Sheirgill, back in cop land with ‘Collar Bomb’

Donning khaki once again in ‘Collar Bomb’, the actor on drawing from his early years in small-town India, and why he’s glad he isn’t considered overrated

Since 1996, when he played the eponymous Jimmy in Gulzar’s Maachis, Jimmy Sheirgill has had something many of his contemporaries could only aspire for — the audience’s love. They have the actor’s back and root for him at every step. YouTube comments on songs featuring him and his films are proof of that. . That is something Sheirgill, whose action series Collar Bomb dropped on July 9, is humbled by. “Somewhere, it is validation of the body of work I’ve done, of the films I’ve chosen — Haasil, Yahaan, Tanu Weds Manu, Mohabattein. Through it all, you know that the love showered is not due to a mass factor but it’s something you’ve earned. I’m delighted they call me underrated; it is better than being overrated,” says the 50-year-old.