1970 in Majitha Royal Family in Deokahia village, Sardarnagar, Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh.
He studied at St. Francis’ College, Lucknow for a few years and later he moved to Punjab in 1985 and there he completed his rest of schooling from The Punjab Public School, Nabha.
Acting Career
He is born in a Punjabi Sikh family and studied at Lucknow College for a few years and then moved to Punjab in 1985 and done his study in Punjab
He went to Mumbai after a cousin convinced him to try his luck in the film industry. There, he attended Roshan Taneja’s acting classes.
Sheirgill started his acting career in 1996 with the critically acclaimed film Maachis, directed by Gulzar, based on the terrorism in Punjab.
His breakthrough came with the blockbuster musical romance Mohabbatein (2000), which became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year.
won the Star Guild Awards previously known as Apsara Guild awards for Best Actor In A Supporting Role for a movie A Wednesday!
He started acting in Punjabi Films in 2005 with Manmohan Singh’s Yaaran Naal Baharan, which did well at the box office.
He went on to act in several other Punjabi films. He is currently one of the top actors in the industry, and some of the films he has acted in have been hits.
He plans to produce and act in one Punjabi film every year, for which he has signed a deal with Bollywood production house Eros International.
His first film as a producer, Dharti, released in 2011 and did well at the box office.
The next production from his company was Taur Mittran Di, which was released in May 2012.