1. Jaaved Jaaferi joined the Aam Aadmi Party in March, 2014 and contested the 2014 Indian general election from the Lucknow constituency, finishing fifth.
12 Facts About Jaaved Jaaferi
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Jaaved Jaaferi was born on 4 December 1963 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
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Jaaved Jaaferi married in 1991 and has two sons and a daughter, including Meezaan.
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Jaaved Jaaferi played Charlie Anna in the animated film Roadside Romeo, a collaborative effort of Yash Raj Films and Disney.
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Jaaved Jaaferi has commentated on the Japanese TV show Takeshi's Castle and Ninja Warrior on Pogo TV and Hungama respectively.
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Jaaved Jaaferi was the judge for Karaoke World Championships India with Manasi Scott, music director Raju Singh, Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant, founder and organizer of KWC INDIA, Savio Paul D'sa, Leslie Lewis, Remo Fernandes, and Sunita Rao.
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Jaaved Jaaferi has appeared in the Pakistani programme Loose Talk, portraying various characters from India.
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Jaaved Jaaferi has been associated with advertising since 1980 as a model, choreographer, copywriter, producer and director.
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Jaaved Jaaferi hosted Once More, where he talks about Bollywood films from the 1970s to the 1990s in his comic style, on Epic channel since 2015.
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Jaaved Jaaferi was the brand ambassador of the first India International Animation and Cartoon Film festival 2015.
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Jaaved Jaaferi won his first IIFA Award for best comic role in Salaam Namaste in 2005.
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Jaaved Jaaferi had finished fifth in the constituency securing 41,429 votes.