Bollywood actor & TV Anchor Boman Irani enthralled the audience at IFFI Goa'10

Masterclass is a unique platform conceptualized for IFFI this year, organised by Entertainment Society of Goa and DFF. Masterclasses will be conducted by on various days by Resul Pokutty and Govind Nihalani on sound technology in cinema, Boman Irani on the evolution of comedy in Indian cinema and by James Javier on the Flamenco dance and Flamenco in Spanish cinema. During the Masterclass, industry veteran candidly interact with film makers and film buffs, while discussing nuances of cinema making.

Talking about his sources of inspiration Boman Irani said. "Everybody thinks that my character was inspired by Javed Akhtar's talking style in the movie but it is not true. Infact I had a problem speaking right from the childhood and it is my own habit of lisping that is seen in the character."

"When I was child I never spoke. My mom then sent me to a voice trainer I started talking properly, which gave me a confidence," the actor said adding that after that he got rid of `fear'. "Fear is one thing that can ruin everything. It's greatest problem," Irani said.

The actor narrated anecdotes after anecdotes of his life which saw him working as a waiter at Taj Mahal hotel and later run the family business of `wafer.'

Irani said that his creative life began by being a photographer and later he was given an act to play in the musical drama `Roshni.' The play was choreographed by Arshad Warsi. "Later, I did second play `I am not Bajirao,' followed by "Mahatma versus Gandhi.'," he said.

The actor said that role of `Virus' was the difficult one to play as it is a `dark character' in the comic film. "He is frowning in the role. I used to get time to get a frown on my face. So what I did was to recall all those people who were mean to me throughout the year and abuse them," he said.

Irani, who made his acting debut at the age of 40, said when he was offered his first hindi film Munnabhai MBBS, he had refused the role because he was not sure about his Hindi. "My Hindi was not very good so I was scared of doing a Hindi film and refused Munnabhai MBBS but producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra told me to meet a guy named Rajkumar Hirani."

"I thought, I will meet this guy, say no and come back. But the meeting lasted for six and half hours because Hirani's script was so powerful that I could visualize it right there and I fell in love with my character," he said.

Irani said that he would love to dabble into script writing one day. "Dabble is the word, I want to write a good screen play. It is my dream but I don't know when I will be able to," he added.

The actor would be next working in Mirch, Game (with Abhishekh Bachchan), Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai, Short Term Shaadi, Don 2 and Vidhu Vinod Chopra's next film `Farari ki Sawari.'