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He started off as a lover boy, but over a period of 11 years he has gone on to play intense roles. Actor Jimmy Shergill describes his progress as slow and steady - something that helped him grow as an actor in a fast-changing industry.
'Bollywood is changing big time; you can see that different kinds of films are being made. One is typical hardcore commercial, then masala cinema and then you see a lot of unconventional films doing well. The industry has indeed seen a lot of changes,' said Jimmy who has also been doing a lot of Punjabi cinema.
Jimmy is currently being seen in 'Sahib Biwi Gangster' and now he is busy shooting for Vikram Bhatt's 'Dangerous Ishq', which will see Karisma Kapoor making a comeback on the big screen.
'My journey has been slow and steady. I have always tried to find a balance, from a commercial set of films to unusual ones. Sometimes you get a lot of acclaim from the unusual films and I think that kind of films helped me grow as an actor,' Jimmy told IANS.
'I would say my progress has been okay. I don't think I have reached a stage where I can say I have progressed. I am somewhere in the middle. I am yet to reach that stage where I can say my progress has been fruitful,' he added.
Jimmy made his Bollywood debut with 'Maachis' but he rose to limelight as a lover boy in Yash Raj's 'Mohabbatein'. Since then he has done a variety of roles in films like 'Munna Bhai MBBS' and 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' and gradually gone on to play intense roles in 'Delhi Heights' and 'A Wednesday'.
'It was a deliberate attempt not to get stuck in one particular image but at the same time I was offered such kind of roles, so I grabbed the opportunity,' said Jimmy.