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Jackie Shroff made her Bollywood debut with the 1983 film. He became an overnight star from his debut film. In the 80s, the film shook theaters as soon as it was released. The film had earned the makers rich by earning more than 6 times from 6 times.
New Delhi. On 16 December 1983, Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi Seshadri’s film ‘Hero’ released the film Hero proved to be a blockbuster at the box office and Jackie made his debut with this film.
Meenakshi Seshadri played the role of a heroine in this film. People have not forgotten this pair even today. The budget of Hero film was three crores and it did a total business of 17 crores.
Although this film is considered to be Meenakshi’s debut film, but she had started her career with the movie Painter Babu, which was released this year before this film. But this film proved to be a flop.
When Subhash Ghai’s film ‘Hero’ was released in 1983, no one had an idea that this film would make a new actor with a simple, plain, but strong personality an overnight star.
In the film, Jackie played the role of a gangster who played a flute wearing black jacket, who later becomes a lover and hero. His style, his voice and cool looks immediately pleased the audience.
Let me tell you that in the film Hero, Jackie Shroff played Kishan and Meenakshi Seshadri played Radha. At the same time, this film made in the budget of 3 crores had collected 17 crores.
Apart from Jackie Shroff, the film, directed by Subhash Ghai, featured Sanjeev Kumar, Neeta Mehta, Shammi Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Madan Puri, Bindu, Bharat Bhushan, Shakti Kapoor, Armila Bhatt and Suresh Oberoi.