Jackie Shroff recalls childhood trauma--losing 17 year old brother when he was 10, calls him a hero who gave his life for friend

Veteran actor Jackie Shroff has opened up about one of the deepest traumas of his childhood, the loss of his elder brother, who passed away at the age of 17.

Speaking to Lehren Retro, the actor recalled how he was just 10 years old when the tragedy struck.

“I saw these and I saw my daddy go or saw my brother… so yeah, so I’ve seen it with my eyes and my mother. I was 10 years old and I saw it and you remember it, of course. How can we forget such incidents?” he shared, reflecting on how the memory has stayed with him.

Jackie Shroff recalls horrible childhood incident

Jackie remembered vividly the incident when his brother lost his life while trying to save a friend from drowning. “He drowned. He tried to save somebody without knowing how to swim, and he just dragged him. Some people came and took him out, but it was too late,” he said.

Calling it a horrible day, Jackie also remembered his father’s warning. “My father was an astrologer. He said, ‘Today is a bad day. Don’t go out.’ But he went out. He didn’t go to work, though. He used to work in Century Mills as a millhand. And I saw him drowning.”

Jackie holds his brother's memory with pride

Even decades later, Jackie holds his brother’s memory with pride. “He was 17, I was 10… so obviously yeah, he was the hero. He did a lot of good things out there for his friends. He gave his life for a friend, which is huge. That’s got guts and some kind of loyalty to friends,” he said.

Reflecting on grief, Jackie added, “Trauma is inside, it’s still inside… I don’t know where it is. I don’t want to dig it out. I love my mother the most, but I couldn’t go with her. In my heart I feel it, I manifested, I dream of my mother.”

On the work front, Jackie Shroff's previous hit film was 'Singham Again' where he played a villain.









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