Boman Irani was born on 2 December 1959 in a Parsi family. His father passed away 6 months before the actor’s birth. He also has three older sisters and the mother raised four children alone. When the son was born, the mother could not even recover from the grief of her husband. Nor did the mother think that her Lal would one day grow up to illuminate her name.
home used to run like this
Boman Irani’s mother used to make chips at home and run a bakery of her own. With the income from this shop, he brought up the four children. Boman was not good at studies in his childhood and he used to think that he has to choose a profession which does not require marks.
became a waiter
Boman Irani did a waiter course at the age of 17. After completing his studies, he also started the job of waiter. His job was that of room service. For about 2 years, he worked as a waiter and room service in the hotel. But when mother’s health deteriorated, she had to leave the job.
12 years ran a bakery shop
You will be surprised to know but Boman Irani worked at the bakery shop for 12 years to take care of the family. Due to ill health of his mother, he took over the shop himself. This would cover the expenses of his family. He also got married between these 12 years.
done a lot in these 12 years
Boman Irani’s marks are definitely less but he has been very creative since childhood. He always wanted to do something creative and was constantly learning. Along with running the shop, Boman Irani also did photography and did theatre. He learned both the arts closely and earned a lot of name.
dance in the theater
Boman Irani has also done photography for the World Boxing event, so he earned a lot of name in the theater as well. His plays used to be a huge hit. In this way the age of Boman Irani became 35 years. Once seeing his play, filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra was so impressed with the actor that he offered his film to Boman Irani.
Story of Munna Bhai MMBBS
Vidhu Vinod Chopra called Boman Irani to his office and handed over a check of 2 lakhs. The actors were stunned, what is this happening? Then the filmmaker told that I know that you have that special thing and a time will come that I will ask you for a date and you will be very busy. That’s why I am giving you a check in advance and will do a film with you in the coming 6 months.
Boman Irani debut
Boman Irani made his Bollywood debut with Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Munna Bhai MMBBS. Many actors had refused this film before Boman Irani. On hearing this title, some big stars refused to do it but Boman Irani had to do this film because he had already given his tongue to the filmmaker. Bas Phir Kya he did Munna Bhai MBBS film with Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi and his character was highly praised.
From movies to OTT
Boman Irani, who debuted at the age of 42, has done many films so far. Each and every character played by him has mesmerized the audience. Recently, he also made his OTT debut through the web series Masoom.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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