Overview

• Jackie Shroff is engaged in a dispute with his former chawl landlord over regaining the cramped Teen Batti room where he grew up.
• He has proposed matching the rent paid by current tenants, but the landlord has refused to hand the unit back.
• The chawl originally had just three shared toilets for about 30 residents, underscoring the tight living conditions.
• After his sixth film success in the 1980s, neighbours insisted on gifting him a locked private washroom to spare visiting producers from queues.
• Shroff says reclaiming the room reflects his enduring humility and deep bond with the working-class community that shaped his early years.