Javed Jafri Says His Father Jagdeep Jafri's Legacy Helped Him In His Life

It is all known that Javed Jafri is an ace actor of Bollywood and also entertains his fans with his awesome screen presence. Be it villain roles or comedy roles, he makes us stick to the seats with his ultimate dialogue delivery. Well, recently he spoke to the media and opened up on how his father's legacy helped him in his career and life.

He started off by saying, "After the partition when my father, as a little boy came to India with his mother, they lived on the footpath and slept hungry. He had no choice but to take whatever work came his way -- incidentally it was an acting job, as a child artiste. He was good at it so he kept getting work, and gradually acting became the profession".

He added, "When we were born, even though we did not face poverty the way my father did, we understood the value of every basic thing of life -- having meals of three times, a roof over our heads, going to school as children. So, our level of passion towards acting and compassion towards those who are not lucky to have the basics of daily life is, of a different level altogether. Now my son Mezaan, who is also an actor, understands the value of everything. My father passed on his wisdom and values to us and his grandson. It is our three generations of actors who have been acting and performing in the Indian film industry, so our passion, compassion and dedication towards performing art is almost like worship".

When asked about the reality shows on the small screens he said, "I think evolution is only natural with technology, and TV, cinema and our overall entertainment industry is also a part of that. Reality shows on TV becoming a prominent genre happened because of that. When we started our journey on TV with non-fiction shows, the concept of reality shows -- where kids are invited to showcase their talent and based on that their talent was recognised -- was not there on Indian TV. So, when we started 'Boogie Boogie', it was an original show. We did not have any reference point and we were not copying any show from the western television. I think back then, even in American or British television, there was no show exactly like ours. It was an original concept".