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I S S U E 5 1 j u l y - a u g u s t 2 0 1 0m e m b e r s n e t w o r k i n g c e n t r eBoman Irani VisitRenowned Bollywood artiste,Boman Irani visited the IndiaClub on 6 July 2010. Boman,famous for his path breaking roles asDr. J C Asthana in Munnabhai MBBSand as Viru Sahastrabudhhe (Virus) in 3idiots, toured the Club premises andwas very impressed with the facilitiesavailable for its members.Boman Irani was born on 1st October1962 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.He is part of the Parsi community.He is married to Parizad Zoranbia andhas two sons, Danesh and Kayur. Hestarted out selling potato chips. Beforelong, photography appealed to himand then later it was the call of theater.He has worked with Alyque Padamseein the play Roshni and in Mahatma VsMahatma by Feroz Abbas Khan.He grew into a familiar face whenhe started working in ads like CEATTyres and Smyle Cough Syrup. Hereceived offers to work in movies insupporting roles and his presence inmovies has grown stronger over theyears.In 2000, he worked with Shah RukhKhan in Josh and in Rahul Bose’s EverybodySays I’m Fine (2001) as a manwho has molests his daughter.He worked in another big hit MunnabhaiMBBS (2003) as Dr. J. C. Asthanaand as an editor in Madhur Bhandarkar’scritically acclaimed moviePage 3 (2005). In the dark comedy BeingCyrus (2006) he played a role thatwas on the negative side.He has done his share of comedywith movies like Khosla Ka Ghosla(2006), Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd(2007) and Heyy Babyy (2007). Dostana(2008) was a commercial success andsaw him as a gay editor of a fashionmagazine.In the early part of 2009, he was seenas the fun loving Burman Presswalain Little Zizou. He has also worked inanother mega project called the ThreeIdiots alongwith Aamir Khan, whichwas also one of bollywoods biggestgrossers. He will be seen in a sequel,Munnabhai Chale Amerika. 014 IndiaClub