Boman Irani Stated How One Should Never Let Difficulties Define Them (Photo Credit –Instagram)
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Boman Irani is one of the most versatile actors in the Bollywood industry. He is popularly known for his outstanding roles in Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., Housefull 3, Jolly LLB, and 3 Idiots, among other notable films. Boman marked his acting debut at the age of 42 with the film Josh in 2000. However, his life before entering Hindi cinema wasn’t always easy since his father passed away before he was born. Let’s revisit the time when he opened up about childhood struggles with stammering. Read on to know more.
Boman Irani Reflected On Childhood Struggle With Dyslexia
According to iDiva, in an interview with ANI, Boman Irani shared his struggle with dyslexia and highlighted that no one should ever let their learning difficulties define them. He said, “No human being’s DNA is identical. Right? Their structural, 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.”
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Boman Irani On His Memory
“I always thought that when I was in school, I could not understand mathematics. And that does not define me. What defines 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,” the actor further stated.
“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, maybe because of some disability or ability. So, I just feel, one must never feel inferior to anybody,” Boman Irani went on to say.
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Boman Irani On Working In Khosla Ka Ghosla
Further talking about his film Khosla Ka Ghosla, Boman said, “Khosla Ka Ghosla was a big, big thing for me as an actor. As a performer. Everybody was very sceptical of me doing this role, because I’m a Parsi from South Bombay, and I’m playing a Punjabi from Delhi. And, yeh nahi kar payega (won’t be able to perform it). So, I said, ‘No, no, no, the moment you say nahi kar payega na, toh maine challenge le liya (took it as a challenge). Khatam ho gaya (and that was it).’ And then you work harder and harder and harder to do the insurmountable.”
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The actor then said, “So, in that sense, it was, for me, very special. And then people couldn’t believe that I’m Parsi from South Bombay, behaving the way this character was behaving.”
