MR. FUNNYBONES!
Jaaved Jaaferi talks about Kiss Your Best Friend 2 and giving acting tips to son Meezaan
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aaved Jaaferi was recently seen in the web series Never Kiss Your Best Friend 2. The Free Press Journal caught up with him for an exclusive chat. Excerpts:
How was your experience working in Never Kiss Your Best Friend 2?
I was also a part of season 1.5 in 2020, which was called a lockdown special. That was an extremely exciting project because of the way it was shot. Everybody was in their own homes, and we were shooting an entire web series from within our house. So that was quite intriguing. The makers then decided to get my character of Bittu Mama as part of season two. It is a parallel and a supporting track to the main track of Tanie and Sumer.
How was it working with Anya Singh and Nakuul Mehta?
I did a show called Boogie Woogie, and that has really helped me in life. For 17 years, I interacted with children and their parents. So that has kept me inquisitive and open to people and their way of thinking. The younger generation learns from the experienced, and the older generation learns from the excitement of the younger generation.
Viewers feel that you look quite young in the show. What’s the secret?
Haha, obviously, they do a little bit of touch-up on the poster. I'll be 59 now. I keep a balance, and I don't go extreme. I tried to do that for six months, I followed a major diet that was medically recommended to me, but it didn't work. I lost a lot of weight, but I didn't want to look like that. I think we should enjoy the few good things in life and have your chocolate, ice cream, or your biryani once in a while. It's fine but keep the balance.
You made your acting debut as a villain with (1985). How did you switch from negative roles to comedy roles?
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I was a villain right in the beginning, then immediately after that, I went into positive lead characters, not the solo lead, but it was always with other people. In 1994, I jumped into Channel V, and that was where the humour came out. Then I played a villain again in Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India! (1995) with Shah Rukh Khan. Recently, I played the villain in Besharam and Bang Bang. In Sooryavanshi also, my character was very serious.
Did your son Meezaan take any acting tips from you?
He asked me something with reference to a script once. So, I discussed that a bit. But I don't like to get into it too much, and I let him do it on his own.
Hungama 2? Priyadarshan, as a director, works very differently. He had told him there was no script, and he would tell him what to do when he came on the set. Meezaan is not used to that. He is used to a script. I think he could have done better, but he did a good job. Certain scenes were so good. He's new now, and everybody grows. I look back at myself, and I see a huge difference in myself as an actor. I feel he's got a great screen persona.
Did you review his film