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Gulzar told Jimmy, ‘If you act, why do you want to get into direction?’ To this Jimmy said, ‘I have heard that no one here gets leave after five or six years and I don’t want to go home.’ After this Gulzar asked Jimmy to read the script of the film. When the veteran writer-filmmaker asked Jimmy which role he would like to play, the actor said, ‘I think I should do Jimmy and my pet’s name is Jimmy.’ I met him under the name of Jasjeet Shergill.