Punjabi actor, Jagjeet Sandu has been creating waves for his role as a Pakistani taxi driver named, ‘Tahir’ in The Diplomat. The actor was seen next to John Abraham and Sadia Khateeb in the movie, which has been streamed on Netflix. Amid the India-Pakistan tension, the movie has gained the top spot on the OTT giant platform. Jageet played the real-life role of ‘Tahir’, a Pakistani man to Desh ki beti, Uzma Ahmed. She was reportedly trapped by him, taken to Pakistan, and made to marry at gunpoint. Jagjeet, as ‘Tahir’, was shown to play with the emotions of the Indian girl, Uzma, who trusted him in love.
Jagjeet as ‘Tahir’, played the role with full conviction and took the limelight. In the movie, he meets Uzma in Malaysia, and then she is trapped, taken to Pakistan’s Buner and is forced to marry. Jagjeet’s character is shown to be already married with four kids. She trusts him as she thinks Buner will help her get good treatment for her daughter with Thalassemia. However, there’s more to know about Jagjeet, who started off his career in Punjabi cinema.
The Diplomat’s Jagjeet Sandhu started his career with the Pollywood movies, did theatre since 7
Jagjeet was born on June 8, 1991 and started doing theatre since the time he was 7. It was from Panjab University in Chandigarh where the actor completed his Master’s degree and then became a part of Padma Shree Neelam Mann Singh’s theatre organisation called The Company Theatre. Jagjeet over there did theatre for like 15 years and then bagged his first movie, Rupinder Gandhi, back in 2015. The film was a blockbuster hit, and his role as ‘Bhola’ was remembered by his fans. His filmy career then started, and the actor reportedly then did 16 Pollywood movies. His last movie before The Diplomat was Sufna in 2020.
