


I keep telling people to never look at the length of the role. But before that, so much is discussed about Khurana and you say 'you have got to watch out for and now he's here'.

When I make my entry in the film, it's just a hand on Mr Kher's shoulder and I say 'uncleji'. Irani said he had six and a half scenes in the film but it revolved all around his character, so much so the audience was spooked when he finally made his entry, quite late, with just his hand in the introduction shot. The 2006 film, directed by Dibakar Banerjee and written by Jaideep Sahni, won the National Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The only film he watched recently for fun was "Khosla Ka Ghosla", in which he played Kishan Khurana, a ravenous builder who seizes the land of simple middle-class man, Kamal Kishore Khosla (Anupam Kher). He hasn't seen "3 Idiots" in years and caught a clip or two of "Munna Bhai" here and there, he admitted. Like any parent, Irani can't decide which of his characters is his favourite. A lot of changes can happen in his life if but if he refuses to change his view - because of his arrogance, greed, evil or doesn't learn - he perishes because of it," he said. In a tragedy, a character has not improved. Either there's redemption, or there is the end. If you've not changed, the character will meet his doom because he has not learned from the mistakes. The 59-year-old actor said while taking up a role he asks three questions to himself - 'What does this guy want out of life?', 'How does he struggle to get what he wants?' and 'If he fails, how does he change?' And change is important for the character, irrespective of the outcome. And if you don't see the change, he is never memorable." It's about how he feels and how it's changed from the beginning to the end of the movie. "That works with or without a walk and talk. "Virus is remembered because of the way his world view was, because you wanted him to change, because you wanted him to give the pen away and say, release yourself of the burden that you're living by making your ego the most important thing," he said, adding he, too, felt relieved when his character gave the pen away to Aamir's Rancho in the end.Ī lot of people believe, especially while doing real life characters, that the imitation is wide open, but Irani said it's not good enough. But I don't know if he would be memorable," he told PTI in an interview. "If Virus spoke differently or walked differently, he would still be hopefully impactful. I think that is nothing to do with the character," he said.Ĭiting "3 Idiots" as an example, Irani said people remember his role as Virus because the character undergoes a transformation by the end of the story. People remember certain characters by the way they spoke or walked. "I spent a lot of time finding some soul of the characters. The actor, who was first noticed in 2003's "Munnabhai MBBS", says he enjoys the process of creating someone - who may have a style of speech or walking.
