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Gulzar told Jimmy, ‘If you act, why do you want to get into directing?’ To this Jimmy said, ‘I hear nobody gets a holiday here 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 wanted to play, the actor said, ‘I think I should do Jimmy and my pet’s name is Jimmy.’ I met him by the name of Jasjit Shergill.