In an interview, Jackie Shroff was asked if being an outsider, working with so many star kids, did he ever feel like he didn’t want to share screen space with others because of the comparisons?
To which he replied, “No, I never felt that way. In fact, I was always happy when my colleagues like Anil and Sanjay had the stronger role, it took the load off my head. Samjha? Devdas mein Devdas Shah Rukh baba bane, uske sar par poora bhoj hai, mein toh Chunni Babu hoon, Mission Kashmir mein villain hoon. So I’d rather take a backseat than be a front-runner. Unees bees ka farak nahi padta hai.