Aanand L. Rai & Jimmy Sheirgill Gear Up For Their 5th Film Together In 10 Years With Mukkabaaz

2007 – This was the time when Aanand L. Rai was a newbie film director and Jimmy Sheirgill was an established actor with a decade of experience behind him. The filmmaker wanted to make an intense dramatic thriller and he needed an actor who was not just good looking but could also surprise the audience. Jimmy Sheirgill agreed to step in and though the film didn’t do well, it gave Aanand a platform.

That film was Strangers.

2017 – 10 years down the line, Jimmy Sheirgill stays on to be quite active in the world of films and is doing more and more interesting films with a different character to enact each time around. He has moved on from being a chocolate boy hero. Meanwhile, Aanand L. Rai is now a director of repute with several successes behind him, be it Tanu Weds Manu, Tanu Weds Manu Returns or Raanjhanaa.

During this decade gone by, Aanand has not just directed but also produced a few films. While he and Jimmy have stayed on to be friends over a period of time, there is also a strong professional bond between the two, something that reflects in the sheer number of films that they have done together.

Barring Raanjhanaa, Jimmy has featured in each of Aanand’s directorial outings, be it Strangers, Tanu Weds Manu or Tanu Weds Manu Returns. This isn’t all as he has also featured in Happy Bhag Jayegi which was produced by Aanand.