Actor Jimmy Shergill, who is currently gearing up for the release of his suspense thriller film Sikandar Ka Muqaddar, alongside Tamannaah Bhatia and Avinash Tiwari, recently opened up on breaking his chocolate boy image. He stated that he deliberately sought out offbeat roles in diverse films to break away from the image.

Speaking to Hindustan Times, Jimmy said, "I felt that agar yahi naach-gana karta raha, 3-4 saal mein ghar pe baith jaunga. It will be over and done with."

He added, "That is when films like Haasil, Munnabhai MBBS, A Wednesday, and Tanu Weds Manu came. I tried to make my look more real, without makeup, and bring more hardness to my face. Ab itna hard ho jayega, yeh nahi socha tha. Now, the challenge is to try and to go back and bring that innocence back."

Meanwhile, in Sikandar Ka Muqaddar, Jimmy plays the role of Ispector Jasvinder Singh, a cop obsessed with solving a crime he couldn’t crack years ago. He shared that his reel-life character is quite different from his real-life personality.

"I have learnt in life to let go. But when things are positive, when things are good and you feel you can be obsessed with them, I do that," he said.

On the work front, Jimmy was last seen in Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba, which premiered in August 2024 on Netflix. It was a sequel to the 2021 film Haseen Dillruba, also starring Taapsee Pannu, Vikrant Massey and Sunny Kaushal in the lead.

He played the role of a cop named Mrityunjay Paswan Tripathi aka Monty Chacha, Rishu and Neel's (Harshvardhan Rane) uncle.