Imam Ali - Peak of Eloquence (Nahjul Balagha) - 148. “One who does not realize his own value is condemned to utter failure. (Every kind of complex, superiority or inferiority is harmful to man). - The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant. - 205. A greed…y man will always find himself in the shackles of humility”

This above quote is Naved Jafri’s one of the favorite. And I take the pleasure of starting my tribute with his favorite quote of Hazrat Imam Ali!

Today December 28th, birthday of Naved Jaaffery came on big day of 10th Moharram. We all know Naved may not be celebrating his birthday but then how could we keep our wishes away. Naved matters to us a great lot and so we pen down this tribute as part of his birthday celebrations. (We do plan to celebrate his birthday in fullest once the month of Moharram is over.)

From a very long time I have been thinking what is it that motivates Naved Jafri to his humbleness. What is it that keeps his roots so firmly grounded as he never shows a sign of arrogance even though he has seen plenty of success. His show “Boogie Woogie” created waves and is part of India’s history as the first reality show. It has faced blockbuster success and yet we see Naved never feeling proud and responding in utter humility to each of his success. As I continued to get motivated and he kept inspiring me without even his knowledge, all of a sudden my questions were answered when I read the above quote.

It is Naved’s faith in God that keeps him so humble. It is his believe in the real world that never makes him act arrogant or get any type of complex. It is the fear of God that he treats one and all equal. His desire to remain a good human being makes him help many and yet not utter a single word about it ever. This is his true nature!

A lot of times, when we are surrounded in company of strangers or acquaintances,  the normal tendency is to avoid speaking of truth in case there maybe a clash of opinion. But Naved never fears a clash as he knows the one who speaks the truth pleases God. And pleasing God is keeping your books all straighten up for the real world that comes after this life. The necessity to place the truth in front of people requires a lots of guts and Naved is never short of guts. He has a knack of putting things in front of people in such a way that does not bring any conflict and yet explains technically and scientifically every meaning behind his motive.

Living in a secular country is often understood that all citizens must be having a secular mind but unfortunately due to dirty politics, many people believe the other way round. But gladly, Naved does not belong to that category. Here we see Naved who along with his childhood buddy Ravi never demarcates anyone based on religion or caste or creed. For them everyone is equal and must be treated equal at all times.

Naved believes in the goodness, and never is seen airing the bad fire. He doesn’t encourage any back biting nor believes anyone based on some silly stories. By observing him, I can tell that his character as a matter of fact reminds me of a Triple Filter Test story. I am more then delighted to share this Islamic story with you today:

During the golden Abbasid period, one of the scholars in Baghdad, the capital of Muslim caliphate at that time, was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem.
One day an acquaintance met the great scholar and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"
"Hold on a minute," the scholar replied. "Before telling me anything I’d like you to pass a little test. It’s called the Triple Filter Test."
"Triple filter?"
"That’s right," the scholar continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you’re going to say.
That’s why I call it the triple filter test.
The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"
"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and.."
"All right," said the scholar. "So you don’t really know if it’s true or not.
Now let’s try the second filter, the filter of goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?"
"No, on the contrary…"
"So," the scholar continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you’re not certain it’s true. You may still pass the test though, because there’s one filter left: the filter of usefulness.
Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"
"No, not really."
"Well," concluded the scholar, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"
"O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh at others: It may be that the (latter) are better than the (former)" Hujurat 49.12
"And spy not on each other behind their backs" Hujurat 49.13  - Such is the believe of Naved Jafri!

“Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.” - Mahatma Gandhi

Believing in ones capabilities and trusting your instincts is must for our growth. But these things can be done when you can believe in God Almighty. A stronger faith produces a stronger man. One life is all we have! Living it right is an art but not an impossible task. To reach our goal with shortcuts may take us to our destination but it often brings us back with a thud. Naved’s believe in God is rock solid and maybe that is the reason why the man is contended and peaceful. He knows that anyone can give up when things go wrong but to hold it together and have the trust especially when everyone else would understand that it would fell apart, shows his true strength. And maybe that is why God continues to shower his choicest blessings on him.

As I told in my last years tribute, Naved is the reason why this blog is here and he is the reason for me getting hooked on to Boogie Woogie. It is his goodness that attracted me to pen down my thoughts as it greatly has inspired me in my life. I prefer to address him as an angel as men like him are impossible to find in this world - he is the complete package from God. I wish him many millions of healthy and wealthy years full of everything that makes him the happiest. I pray to God that Boogie Woogie be back as soon as possible and may we get to see him along with his angel partners every week.

“Dear Naved!! You’re thought about more often than you probably can guess, and thoughts of you just naturally bring smiles of happiness. Now, that it’s your birthday, may each and every warm thought, bring a wish for all the best in life, and all your favourite things.”

WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH NAVED!
MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF YOUR WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY! AMEN!

Regards,
Admin!!

On Behalf of Boogie Woogie India Fan Blog, Our Users, Members, Visitors and all Boogie Woogie and Naved Fans, wishing you a very …………

Happy Birthday!!

Aap Jeeye Hazaro Saal, Saal ke Din ho 1 Lakh Pachaas Hazaar!!

We TRULY LOVE YOU Naved!!

May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have same strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young

with Love always,

From Boogie Woogie Fans and Boogie Woogie India Blog

Last weekend a questioned was asked in humor by Jaaved Jaafferi and we thought there is nothing better then to use the same as public poll this week. Let’s see what our members, visitors would like to answer to Jaaved Jaafferi’s question

Again this is all in good humor and we do not mean any disrespect to anyone.

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Have fun voting

As we know our favorite show Boogie Woogie won many awards recently and one among the awards last year is the “Eighth Indian Telly Awards 2008”.

Boogie Woogie won the award for the “Best Kids Program”. Below you will find the clipping of both Ravi and Naved receiving the honor at the award function.

Boogie Woogie was also nominated for the “Best Continuing TV Program” but unfortunately that went to “Kkasam Se”. (We will talk about this later.)

BoogieWoogieIndia.Com Congratulates Ravi and Naved and the entire team of R & N Productions and Sony Channel for winning yet another award.

We “FANS” are very proud of you and hope and pray that this New Year brings you many more awards. As per “us” fans, we think you deserve many more awards like we discussed before. Check them out HERE

Friends, those who missed the telecast of Telly Awards, here is the clipping for you. Enjoy! May we get to watch Boogie Woogie for another 100 years proudly!

As today is Naved’s birthday and so we thought we must give him a gift. After thinking a lot, we came to a conclusion that what better gift would be then making his favorite guys dance to his tunes. But there was one problem. Both Javed and Ravi refused to dance without Naved and so Naved had to join them during his birthday bash.

Boogie Woogie India is proud to bring you the birthday bash celebration from the Jaffreys residence - all exclusively right here at this blog -

Enjoy!!

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“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” ~ Arthur Ashe

The above quote goes perfect for the person who is being celebrated today – yes, our own Naved Jaffery.

When I was a kid, I heard many stories of heroism, and also of perfect angels. As I started to grow, it became my desire to see one in my real life. But then I had started to wonder if they really existed. At this point of time I was told one could find heroes in movies and I started to watch movies in search of real heroes. But then when I came out from the movie theatre I realized it was only a movie, something that was scripted, and something that the actor got paid for acting. I said to myself, that is not the real hero that I am searching for and hence my search continued. My next stop was at an adventure place as I heard there are many daredevils who jump off buildings and other stuff. I thought maybe they are the true heroes. As I went inside and watch them do their stuff, I realized it was only a sport and nothing else. It was a hobby, a craze, an adventure sport and had nothing to do with real heroism. And hence I continued with my search. Then I thought to myself that it would be easy to find a hero if I come across one with heavy muscles. So in midst of my search, I started searching gyms and playgrounds rigorously and came across plenty to dozen and yet again realized they were not true heroes. There was lot that was missing. To me it looked like they were only eating and exercising right to build their own body and had nothing to do with heroism. I said to myself, heroism has to be something else, it can’t be found this easily and so I went to a baba and asked him for the answers. To my surprise he told me, “True heroes aren’t daredevils who jump off buildings. They are not even muscled athletes who play sports for astronomical salaries. But they are people who take time from their lives to help others, never caring whether they reap benefit or glory from their actions. They are people who really care, who live by standards and guide and help the needy. They are the ones who never show their power. Their actions speak a million words in silence”. I then asked the baba, where I can find one as I am eager to see one such hero. He told me, when we come across a true hero, we will feel them right in our heart.”

This description was good enough and now my enthusiasm increased more. But as I searched, the results went all in vain. And then I started to continue my studies abroad, my search was halted with life’s diversions. But in few years I came across a very dear friend of mine called “Ajay Babji” in a super market. I and Ajay were volunteers at an organization. Ajay was visiting his family for a short period as his brother was getting married in US. Since we met after a long time, I wanted to find out what Ajay was doing back home. To my surprise he told me, he runs a non profit organization in remote villages in Andhra Pradesh that were for the betterment of the poor and the needy. He was not only helping them get education but also was trying his best to see that their dreams were achieved to at least a decent level. I was thoroughly surprised and felt very proud of him. When I was telling him how proud I was, he interrupted me and said the real credit goes to Naved Jafri and he believes Naved was the reason for the turning point in his life. I did not know who Naved Jafri was and I was eager to know how he helped my friend in making a brilliant decision in his life. And at this point the introduction to the real hero that I was searching for a long time came into effect.

I was told that during one of the Boogie Woogie auditions, his sister had not got selected but the brother that he was, he consoled his sister but broke down himself. Looking at this Naved who was then surrounded by dozen of people, saw and walked towards him and consoled him. When Ajay wanted to touch his feet, he stopped him and spoke words of wisdom that taught Ajay a new lesson of life. Watching the Boogie Woogie guys and their humility, Ajay was so inspired that he silently started working for a voluntary organization to spread education in remote villages. He proudly called Naved and the Boogie Woogie guys – Ravi and Javed as his mentors and motivators. He said his organization also was recognized by the local government for the work that they did. Unfortunately Ajay Babji is no longer in this world due to a tragic road accident but what ever short life that he lived, he sure lived it right. I am extremely proud of Ajay and also proud of his silent mentor.

That was the time for me to begin my search as the description was clear enough and hence I started searching for Naved the real hero. I did not had any Indian Television channels in my apartment but when I moved to Philadelphia a year later in 2003, I was happy to subscribe to Sony channel to see this great guy who worked magic in my friends life. Naved was the reason I started watching Boogie Woogie and got hooked on. I started following it religiously and as time went on I became a die hard fan and an admirer for many reasons. And I am proud of it!

To my knowledge, Naved Jafri is a perfect youth icon. He has been bringing a big change in many youth and in society. He is an awesome role model anyone could ever ask for. There are many Ajay’s in India (unsung heroes) who got inspired by him and Ravi and Javed”. They probably are not even aware of their own magic or power that they have on people. They reach out to real India and their reaching touches our heart. Their actions speak louder then words. They sure are modest, simple, humble and great guys. There are more real stories of how and what impact they have on present youth and what respect they get from families all over.

Having standards on a TV show that say “don’t wear such and such clothes, no revealing, wear proper stockings, no vulgar songs, and no vulgar expressions” is a tough job. In present days, any revealing or any indecent behavior is good enough to fetch brilliant TRP. One small incident, and you will find the news all over Internet and people are waiting to catch that show. But in Sony’s Boogie Woogie, you don’t find any such incidences or behaviors. What you may find is a long 27 point rules and regulations. First time when I glanced at the lengthy multiple pages rules, I thought they are nuts but then when I read each and every point, I realized all those rules were perfect and it will help as a great guiding tool for the participants. It is great to be disciplined. It is this same discipline that will demarcate the good from the bad and will leave a respectful image in future and for years to come.

Naved is the master mind behind the concept of Boogie Woogie. He and Ravi are childhood friends. When Ravi approached Naved to start a television show, Naved came up with the idea of Boogie Woogie and they both with the help of Javed got into Sony. I read somewhere that Sony had given them Rs. 12,000/- to start the show. When they started working on their show they never realized that it would create history one day or it could turn out to be super hit. But as time went on, the show became more and more popular and became crave of the each and every town. Yet the humility and humbleness remained where it was before. His attitude never changed. There may be many dance shows today but what Boogie Woogie is, none can ever come close to that level. Boogie Woogie stands class apart in its quality search for talent. Boogie Woogie is the home product of R & N Productions that stands for Ravi and Naved Productions. It is one production house that makes many feel proud to work for. It is one production house that outputs a product that is respectable. Maybe it is possible due to the kind of friendship that both Ravi and Naved shares. They are well aware of each others mood as they are friends for a long time and their friendship only strengthened with time. It is a friendship that will talk about as a good example. When it comes to Naved, it is possible for one to skip talking about anyone else but it is impossible not talk about Ravi. These two names have become synonyms as it is impossible to take one name and leave the other. God bless their friendship!

Naved is a perfect son, brother and a great friend. He is also an adorable uncle and a fun guy to be with. He has no hang ups and if you approach him, he reciprocates back with respect and care. He makes you feel like you are friends with him for long. He is easy to talk to about anything under the sun and that is why you find many - right from kids to grown ups, joke or talk with him easily on the show or off the sets.

True heroes are rare to find but we are lucky that we found them right at Boogie Woogie sets. As Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Be the change that you want to see in the world” and that is what we see in Naved. He is the change and who works continuously for the betterment of the society and very humbly. He may not realize what people feel for him as he jokes about himself as just somebody but the fact remains that for many people he might be their world – a real super hero!!

On behalf of BoogieWoogieIndia.Com ……..

Happy Birthday Naved! May God bless you always and shower you with his choicest blessings. May you live a million healthy years and continue to spread your niceness among everyone always. May your life be filled with plenty of joys, cheers, happiness, good health, love and tons of laughter Amen!

Good people like you deserve to live a long life and hence this song ………

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and this is dedication from Geeta…..

As many know 8th annual Indian Television Academy Awards (ITA) were scheduled this week, we proudly bring you the news that Sony Channel’s “Videocon Boogie Woogie” won 2 awards this year!!

Hip Hip Hurray!!! Its time for Celebrations!!

Naved, Javed, Ravi, and the entire team of Boogie Woogie, please know “WE” entire boogie woogie fans are very happy and we hope and pray that 2009 brings you even more awards then this year - God Willingly!!

On behalf of entire Boogie Woogie Fans we “Congratulate” you. Keep rocking - We are very PROUD of YOU!! We dedicate the song below to the entire team - even though the lyrics is of a love song, the message is we love you guys and we are happy as can be and we look forward to sharing more joys in the coming year. 

December is the birth month of our dear Naved jafferey. He is born on December 28th.

We at BoogieWoogieIndia.Com will be celebrating his birthday and like to extend our celebrations to all Boogie Woogie and Naved Jaaffrey fans.

If you like your wishes for Naved to be published on Boogie Woogie India blog, please send it to us latest by 26th of  this month. You can send your wishes to sansuiboogiewoogie@gmail.com

Please feel free to add pictures, graphics, colorful copy and pastes or whatever you may think is right for your greeting. We also encourage videos and audio’s and you can even send an electronic greeting. All greetings will be then picture shot to fit and publish on the blog. You are free to write in any language you are comfortable with.

So get on with your work. We look forward to getting a massive response for this birthday celebrations.

Any other idea or suggestion, please send them across to the above email.

Thank you once again for visiting us everyday!