It is Jaaved Jaffrey's birthday today, and the actor, dancer, and voiceover artist turns 60 today. He is widely known for being part of the film Jajantaram Mamantaram, which catapulted him to success and made him a household name.

Jaaved Jaffrey is a master of many things. His dancing skills are well appreciated by everyone, and he also hosted a dance reality show called Boogie Woogie, which was very popular on television.

Apart from that, fans remember his iconic stint as the voiceover artist for the Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle. His commentary, which involved many gags that Jaffrey would do along with mimicries of popular film actors, remains in the public memory to this day.

On his birthday, here are 5 interesting facts about the actor that you may not have known:

1) He is the son of the comedian Jagdeep.

Not many people know this, but comedy runs in Jaaved Jaffrey's blood. He is the son of Indian actor and comedian Jagdeep, who is known for acting in films like Sholay, Andaz Apna Apna, and many others. His character, Soorma Bhopali, in Sholay became very popular. Jaaved Jaffrey took various things from his father and reinvented himself to create his own persona as an artist.

2) He is the master of voice-overs.

As his work in Takeshi's Castle is widely known, he has given his voice to many other animated films and cartoons that came on TV. He gave his voice to the Hindi version of the Japanese animated series Ninja Warrior, which aired on Pogo TV and Hungama. Apart from that, he even lent his voice to one of the characters in the Hindi animated film, Roadside Romeo.

3) Jaaved Jaffrey has acted in more than 350 films.

Many wouldn't know this, but Jaaved Jaffrey has done quite a lot of work in the early stages of his career in the late 80s and 90s. He made his debut in 1985 with the Subhash Ghai directorial Meri Jung, in which he played the role of a villain. After this, he went on to act in multiple films over the years. His last release was the Netflix film Jaadugar in 2022.

4) He is a politician.

Jaaved Jaffrey is active in the socio-political happenings in the country and keeps voicing his thoughts on current affairs. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party in 2014 and ran for office but did not come out victorious.

5) His son made his debut recently.

Now, taking the legacy ahead, his son, Meezaan Jaffrey, made his entry into Bollywood with his first film, Malaal. It was produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Meezaan is gearing up for his second film, Miranda Boys, which is in post-production currently.

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