Jagjeet Sandhu Height, Age, Girlfriend, Family, Biography & More

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jagjeet Sandhu

• Jagjeet Sandhu is an Indian actor who mainly works in the Punjabi Film Industry.

• He was born in a lower-middle class family in Himmatgarh Chhanna village, Amloh, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab.

• Jagjeet studied at a government school in his village.

• He developed a great interest in acting from a very young age.

• Jagjeet was very naughty in his childhood.

• Due to his naughty nature, his school authorities find him suitable for a role in a play and asked him to join theatre.

• At the age of 7, he joined a theatre group as a child artist in the city of Amloh.
  

  Jagjeet Sandhu in his school days

• During his school days, he moved to various villages in Punjab for doing street plays.

• As a child artist, Sandhu used to get paid Rs. 50 for every performance.

• After completing his schooling, Jagjeet moved to Chandigarh to pursue a degree in theatre from Panjab University.
  

  Jagjeet Sandhu during a play

• Due to his family’s poor financial condition, it was difficult for Jagjeet to pay his hostel fee.

• While in college, he actively participated in youth festivals.

• Subsequently, he joined Padma Shri Neelam Mann Singh’s theater group ‘The Company Theater.’

• When Sandhu was in the final year of his college, he bagged a role in the Punjabi film “Rupinder Gandhi.”

• Next, he featured in the Punjabi film “Qissa Panjab.”

• Jagjeet, then, went on to work in many Punjabi films, including “Rabb Da Radio,” “Rocky Mental,” “Sajjan Singh Rangroot,” “Kaka Ji,” “Dakuan Da Munda,” and “Shadda.”
  

  Jagjeet Sandhu in Shadaa

• In 2017, he appeared as ‘Bhola’ in the Punjabi film “Rupinder Gandhi 2: The Robinhood.”
  

  Jagjeet Sandhu in Rupinder Gandhi 2

• In 2019, he made his debut as a lead actor in the film “Unni Ikki.”
  

  Jagjeet Sandhu in Unni Ikki

• Jagjeet received huge popularity for playing the role of ‘Tope Singh’ in Amazon Prime’s web series “Paatal Lok.”

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• He is an avid animal lover and loves to play with dogs.
  

  Jagjeet Sandhu loves dogs

• Jagjeet is very particular about his fitness and he visits the gym daily.
  

  Jagjeet Sandhu in gym

• Sandhu has featured on the cover of the FilmIndia Magazine.
  

  Jagjeet Sandhu on the cover of the FilmIndia Magazine

• Jagjeet has also worked in the short film “Fok-E-Singer.”
  

  Jagjeet Sandhu in Fok-E-Singer

• He is fascinated with international cinema, especially the European and Iranian cinema.

• The first payment check that he received for his debut film was of Rs. 15000. Jagjeet spent this amount to buy a bike for himself.

• During an interview, Sandhu shared that the first film that his mother ever watched in the theatre was his debut film “Rupinder Gandhi – The Gangster.”

• Jagjeet hates consuming alcohol or smoking. During an interview, he revealed that he has done smoking and drunk alcohol just for the shooting of the films.