India, July 8 -- Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff has been entertaining audiences with his films for over four decades. In a conversation with Kunickaa Sadanand on her podcast, the actor recalled how Dev Anand once replaced him with Mithun Chakraborty as the second lead in what was meant to be his Bollywood debut. Still, Jackie went ahead with the film wholeheartedly, owing to his admiration for the superstar.

Jackie recalled his excitement when Dev Anand offered him a role in his film Swami Dada and said, "It so happened that he offered me the second lead. I couldn't believe my eyes, my ears that Dev sahab was sitting in front of me. His son, Sunil, was also there. He told me, 'He's (his father) offering a film.' I said, 'Wow!' I went home...