Boman Irani

Trivia

• Boman Irani is a Parsi and follows the religion of Zoroastrianism. He speaks a number of languages very fluently, which include English, Hindi, Gujarati, and Bengali.
• Boman Irani has also been on Kaun Banega Crorepati with Sanjay Dutt.
• He also hosts the IIFA Awards together with actor Riteish Deshmukh in 2008 and 2009.
• He is a member of the Parsee Television Actors Community and is also its Secretary. This elite community includes others such as Smriti Zubin Irani and Cyrus Broacha.
• Boman Irani started out in a number of advertisements like Fanta, Ceat and Krackjack biscuits ('As Crack of the Crack aur Jack duo').
• His busy film career has stagnated his theatre career but despite this Boman continues to perform in theatre whenever possible. He has over 40 plays to his credit- around 15 of them as the lead character.
• His love of acting was always present even during school and college. He trained under acting coach Hansraj Siddhia from 1981 to 1983 and adopted professional acting methods. Unlike national theatre, Boman Irani's expertise was more of british theatre and he soon developed fantastic accents.
• Boman Irani moved into Photography in 1987 and persisted with Photography until 1989. He is a professional photographer.
• After his graduation he pursued a career-initially with the Life Insurance Corporation of India from 1982 to 1985. At the same time Boman Irani also established an Uncle Chips franchise in Dadar which ran until 1986 before shutting down owing to a loss.
• Boman Irani is an Indian film and theatre actor and photographer.

Quotes

• "I'm not a hero or a superstar. I'm an everyday guy. I feel happy when children approach me. I feel that something good is happening in life when little kids recognise me."
• "You know how it is like with Parsis. You throw a few Parsis in a room and it becomes a madhouse. The sets were like a madhouse."
• "There has never been a conscious decision to do more comedies. In fact most of my roles are not comical in nature. It's just that the situations and the circumstances make the character a little funny and the films are such that they have a humorous streak to them."
• "I have been very lucky because I got to work with the best of directors in the industry and have shared screen space with amazing and most talented actors. However, I would really like to work with Imtiaz Ali and Vishal Bhardwaj."
• "There are different shades to the character but it is some of the funniest characters I have ever played. It's weirdly funny. We are aware that Mumbai never had a maharaja but there is a meaning to it."