Mumbai:
Like his movies Karma Actor Jackie Shroff celebrated 38 years in Hindi cinema on Thursday, celebrating the milestone achieved by the 1986 film directed by Subhash Ghai. Jackie shared a video montage made up of stills from the film. He chose the title track as background music Mera Karma Tu Manhar Udhas, Mohammad Aziz and Suresh Wadkar. He just used #38years of karma as a caption to celebrate the milestone.
One of the highest grossing Bollywood films of the decade in 1986, Karma boasted a star cast including Dilip Kumar, Nutan, Anil Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Sridevi, Poonam Dhillon, Satyanarayana Kaikala and Anupam Kher.
The film brought together Subhash Ghai and the late legendary star Dilip Kumar after their 1982 film. Vidhaata. Karma was the first time Dilip Kumar shared screen space with veteran actor Nutani.
The film traced the story of a terrorist named Micheal Dang, played by Anupam Kher, who wants to avenge an insult and kill the family of a jailer. Determined to avenge the murders, he recruits three death row inmates to help him.
With a film career spanning four decades, Jackie has worked in more than 200 films in 13 languages. He became one of the best actors in the 1980s and 1990s. It was Subhash Ghai who gave Jackie her first film, Hero in 1983, making him an overnight sensation.
Along the way, he has worked in popular films such as Teri Meherbaniyan, Kudrat Ka Kanoon, Ram Lakhan, Parinda, Tridev, Angaar, Khalnayak, Rangeela, Agni Sakshi, Border, Bandhan, Refugee, Mission Kashmir, Devdas, Bhagam Bhag, Hulchul, Happy New Year and Saaho to mention a few.
The actor, who is the father of Bollywood action star Tiger Shroff, will be seen next Baby John With Varun Dhawan and Rohit Shetty Singham again.
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