Boman Irani

Boman Irani
Born	2 December 1959[1] Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film actor Voice actor
Years active	2000–present
Religion	Zoroastrianism
Spouse(s)	Zenobia Irani
Children	Danesh and Kayoze Irani (son)

Boman Irani (born 2 December 1959) is an Indian film and theatre actor, voice artist and photographer. He is widely known for his comedic and villain roles in Bollywood movies such as Don, Munna Bhai MBBS, 3 Idiots and most recently PK and Happy New Year.

Early life

Irani was born on 2 December 1959, in Mumbai. He finished his schooling in St. Mary's School, Mumbai. He is a graduate of Mithibai College in Mumbai. After his polytechnic diploma course, he joined the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower and worked there as a waiter and room service staff.^[2] Thereafter, he joined his mother to run their ancestral bakery shop between Novelty and Apsara Cinema in South Mumbai.

Irani turned to photography in 1987 and continued until he became an actor.

Career

Irani began his acting career in theatre and moved to film in 2000. Irani gained attention for his role in the 2003 comedy Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. He later appeared in Lage Raho Munna Bhai for which he received several IIFA award nominations and in 3 Idiots opposite Aamir Khan which earned him a Filmfare Award and a Star Screen Award for Best Actor in a Villainous Role. He is the host of Bollywood Ka Boss.

Theatre career

Acting had been a passion to Boman even during school and college days inspired by his great friend Mahan Shri Chandan kr. Singh. He trained under acting coach Hansraj Siddhia from 1981 to 1983 and adopted professional acting methods inspired by Chandan Singh. Irani preferred British theatre, and he soon developed different accents.

Irani's mentor was Alyque Padamsee — the veteran theatre actor best known for his role as Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Gandhi. He was introduced to Padamsee by Shiamak Davar.^[2][3] Irani'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 most illustrious play till date has been I am not Bajirao which ran for 10 years.^[2]

Film career

Irani started out in a number of advertisements like Fanta, Ceat and Krackjack biscuits (as Mr. Jack of the Krack and Jack duo^[4]).

His small but very significant role in Darna Mana Hai earned him good acclaim. the film didn't fare too well, but his was one of the most remembered segments of the movies along with Saif Ali Khan. With Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Irani became really popular. His role as J. Asthana earned him a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Comedian.His comic as well as minor antagonist type role in 3 Idiots is also still remembered. Since then Irani has played in many comedic hits (Main Hoon Na, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Dostana, Khosla Ka Ghosla, Waqt: The Race Against Time, No Entry, 3 Idiots, Housefull, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Housefull 2 and Cocktail), supporting (Veer-Zaara, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara, Lakshya, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., Sorry Bhai!, Page 3, My Wife's Murder), and negative roles (Don: The Chase Begins Again , Don 2: The King Is Back, Eklavya). He acted in his first Telugu movie Attharintiki Daaredhi as the grandfather of Pawan Kalyan .

Irani hosted the IIFA Awards with actor Ritesh Deshmukh in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 in Toronto.^[5] He has been on Kaun Banega Crorepati with Sanjay Dutt.

He featured in OneTouch Glucose Meters TV commercials in 2015 with Simone Singh.^[6]

Personal life

Boman Irani is an Irani and follows the religion of Zoroastrianism. He speaks English, Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali and Marathi fluently. Irani is a member of the Parsee Television Actors Community and is its secretary. He is married to Zenobia, with whom he has two sons, Danesh and Kayoze Irani.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Everybody Says I'm Fine!	Mr. Mittal
2002	Let's Talk	Nikhil
2003	Darna Mana Hai	Hotel owner
2003	Boom	Diamond Dealer	Cameo Appearance
2003	Munnabhai M.B.B.S.	Dr. J. C. Asthana	Nominated, Filmfare Best Comedian Award
2004	Main Hoon Na	Principal	Nominated, Filmfare Best Comedian Award
2004	Lakshya	Mr. Shergill
2004	Veer-Zaara	Jahangir Hayaat Khan
2005	Page 3	Deepak Suri
2005	Waqt: The Race Against Time	Natu
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
2005	Being Cyrus	Farokh Sethna
2006	Shaadi Se Pehle	Dr Rustam
2006	Pyare Mohan	Tony Alias Dholakia
2006	Yun Hota To Kya Hota	DCP	Special appearance
2006	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Lucky Singh	Nominated, Filmfare Best Villain Award
2006	Khosla Ka Ghosla	Kishen Khurana
2006	Don - The Chase Begins Again	DCP DeSilva / Vardhaan
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)
2008	Yuvvraaj	Dr P.K. Banton
2008	Sorry Bhai!	Navin
2008	Maharathi	AD Merchant
2009	Luck by Chance	Dinaz Aziz	Cameo Appearance
2009	Little Zizou	Boman Pressvala
2009	99	Rahul
2009	Kambakkht Ishq	Doctor	Cameo Appearance
2009	Perfect Mismatch	Mr. Patel
2009	Fruit and Nut	Maharaja Harry Holkar
2009	Durbar
2009	Front Page
2009	3 Idiots	Viru Sahastrabuddhe (Virus)	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
2009	Mungilal Rocks
2010	Well Done Abba	Arman Ali / Rahman Ali
2010	Teen Patti		Special Appearance
2010	Hum Tum Aur Ghost	Kapoor
2010	Mirch	Asu Hotmal
2010	Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai		Special Appearance
2010	Housefull	Batukbhai Patel
2011	F.A.L.T.U	Principal Sharma	Special Appearance
2011	Game	O. P. Ramsay
2011	Love Breakups Zindagi	Sheila's Dad	Cameo Appearance
2011	Don 2: The King is Back	Vardhaan	Nominated, IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
2012	Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu	Rahul's father
2012	Housefull 2	Batook Patel
2012	Tezz	Sanjay Raina
2012	Ferrari Ki Sawaari	Deboo
2012	Cocktail	Randhir kapoor(Randy)
2012	Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi	Farhad
2012	Student of the Year	Harkishan Sanan	Guest Appearance
2013	Jolly LLB	Advocate Rajpal as star advocate in film
2013	Attarintiki Daredi	Raghu Nandan	Telugu film
2014	Youngistaan	Prime Minister Dashrath Kaul	Guest appearance
2014	Bhoothnath Returns	Bhausaheb
2014	Happy New Year	Tehmton Irani (Tammy)
2014	PK	Cherry Bajwa
2015	Bengal Tiger	Ashok Gajapathi	Telugu film
2015	Dilwale	King
2016	The Legend of Michael Mishra
2016	Housefull 3		Filming

Awards

Year	Award Show	Award	Film	Won
2004	Screen Weekly	Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role	Munnabhai M.B.B.S.	Yes
2007	Filmfare Award	Filmfare Best Villain Award	Lage Raho Munnabhai	Nominated
2010	Star Screen Award	Star Screen Award for Best Villain	3 Idiots	Yes
2010	Filmfare Award	Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award	3 Idiots	Yes
2010	IIFA Award	IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role	3 Idiots	Yes
2013	Kalakar Awards	Award for Best Actor	Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi	Yes

References

1. Pacheco, Sunitra (2 December 2014). "Actor Boman Irani turns 55". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
2. "Boman Irani gets candid". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
3. "The making of an actor". Bomanirani.com. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
4. "Actor – Ad Films – India". Boman Irani. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
5. Riteish Deshmukh, Boman Irani are IIFA hosts again
6. LOWE LINTAS HIGHLIGHTS THE ‘SWEET’ SIDE IN THE LIFE OF A DIABETIC FOR ONETOUCH

External links

• Boman Irani at the Internet Movie Database