Boman Irani: Respect Language That’s Not Yours

The distinctiveness with which he approaches his craft is made evident when Boman Irani responds to our questions of aping the mannerisms and physicality of Kailash Satyarthi with a pithy, “That’s just secondary”. Instead of studying the superficial, he dug deeper to unearth three distinct personalities of the Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

“He wears a cape and becomes a crusader when he’s rescuing children – tough and brave as he walks into factories and liberates them from labour,” Irani says, his voice mirroring the valour that Satyarthi would have portrayed during such endeavours. In the company of children, the child rights activist becomes one among them, says the actor, adding that the third facet to his personality emerges when he addresses the world on international podiums. “He’s a statesman, a world president when he joins the likes of Malala [Yousafzai, activist] to address people.”