Jackky Bhagnani

Jackky Bhagnani is a talented actor in the Bollywood industry He is the son of Bollywood producer Vashu Bhagnani He was born on the Christmas day: 25th December in Kolkata, West Bengal & he belongs to a Sindhi family. He completed his schooling at St. Teresa High School & Graduation from H.R College in Mumbai. At the age of 19, he realized that he should pursue his career in acting & asked his dad to produce a movie for him. Thus, he made his debut with ‘Kal Kisne Dekha’ (2009) movie produced by his dad vashu. Though this film didn’t work well at the box office, he won the IIFA “Star Debut of the Year” Award & Star Guild Award for “Best Male Debut” for this film in 2010. He has also did roles in a few films such as ‘Ajab Gazabb Love’ (2012), ‘Rangrezz’ (2013), ‘Youngistaan’ (2014) & ‘Welcome 2 Karachi’ which was released this year in May. However, unfortunately, these films didn’t achieve much success at the box office. But his film ‘F.A.L.T.U’ directed by Remo D’Souza which was released in 2011 proved to be a hit at the box offices.

He won the “Superstar of Tomorrow” Award for this movie. ‘Youngistaan’ which was a remake of the Telugu film ‘Leader’ (2010) was nominated for the Best Foreign Film Category in the Oscars 2015. Many of you won’t be knowing that before getting into acting, he worked as an assistant producer for movies such as ‘Out of Control’, ‘Silsilay’ & ‘Shaadi No.1’. One more thing that nobody knows about Jackky is that earlier he used to be the chubby fat guy who weighed almost 130 kg. But his intense desire & passion for acting made him lose 60 kgs in 2 years to get ready for the role in “Kal Kisne Dekha”. His transformation journey from flab to abs surprised everyone in the industry & inspired many people to lose weight. The reason he is still admired by many young people is his perfect looks & chiseled physique. His upcoming movies are “3 Days 4 Nights in Bihar” & Ghazab Haseena Ajab Deewana”

Bhagnani Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)