Out of the several thousands of faces that try to make it as an actor in Bollywood, very few actually get the chance to showcase their talent on the biggest stage, and Boman Irani is one such actor.
Known for his standout roles in Munna Bhai MBBS, 3 Idiots, and Khosla Ka Ghosla, the actor has been vocal about his childhood struggles with dyslexia.
In a recent interview, the actor talked about losing his father to Nephritis before he was even born, and how his mother raised him through all that.
Boman Irani on overcoming dyslexia
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Bollywood actor Boman Irani, in an interview, reflected on his journey, sharing how he overcame the challenges, highlighting that the learning disorder doesn't "define" who he is today.
In a conversation with ANI, Boman said, "No human being's DNA is identical. Right? Their structure, or maybe their dyslexia, or some aptitude, or the left brain, or the right brain, or there are different forms of autism, light spectrum, heavy spectrum. And everybody should use their ability or their disability to their advantage.”
He continued, “I always think that when I was in school, I could not understand mathematics. And that does not define me. What does define me then? My ability to communicate. My ability to tell stories. My ability to use my body. My ability to use my voice. Use that," said Boman Irani.
The Khosla Ka Ghosla actor shared that while he struggles with numbers and has no memory for arithmetic, he has excelled in other areas, like remembering film scenes since childhood.
"I have a great memory for certain things. I have no memory for numbers. Zero. So, you can teach me arithmetic for hours, I will never understand it. So, that is society's way of judging you. I don't get judged like that. I get judged by my own personal competence. So, when I was 11 years old, I saw this scene in a movie. I still have that clear memory because maybe because of some disability or ability. So, I just feel, one must never feel inferior to anybody," said Boman Irani.
Boman Irani on ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla’
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One of Boman’s iconic roles has been of Kishen Khurana in Dibakar Banerjee's Khosla Ka Ghosla in 2006.
He also spoke about the movie and said, "Khosla Ka Ghosla was a big, big thing for me as an actor. As a performer. Everybody was very sceptical of me doing the role, because I'm a Parsi from South Bombay, and I'm playing a Punjabi from Delhi. And, yeh nahi kar paayega (he won't be able to do it). So, I said, no, no, no, the moment you say nahi kar paayega na, toh maine challenge le liya (I took it as a challenge). Katam ho gya ( It was over then). And, then you work harder and harder and harder to do the insurmountable.”
He added, “So, in that sense, it was, for me, very special. And, then, people couldn't believe that I'm, you know, Parsi from South Bombay, behaving, you know, the way this character was behaving.”
Boman Irani was most recently seen in the film Detective Sherdil, which is exclusively streaming on Zee5.
Social and lead image credits: Instagram/boman_irani
