Overview

• Jackie said it was love at first sight when he spotted a teenage Ayesha on a Mumbai bus.
• The couple married in 1987 and moved into a single-room chawl where she queued for shared washroom access.
• She sold her family home to help Jackie secure his own property as he struggled financially.
• Ayesha’s father, decorated Air Vice Marshal Ranjan Dutt, endorsed their marriage despite Jackie’s uncertain prospects.
• These revelations surfaced in a series of July interviews as Shroff reflected on her role in his rise to stardom.