Jimmy Sheirgill: I'm offered a lot of cop roles, I pick the ones I really like

Actor Jimmy Sheirgill has had quite a journey in Bollywood since his first film Maachis in 1996A thread that binds together most of his popular films is his avatar as a cop Right from his powerful demeanour as inspector Arif Khan in A Wednesday to his remarkable roles in Special 26 and Fugly the actor has delivered notable cop roles in around 10 filmsI am offered a lot of cop roles I pick and choose the ones I really like I pick the character that has the scope of being portrayed in a different light Jimmy told IANSThe actor is back with a cop role in his latest film Collar Bomb He plays the character of a highranking Inspector Manoj Hesi Directed by the awardwinning filmmaker Dnyanesh Zoting the film is about a hilltown school where the kids are held hostage by a human bomb The key to solving the mystery to save the kids lies in Manoj Hesis unpleasant pastJimmy was approached for the film before the pandemic and the actor took his time to sign the project Quite a few months before Covid19 came I was given a script that I really liked But there were certain inputs that I wanted to give which I felt were important as it was a thriller and they wanted it to be a race against time Jimmy saidHe added In the middle of the pandemic I was sent the revised script I was very happy to read it as now it was a nice crisp thriller I felt they did a good jobWe started shooting the film post opening of the first lockdown In midOctober we went up in the mountains to shoot he saidAlso read Jimmy Sheirgill Dont miss playing the romantic heroCollar Bomb features Jimmy with Asha Negi Rajshri Deshpande and Sparsh Shrivastav in key rolesThe actor has a fondness for thriller stories and that can be witnessed in his selection of films such as Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster He said I am fond of thrillers If its a wellwritten thriller I take the projectJimmys filmography also consists of lighthearted franchise films like Tanu Weds Manu and Happy Bhaag Jayegi where his roles have been equally applaudedI have tried to do lighthearted roles in a slapstick way but I believe people like the serious kind of thing more he saidFor Jimmy script is the hero of the film Its always about a good script If its a good story it will find its audience In a good film you will come across a lot of good characters and that is what makes a good story All these characters end up becoming lovable The audience starts enjoying them said JimmyThe actor strongly believes in cohesive teamwork that makes a film successful A films success is all about teamwork I dont think singlehandedly I portray the roles that I do There is a lot of homework that goes into all these characters by the writer director and the team he concludedJimmys new starrer Collar Bomb is slated to release on July 9 on Disney HotstarAlso Read Delhi Crime director Richie Mehta to helm web series on Bhopal gas tragedyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever