Today is December 1st – the last month of the year begins. For many, it is the holiday month as many holidays fall in December. Every where you see, you will find smiley faces, jovial people and all happy go merry personalities. It is the time when you hear bells really ringing in air and music filling your heart. Yes it is the most beautiful time of the year!
In North American and European continents, 
December is celebrated lavishly as the most beautiful time of the year because Christmas falls in this month. If someone asks me what my favorite month is – I would in a heart beat tell them “December”. This stands true for many reasons – it is because of the pleasantness that is found in air, it is for the holidays, and also for special birthdays – birthdays that are special to our heart. For Boogie Woogie India, December is extra special as two out of three gems birthdays fall in this month – Yes I am talking about Javed Jaffery and Naved Jaffery. And so we begin the celebrations here right at your own blog.
Javed’s birthday is right around the corner on 4th and Naved’s birthday falls at end of the month but 
before we celebrate the awesome brother’s, lets start by celebrating the one person who is responsible for these perfect brother’s upbringing, the person who gave us two awesome souls whom we adore dearly. The man in question came with a vast exposure of film industry and he still urged the importance of the right traditions, right customs and right upbringing for his family and that is worth many applauds. They say if the foundation is set right then the rest of the things fall in its place on its own and due to the same strong foundation that was laid; the output is that we see perfect mannerisms and gentlemanship that is looked upon with high respect and love.
So before we start to celebrate these two brothers, let us celebrate their father – the Man of Honor Mr. Jaffery aka Jagdeep! I strongly feel without celebrating father, it just won’t be fair to celebrate his sons.
Syed Jawaher Ali Jaffery who is more popularly known as Jagdeep has more then 400 films to his credit. He started his career as a child artist. Right from the beginning when he needed to earn money for his living, one thing he set clear for himself was that he would not earn money the wrong way. He preferred working hard but right way and did not opt for any wrong short cuts. He believed in living a respectable life with right standards and traditions.
Talking about his movies, I wish I could write the entire listing but maybe in future we will add to the archive but for now the one role that will always stay ever green in peoples mind is of Soorma Bhopali from movie “Sholay”.
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!!
There is another concept that is doing its rounds these days and that is the Cricketer/ TV celebrity pairing in the dance show. What’s up with that? No wonder year “1983” will always be remembered forever as “THE” only victory for India if this is the way our dear cricketers will practice their skills on the dance stage! The real passion for the sport is long gone. Very few cricketers you would find who really would take cricket as a passion for the sport sake. It’s sad but true. You can spot them all over in Bollywood parties, doing ad campaigns and all over Television channels doesn’t matter if the show belong to their forte or not – if there is money and glamour then there is cricketer having fun. And on cricket ground what do they do??? Let me not go there!!
I recently had a chance to converse with few youngsters who want cricket as their career and when I questioned them why, they came up with an honest answer saying “There is plenty of money, you can retire early and still be in limelight and the greatest reason to be a cricketer is to end up marrying a Bollywood actress.” Now would you say something is wrong with their thinking? Or would you say they are at fault? No I don’t think so. They say right “monkey see monkey do” so what they see their role models do, they will follow the same. Mera Bharat Mahaan!
I have been glued to TV for so many years especially for reality shows. Every time I watched a show, I witnessed another drama, loud and inappropriate remarks by judges, misbehaving and ill treating with participants, disrespecting them and walking all over them just because they are given the power to judge.
The two gems who run the show and who are the masterminds – Naved Jaffery and Ravi Behl deserves a standing ovation for maintaining the show standards and keeping a lively atmosphere.
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