Boman Irani
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| Boman Irani | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 1, 1952 Mumbai, India |
| Occupation | Actor, photographer |
Boman Irani (born 1 October 1952 in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian film and theatre actor and photographer.
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[edit] Life
[edit] Early life
Boman was born into a Irani family on 1 October 1962. Sources dispute his date of birth as 2 October but Boman in an interview said he was born at 8:45 pm on the 1st.
He is a graduate of Mithibai College in Mumbai. After his graduation he pursued a career-initially with the Life Insurance Corporation of India from 1982 to 1985. At the same time he also established an Uncle Chips franchise in Dadar which ran until 1986 before shutting down owing to a loss.[1]
Boman moved into Photography in 1987 and persisted with Photography until 1989. He is a professional photographer.
[edit] Career
[edit] Theatrical career
Boman's 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's expertise was more of British theatre and he soon developed fantastic accents.
Boman's mentor was Alyque Padamsee - the veteran theatre actor best known for his role as Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Gandhi. Boman's earliest theatrical appearance was in Roshni where he played a Cameo - at the Regional Theatre in Versova. He followed this up with serials like Family Ties and Mahatma vs Gandhi (Playing Gandhi after the role was turned down by Darshan Jariwala.
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.[2]
[edit] Movie career
Boman started out in a number of advertisements like Fanta, Ceat and Krackjack biscuits ('As Crack of the Crack aur Jack duo').
It was in 2000 with Josh that Boman formally made his movie debut. He played the role of Father D'Mello. However it was with Munnabhai M.B.B.S. that Boman became really popular. His role as J.Asthana was one of his most memorable. Since then Boman has risen to become one of the finest supporting actors in the film industry- most of his roles being: Comedic (Main Hoon Na, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Dostana, Waqt: The Race Against Time, No Entry, 3 Idiots),Supporting (Veer-Zaara, Maine Gandhi ko Nahin Mara, Lakshya, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., Sorry Bhai!, Page 3, My Wife's Murder), Comedic-Villainous (Khosla Ka Ghosla) & Negative Roles (Don - The Chase Begins Again, Eklavya: The Royal Guard).
[edit] Others
Boman 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 also hosted the IIFA Awards together with actor Riteish Deshmukh in 2008 and 2009.[3]
He has also been on Kaun Banega Crorepati with Sanjay Dutt.
[edit] Religion
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
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Josh | D'Mello | Father of Church |
| 2001 | Everybody Says I'm Fine! | Mr. Mittal | |
| 2002 | Let's Talk | Nikhil | |
| 2003 | Darna Mana Hai | Hotel owner | |
| 2003 | Boom | Cameo Appearance | |
| 2003 | Munnabhai M.B.B.S. | Dr. J. C. Asthana | |
| 2004 | Main Hoon Na | Principal | |
| 2004 | Lakshya | Mr. Shergill | Karan's Father |
| 2004 | Veer-Zaara | Jahangir Hayaat Khan | Zaara's Father & Pakistani Politician |
| 2005 | Page 3 | Deepak Suri | |
| 2005 | Waqt: The Race Against Time | Natu | Pooja's Father |
| 2005 | My Wife's Murder | Inspector Tejpal Randhawa | |
| 2005 | No Entry | Minister P.J. Gupta | |
| 2005 | Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara | Public Prosecutor | |
| 2005 | Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak | Michael Burnett / Santa Claus | |
| 2005 | Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow | Yashwant Dayal | |
| 2005 | Bluffmaster | Dr. Bhalerao | |
| 2005 | Mr. Prime Minister | ||
| 2006 | Being Cyrus | Farokh Sethna | |
| 2006 | Shaadi Se Pehle | Dr Rustam | Ashish's Doctor |
| 2006 | Pyare Mohan | Tony Alias Dholakia | |
| 2006 | Yun Hota To Kya Hota | DCP | Special Appearance |
| 2006 | Lage Raho Munna Bhai | Lucky Singh | |
| 2006 | Khosla Ka Ghosla | Kishen Khurana | |
| 2006 | Don - The Chase Begins Again | DCP DeSilva / Vardhan | |
| 2007 | Eklavya: The Royal Guard | Rana Jayawardhan | |
| 2007 | Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. | Oscar Fernandes | |
| 2007 | Heyy Babyy | Bharat Sahni | |
| 2007 | Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal | Tony Singh | |
| 2008 | Woodstock Villa | ||
| 2008 | Love Story 2050 | Professor Yatin Khanna / Uncle Ya | |
| 2008 | Kismat Konnection | Rajiv Batra | Guest Appearance |
| 2008 | Rishton Ki Machine | ||
| 2008 | Dostana | M (Murali) | Fashion Magazine Editor |
| 2008 | Yuvvraaj | Dr P.K. Banton | Katrina kaif's Father |
| 2008 | Sorry Bhai! | Navin | |
| 2008 | Maharathi | AD Merchant | |
| 2009 | Luck by Chance | Dinaz Aziz | Cameo as shipping tycoon |
| 2008 | Little Zizou | Boman Pressvala | |
| 2009 | 99 | Rahul | |
| 2009 | Kambakkht Ishq | Doctor | Special Appearance |
| 2009 | Perfect Mismatch | Mr. Patel | |
| 2009 | Fruit & Nut | Maharaja Harry Holkar | |
| 2009 | Well Done Abba | Arman Ali / Rehman Ali | |
| 2009 | Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai | ||
| 2009 | Durbar | ||
| 2009 | Front Page | ||
| 2009 | 3 Idiots | Viru Sahastrabudhhe (ViruS) | The Director of ICE (Imperial College of Engineering). |
| 2009 | Mungilal Rocks | ||
| 2010 | Munnabhai Chale Amerika | ||
| 2010 | Teen Patti | ||
| 2010 | Kaun Bola? | ||
| 2010 | Mirch |
[edit] References
- ^ Interview with Shekhar Gupta of the Indian Express
- ^ "Mahatma v. Gandhi". ferozkhan.com. http://www.ferozkhan.com/fz_mahatmasynopsis.htm. Retrieved 2006-11-17.
- ^ Riteish Deshmukh, Boman Irani are IIFA hosts again
