Used to give competition to Shahrukh-Salman, had signed 40 films together, where is Jugal Hansraj now?

Jugal Hansraj Birthday: Jugal Hansraj has been one such Bollywood actor who, along with his acting, made his fans crazy with his smile and looks. Sometimes he even got the tag of National Crush and he started competing with big stars, but despite this he was not very successful and soon became anonymous from Bollywood. Let us tell you some special things related to him today on the occasion of his birthday.

Like his father, instead of cricket, he chose acting.

Jugal Hansraj was born on 26 July 1972 in ‘Mayanagari’ Mumbai. Let us tell you that his father Praveen Hansraj had embraced cricket. Praveen Hansraj has played cricket for India. But, on the other hand, Jugal did not show interest in sports and dreamed of traveling to the silver screen. He had realized this dream in his childhood itself and even when he grew up, he worked in the acting world only.

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Made debut in Bollywood at the age of 11

Jugal Hansraj first faced the camera for the big screen through the film ‘Masoom’. This film was released in the year 1983 and Jugal worked as a child artist in it. The name of his character was Rahul Malhotra. At that time his age was 11 years. In this 43-year-old film, Jugal got a chance to work with big stalwarts of cinema like Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Tanuja, Saeed Jaffrey and Satish Kaushik.

Debut as lead actor with ‘Aa Gale Lag Ja’

Jugal Hansraj, who debuted with Masoom, also worked as a child artist in two more films in the year 1986. These films were ‘Karma’ and ‘Sultanat’. Of these, Karma proved to be a big hit. Jugal made his debut in Bollywood as a lead actor in the year 1994. During this time he was seen in the film ‘Aa Lag Ja Gale’. In this 32 year old romantic film, he was paired with Urmila Matondkar. The film was directed by Hamid Ali Khan. In this, Jugal played the character of Suraj and Urmila played the character of Roshni. Although this film flopped at the box office.

Came into limelight with ‘Ghar Se Nikalte Hi Song’

Jugal came into limelight with the song ‘Ghar Se Nikalte Hi’ from the 1996 film ‘Papa Kehte Hain’. This song was filmed on Jugal and actress Mayuri Kango. People still like it a lot. The song was sung by Udit Narayan and its lyrics were written by Javed Akhtar.

‘Mohabbatein’ had created a ‘national crush’

Jugal got big fame from the 2000 blockbuster film ‘Mohabbatein’. After this he started being called ‘National Crush’. In this film he starred with Aishwarya Rai, Anupam Kher, Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan Had worked with such legends.

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Had once signed 40 films together

Jugal’s career had taken off. According to reports, the actor had signed 40 films simultaneously. It is said that he started working on all of them simultaneously. However, many of his films were shelved and many were not even released. The actor himself made this disclosure in an interview given to E Times.

Where is Jugal Hansraj now?

Jugal Hansraj also worked in films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Salaam Namaste, Aaja Nachle and Kahaani 2. After not getting success, he distanced himself from Bollywood. Then he made a comeback with ‘Shiv Shastri Balboa’ (2022). After this, the actor was also seen in Khushi Kapoor and Ibrahim Ali Khan’s film ‘Nadaaniyaan’ released in the year 2025.

Let us tell you that Jugal Hansraj married Jasmine Dhillon in the year 2014. After this he settled in New York, America. Now Jugal and Jasmine are parents of a son.