I'm not going to do cut and paste job: Boman Irani

When Boman Irani approaches a new character, he unlearns whatever tricks he has learnt over years because actor says it'd be tragic if audience feels he has done a "cut and paste job". With an experience of more than 15 years and several memorable characters in films like "Munna Bhai MBBS" to "3 Idiots", Boman says when someone approaches him with a role he can never do an ordinary, convenient job.

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"I'm driven by childishness, naughtiness and a certain responsibility to makers, so I'm t going to do cut and paste job. approach is to be fresh. I might have an ego to never be repetitive. What's point if people feel 'Hey we have seen him do this before?' It's important to me that my self-esteem or self-worth should never be judged by a cut and paste job. It's fun," Boman told PTI in an interview.

59-year-old actor said every character, matter how similar on paper, will always be different from each or. "As an actor, great vant is that you can get characters which might sound similar, have same profession or of same but y're different human beings. Because of that, my creation of m will also be fresh. It cant be leftovers of or guy. You have to work hard to create this or guy."

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One of key processes to create a distinct character for Boman is to keep letting go of his tried and tested formulas."Unlearning is far more difficult than learning. You have to do it all time, before every shoot. Because something's worked for you before, you think it'll work for you again. But it is so important to unlearn," he ded. Boman will be be next seen as bel Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi in "Jhalki", which deals with issue of child trafficking and child labour. 

actor said he was clear he didn't want to copy Satyarthi's mannerisms, his style or even his walk as he doesn't believe in that acting method. "I h two options. Do I sit and do a complete immitation  an approach I don't like  or just capture spirit of man? I did latter. pressure of this here was less as few people have seen him speak. I took that pressure off me and simply concentrated on what man stands for. 

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"If re's some similarity between how I have played him and his real self, it doesn't matter. My challenge was how do I imbibe his spirit." Boman believes while it is good for actors to back and feature in socially-relevant films, it is also makers' responsibility to ensure project has some cinematic merit. "I wish I h more projects like se. But films should have some narrative. You can't just say 'I am doing a social cause film.' Sure, it can be about a good cause but it has to be a good film too. Just because it's a social mess film doesn't mean it'll be good.

"At least present audience with something that's consumable. It doesn't have to be a masterpiece but it can't be a terrible film from get go." Directed by Brahmanand Siingh, "Jhalki" also features Tannishtha Chatterjee, Sanjay Suri and Divya Dutta.

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