Boogie Woogie India

One of his memorable moments is when he acted in a children film “Hum Panchi Ek Dal Ke” and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had honored him along with the other child artists. I recently read in one of his interview in which he says “Pandit Nehru” had given him his walking stick which he still has it with him. Isn’t that honorable? I surely think so and very well deserved too.

As an artist, the best year in his film career was one when all his films were nominated in the best childrens film category. K A Abbas’s “Munna”, Raj Kapoor’s “Ab Dilli Door Nahi” and AVM’s “Hum Panchi Ek Dal Ke”. For AVM he worked for almost all of their movies and was their favorite. His career in comedy role started with the movie Do Bigha Zameen and then there was no stopping to it. His first movie as a lead was “Bhabhi” which is my mother’s all time favorite movies. I heard stories of this movie since I was a child.

He worked with almost all the actors from the film fraternity and his favorites are Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Amitabh Bachan.

He strongly opposes vulgarity in movies and condemns it. He feels movies should be inspired by art, culture and sentiments. These should be the inspiration of a movie maker and not vulgarity. May be that is why we see the same fundaments in both his sons whom you never see, act or behave like any other Bollywood’s Tom, Dick or Harry would act.

In his own words in an interview he said: “We are not just actors. People have a lot of respect for us and believe in what we say. So we have a responsibility towards society and must say the right things for them to absorb.” Very well Said Mr. Jaffery!!

On a lighter note, he also shared the boxing ring one on one with none other then Mohammad Ali in Chicago. In an interview he said: “In a comic scene in Qurbani, I challenge Mohammad Ali for a fight. So when some people were raising funds for building a mosque in Chicago, they invited me and we had a mock fight. And there I was, trading blows with Ali. Thank God it was a mock fight. Else, I shudder to think as to what would have happened to me.”

Mr. Jaffery always stood tall for his principals that he set for himself, his family and also for his strong beliefs. He never sacrificed the love and dedication for home even though he had one of the busiest film careers. He always placed his family as the top priority in his life.

He shares special bond with his sons who look up to him as their number one Hero. As they say, sons carry their fathers name and so both his sons not only carry their fathers name proudly but also set a perfect example for the rest of the world to follow. The relationship is sweet and respectful. They say actions speak louder then words and so when you see the show “Boogie Woogie” and listen to both Javed and Naved’s each and every word and watch their behavior, you can proudly give away the credit to the man who deserves a standing applause who took the pain in taking care of his family and yet saw they don’t get lost on the principals in the glamour world. You can’t help but just fall in love with this family.

Boogie Woogie India’s Salaam to the living legend – Mr. Jaffery

May you live a million healthy years as this world still got a lot to learn from you Amen!!