‘Success don’t come to us we have to for it’ we all have heard about this statement. Boman Irani life story began just like this. Boman Irani faced the camera for the first time at the age of 42. The unconventional actor, whose life has been a total mixed bag of shoot for and ways to fulfill them, can be an inspiration to any age group. As the powerful performer in Bollywood turns 58 today, we look back at his journey to understand why Boman had no misgiving about being a waiter and even running a family shop to fulfill his family needs, until he found his real calling to face camera.

Boman has confessed to having multiple issues while growing up. He had a speech problem, he used to pronounce. He sustain from learning disorder and wasn’t great at academics too. He found a job as a waiter at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and worked there for two years. But certain issues at home led to him managing his family shop which he did for 14 long years, until he thought there was more he had to explore and bought a camera. But a chance meeting with choreographer Shiamak Davar introduced him to theatre. After doing plays for several years, Vidhu Vinod Chopra spotted him and after much persuasion from both him and Rajkumar Hirani, Boman agreed to do most adorable movie Munna bhai M.B.B.S. starring Sanjay Dutt.

Apart from being a professional photographer, voice-over artiste and even a singer, Boman has been a part of Bollywood for the past 17 years now. He has worked in films like 3 Idiots, Main Hoon Na, Veer-Zaara, Lakshya, No Entry, Bluffmaster, Being Cyrus, Don, Jolly LLB, Khosla Ka Ghosla, Housefull and Happy New Year, apart from Munnabhai series. We wish him a very Happy Birthday.