Jackie Shroff's five different roles in one film Jackie Shroff is a very excited man of late. Why? Because he will get to play five different roles in a new English language film First Fear.

Everyone is aware when Aishwarya or Sushmita are signed to an international film, the headlines are full of it.

However, Jackie Shroff chooses to keep a low profile while shooting for director Paul Nicholas' First Fear in Goa, in which he plays five different characters.

A one-eyed beggar to a bald priest, a shopkeeper, an African American looking entrepreneur and a toy vendor on the beach - Jaggu Dada is sure to enchant in his multiple avatars. "None of the characters in this film come close to any of the roles I've played before," says the actor who will also be seen in Bhagam Bhag and Eklavya.

"It's a very big project but you don't know much about it because the director has not publicized it much, unlike other foreign films. I faced the camera after five hours of make up and I couldn't recognize myself," smiles Shroff.

"He was incredible as a blind beggar," says Nicholas. "That's the scariest of all his looks. While we used a prosthetic piece to make his blind eye look real, a milky white contact lens for the other eye makes him look even more fearful," says LA based make-up supervisor Autumn Butler who worked on Hilary Swank's look in the film, The Reaping.

First Fear is a supernatural thriller which tells the story of an ancient Indian who is reborn in the present day after 1,000 years. "Some of Jackie's avatars, those of the beggar and high priest, hail from the ancient era. He shows fine lines on his face and has distinguished salt and pepper hair in an African American look. And you can't make out whether he is African or Indian when he plays a toy seller," says Butler, "It boosts your ego when you're shooting with Jackie, with people showering a lot of attention. A part of his glamour also falls on us," jokes the director about his star.