Boman Irani is a Bollywood actor. During his struggling days, he performed in theatre plays. Impressed by his acting skills, filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra offered him a significant role of ‘Dr Asthana’ in the 2003 film ‘Munna Bhai MBBS.’ Boman has played several iconic roles in Bollywood films that he still remembered for.
Boman Irani is a Bollywood actor. He was born on 2 December 1959 in Nagpada, Mumbai. His sun sign is Sagittarius. He completed his schooling from St Mary School, Mumbai. He earned a Polytechnic diploma from Mithibai College, Mumbai.
He is married to Zenobia Irani. They have two sons, Kayoze Irani and Danesh Irani.
Boman’s favourites
Boman’s hobby is photography.
He likes to eat shrimp curry and biryani.
His favourite actors are Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan.
He admires the works by directors Rajkumar Hirani, Farah Khan, and Shyam Benegal.
His favourite film is ‘The Sound of Music.’
His favourite writer is Rudyard Kipling. He loves reading the poem ‘If’ by the same writer.
His favourite restaurant is Café Good Luck in Mumbai, and Dorabjee and Sons.
Interesting facts about Boman Irani
In his younger years, Boman Irani worked as a waiter and room service staff in the famous ‘Taj Hotel’ in Mumbai for two years.
To earn a living, he even did freelance photography for the Times of India (TOI) newspaper.
He moved to Chennai to hone his photography skills. There, he got the opportunity of working for the Miss India beauty pageant.
In the year 2002, he appeared in a short film called ‘Let’s Talk.’
A close friend of Boman Irani and famous choreographer, Shiamak Davar suggested him to try his hands at theatre.
Boman’s first major role
Impressed by his acting skills, filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra offered him a significant role of ‘Dr Asthana’ in the 2003 film ‘Munna Bhai MBBS.’
In an interview, Boman Irani once shared that he suffered from the condition of dyslexia for many years.
Boman is fluent in multiple languages like Hindi, English, Gujarati, Bengali and Marathi.
Boman Irani's son Kayoze was seen in films like 'Student of the Year' (2012), 'Youngistaan' (2014), and 'The Legend of Michael Mishra'.
Boman’s filmography
Boman has played several iconic roles in Bollywood films that he still remembered for. He still receives praise for his portrayal of the character ‘Viru Sahastrabuddh’ aka ‘Virus’ in the film ‘3 Idiots.’
Some of Boman Irani’s popular films are, Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), Don 2 (2011), Jolly LLB (2013), Housefull 3 (2016), Happy New Year (2014), PK (2014), Made in China (2019), Parmanu (2018), Jayeshbhai Jordaar (2022), Main Hoon Na (2004), Total Dhamaal (2019), Sanju (2018), and Uunchai (2022).
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