Trivia

Major confusion occurred in India among fans when Hollywood movie Short Circuit released in1986. Many people who had seen the film thought that Fisher Stevens ( Who played the part of a Indian) was actually Javed Jaffery.This was due to Javed being a splitting image of Fisher Stevens with his beard and round eye glasses. Javed had just had his first release Mere Jung. In the film he sported round eye glasses and a beard. When Short Circuit released in India many though Javed had acted in a Hollywood movie. It was only after Javed confirmed in interviews that another actor starred in that film did people finally know the truth.

Dubbed for Prabhudevaa in the Hindi version of Sapnay.

Married actress Zeba Bhaktiar in 1989 and divorced her in 1990.

Step mother' s name is Sugra. She is the third wife of Jagdeep. Jagdeep and Sugra have a daughter named Muskaan. Muskaan is six months older then Javed' s son Mizaan.

Javed performed to Bappi Lahiri pop song Habiba on a Doorarshan New Year Special in 1989.

Introduced a new genre of dancing in India; technically trained dance styles, true Western Dance forms.

Often credited as the "1st Break Dancer of India".

Was initially offered the film "Disco Dancer" (1982) but tuned it down as he was asked to dance inferior to the film's main lead Mithun Chakraborty.

Was engaged to Farha Naaz.

Starred in the shelved film. Jalota Films "Sanam O Sanam"(1993) Starring Vinod Khanna, Reena Roy,Ronit Roy,Ronit Roy,Indrani Banerjee,Javed Jaffri,Deepak Saraf,Harsha Mehraa,Shakti Kapoor, Bindu, Music by Nadeem Shravan,Prduced by Anup Jalota, Directed by Barkha Roy. Reels:13.

Starred in the shelved movie Vikram Productions Pvt.Ltd."Chor Bazar" (1991). Starring Sunil Kapoor,Akshay Anand,Javed Jaffri,Sanah (Pakistani),Vikram Makandar, Music by Nadeem Shravan, Produced by Vikram Makandar,Faryal Moin Makandar, Directed by Vikram Makandar.

Was engaged to actress Shikha Swaroop during the shooting of Tahelka.

Starred in the shelved film UTV Spotboy's Season's Greetings (2009).Starring Tabu, Sohail Khan, Shreyas Talpade,Jaaved Jaffrey,Aashish Chaudhary,Vatsal Seth,Amrita Arora,Shilpa Shukla,Saurabh Shukla,Arav Choudhry,Music by Pritam ,Produced by UTV Motion Pictures, Directed by Vicky Chopra. Season's Greetings was the story of one whole day filled with five male youngsters, and three female leads. Their stories begin on 30 December and end with sunrise on 1 January. The different stories culminate into one crazy New Year's party where everyone, having traveled differently so far, become one.

Starred in the shelved film Smita Thackeray's Society (2011) Starring Randhir Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia,Om Puri,Paresh Rawal,Seema Biswas,Sarika, Javed Jaffery,Reema Sen,Aditya Raj Kapoor,Produced by Smita Thackeray, Directed by Rahul Dholakia.

Starred in the shelved film Harish Barot's Trilok (1989) Starring Javed Jaffery, Parijat, Paresh Rawal, Rakesh Bedi ,Shiva, Directed by Dinkar Chaudhary.

Starred in the shelved film "Dance Master" (1991). It was going to be produced by Naved Jafferey.

Starred in the shelved film Monang Films "Trilok" (1990) Starring Raj Babbar ,Sujata Mehta, Javed Jaffri, Parijaat,Paresh Rawal,Ishrat Ali,Shiva,Music by Rajesh Roshan, Producer Harish Barot, Directed Parto Ghosh. It was revived as "Aaj Ka Nanha Farishta" and released . Javed's character was removed and only his dance was retained. New characters (Master Omkar Kapoor) were added to the film, altering the script.

Anil Sharma was going to produce a film titled "Break Dancer" in 1991. Javed Jaffery was going to produce and direct the film. It eventually got shelved.

Starred in the shelved film "Bankelal" (1986).

Starred in the shelved movie Promise Pictures "Damdaar"(1990) Starring Hema Malini,Suresh Oberoi,Javed Jaffery,Hemant Birje,Sahila Chaddha,Raza Murad, Shakti Kapoor,Shehzad Khan,Music by Annu Malik,Produced and Directed by Dilip Gulati.

Starred in the movie M.M. Arts "Yudhkaal"(1993) Starring Javed Jafferey,Archana Puran Singh, Sanjeeva, Kader Khan,Shakti Kapoor, Mukesh Khanna,Mohnish Behl,Music by Dilip Sen Sameer Sen,Directed by Inayat H. Sheikh. The film lay shelved for 10 years. Finally a new producer named Vijay Nair bought the film from the original producer's and restarted it as "Shola - Fire of Love". The new project retained what was already shot as Yudhkaal and added a new plot with new actors. The new film had a new story line and new characters with new music.

Starred in the shelved movie "Bankelal"(1985) Starring Parikshat Sahni, Javed Jaffery ,Sahila Chaddha,Amjad Khan,Jagdeep.Music by Vipin -Kishore, Produced by Shabab Ahmed,Directed by Wasi Khan.

Starred in the shelved movie Shivkripa Films "Masoom Mohabbat"(1992) Starring Sharmilee, Samardeep,Javed Jaffery, Dilip Dhawan, Amita Nangia, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Music by Gauri Shankar, Directed by Umesha.

Starred in the shelved movie P.K. Productions "Vishwas"(1990) Starring Mohsin Khan,Javed Jaffery,Satish Kaul,Anand Balraj,Alok Nath, Music by Bappi Lahiri,Produced by Rani S. Kapila and Padmini Kapila,Written and Directed by Tammu Hassan.

Maternal cousin is actor Javed Rizvi.

Starred in the shelved film Vijay Oscar Combines "Baja Bajaa Doonga" (1988). Starring Govinda, Aditya Pancholi, Javed Jaffri, Mandakini, Kimi Katkar, Nutan, Anupam Kher, Screenplay and Dialogue by Prayag Raaj, Music by Bappi Lahiri,Produced and Directed by Vijay-Oscar .