Jaaved Jaaferi Says Sob Stories In Reality Shows Look Fake; Adds Boogie Woogie Was Best Show Happened In India

Boogie Woogie was one of the best dance reality shows on television of mid-90s. Jaaved Jaaferi, Naved Jafri and Ravi Behl were seen as the judges. The show attracted audience of all ages and genders as they appreciated India's talent. The reality show looked 'real' and it became instant hit among audience.

Although reality shows these days are indeed best platform to showcase talent, they lack reality and are hugely criticised mainly because of all drama and sob stories. Recently, Sonu Nigam had called sob stories as marketing thing. Now, Jaaved Jaaferi has reacted to the same and called it fake. He said he misses Boogie Woogie and added that it was best show that happened in India.

Talking about reality shows, Jaaved was quoted by Indian Express as saying, "There are pros and cons. I personally feel that the biggest pro is that the talent is getting an opportunity, a platform. The cons are that sometimes these shows become too contrived. All of them are looking the same. It (the sob stories) looks fake."
He feels Boogie Woogie was organic, real, from the heart and not scripted.

The actor said that in Boogie Woogie, things just happened and it used to be a surprise. He added that whenever someone would narrate a story, their reactions would come naturally and they paid attention to it but knew that it was a show, a platform to showcase talent, so, just sob stories never became the only way to go about it. He said Boogie Woogie was about talent and was about hope, conquering disability and was not a set up.

Jaaved concluded by saying, "I miss Boogie Woogie. It is the best show that happened in this country. It should come back but unfortunately, it is not in my hand."