"I’m lucky to be a part of ensemble casts"

The nation once again went bonkers over Boman Irani’s performance in LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI. The talented actor is not resting on his laurels post LRMB, the successful sequel to MUNABHAI M.B.B.S. He is thrilled by the spectrum of films coming up. He plays Oscar Fernandes, a 50-year old Catholic man married to Shabana Azmi in Reema Kagti’s HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT LTD. “It’s a romantic comedy. All the characters are different and amazingly etched out. I play this nice teddy bear kind of a character. He is joyous but there’s also a tinge of sadness in him. He has his own back-story. It tackles loads of issues in its own sweet little way. It’s funny sometimes; it’s sensitive at times. It makes you realize the fact that when you start loving someone, you realize who you really are. It’s a charming film with a wonderful bunch of actors,” reveals Boman.

HONEYMOON TRAVELS PVT LTD is about 6 couples who are on a package honeymoon to Goa, viz Boman Irani-Shabana Azmi, Arjun Rampal-Dia Mirza, Kay Kay Menon-Raima Sen, Amisha Patel-Karan Khanna, Minissha Lamba-Abhay Deol and Vikram Chatwal-Sandhya Mridul.

Up next is Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s EKLAVYA, Boman’s most complex role to date. Even this one has an ensemble star cast including Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Saif Ali Khan, Jimmy Shergill and Vidya Balan. “I play King Rana whose back-story is very complex. His actions and inactions are based on his back-story. He can be cruel and kind also. It’s difficult to figure him out,” enthuses Boman, adding, “I’m glad being a part of diverse films with ensemble casts. For e.g. HONEYMOON…family is different from EKLAVYA family. I am lucky to be an integral part of so many families.”

Amongst his other upcoming films are Vivek Agnihotri’s GOAL and debutant Vivek Agrawal’s I SEE YOU.