Hero was not the debut film of Jackie Shroff
Contrary to what most people believe, Jackie Shroff made his debut in Swami Dada (1982) as a sidekick of Shakti Kapoor!! Initially he was supposed to do the second lead role but later Mithun was signed for the role because of his commercial viability and Jackie Shroff was given the role of the henchmen of Shakti Kapoor. Subhash Ghai was so upset by his role because he wanted to launch him as a lead and he was doing small inconsequential roles. Eventually Hero became the launch pad of both Jackie and Meenakshi, even though it was not the debut of any of the two actors.
In the mid 1990’s, Jackie Shroff became bankrupt because of bad investments. And his career as a lead actor was also on a decline. So Mithun Chakraborty advised him to work in B grade films with him to get out of the messs. And then in the late 70’s, Jackie Shroff worked in many B grade films with Mithun like Shapath, Yamraj etc.
But his problems were far from over. He produced some films that failed very badly. He produced Grahan which was in making for many years and eventually released in 2001. The film failed very badly and collected only 85 lakhs on a budget of 5 crores. His other Jis Desh me Ganga Rahta hai also didn't do well. Then he produced Boom in 2003 which was heavily panned and is considered one of the worst films of Indian cinema. These films led to economics losses to Jackie Shroff and according to Tiger Shroff they had to even sell their furniture after the fiasco.
The only good investment that he did was to buy the shares of Sony TV in its initial years. Sony TV acquired their telecast rights of 2003 World Cup when India reached the finals leading to huge growth in the market share of the group. But Sony TV entered a lean period in the late 2000’s decade leading them to sell their shares for good profit.
Jackie Shroff married Ayesha, a rich girl and aspiring model and had two children but very few people know that Ayesha herself acted in a film titled Teri Bahon Me starring Mohnish Bahl and directed by Umesh Mehra. The film was a remake of The Blue Lagoon and was known for some bold scenes. But the film failed badly and Ayesha never acted again. A few years ago actor and bodybuilder Sahil Khan accused Ayesha of s**ually and emotionally manipulating him for years.