Jimmy Sheirgill recalls approaching Gulzar to be an AD: ‘I almost fell off the chair when he offered me a role in Maachis’

Jimmy Sheirgill recalls approaching Gulzar to be an AD: ‘I almost fell off the chair when he offered me a role in Maachis’

Jimmy Sheirgill recently relived his struggles and how he got his first break through the classic film ‘Maachis’. He recalled how he approached Gulzar with aspirations of being an Assistant Director (AD). He was of the mind that to get a break in the industry, a person needs to work as AD for years. But there was more to it by Gulzar.