Irani may refer to the following:

• Anything related to Iran
  • People of Iran
  • People of Iranian ancestry
• Irani, an ethno-religious group in Indian subcontinent
• Irani, an ethnic group in former USSR (mainly in Uzbekistan)
• Iranian peoples, ethno-linguistic groups which come from ethnic groups that speak iranian languages as their mother tongue.
• Iranian languages, a group of 87 individual languages including Persian, Pashto, Kurdish, Lurish, and Balochi.
• Irani, Santa Catarina
• Surname of Zoroastrian people in India

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Boman Irani
Born	(1959-12-02) 2 December 1959 (age 52) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	2000–present
Religion	Zorastrian
Spouse	Zenobia
Website
www.bomanirani.com

Boman Irani (Hindustani pronunciation: [boːmaːn iːraːnːiː] Gujarati: બોમન ઇરાની; born 2 December 1959) is an Indian film and theatre actor and photographer. Irani began his acting career in theatre and moved to film in 2000 at the age of 44 with a role in Josh. Irani gained attention for his role in the 2003 comedy Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. He later appeared in Lage Raho Munna Bhai for which he received several IIFA award nominations and in 3 Idiots opposite Aamir Khan which earned him a Filmfare Award and a Star Screen Award for Best Actor in a Villainous Role. He is the host of Bollywood Ka Boss.

Early life[link]

Irani was born into a Parsi family on December 2, 1959, in Mumbai.

He finished his schooling from St. Mary's School. He is a graduate of Mithibai College in Mumbai. After his Polytechnic Diploma Course, he joined the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower and worked there as a waiter & room service staff.^[1] Thereafter, he joined his mother to run their ancestral bakery shop between Novelty and Apsara Cinema in South Mumbai.

At the same time he also established an Uncle Chips franchise in Dadar which ran until 1986 before shutting down owing to a loss.^[2]

Irani turned to photography in 1987 and continued until 1989. He is a professional photographer.

Career[link]

Theatre career[link]

Acting had been a passion to Boman even during school and college days inspired by his great friend Mahan Shri Chandan kr. Singh. He trained under acting coach Hansraj Siddhia from 1981 to 1983 and adopted professional acting methods inspired by Chandan Singh. Unlike national theatre, Irani preferred British theatre and he soon developed different accents.

Irani's mentor was Alyque Padamsee — the veteran theatre actor best known for his role as Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Gandhi. He was introduced to Padamsee by Shiamak Davar.^[1][3] Irani's earliest theatrical appearance was in Roshni where he played a cameo at the Regional Theatre in Versova. He followed this up with serials like Family Ties and Mahatma vs Gandhi, playing Gandhi after the role was turned down by Darshan Jariwala. His most illustrious play till date has been I am not Bajirao which ran for 10 years.^[1]

His busy film career has slowed his theatre career but, despite this, Irani continues to perform on stage whenever possible. He has over 40 plays to his credit — around 15 of them as the lead character.^[4]

Film career[link]

Irani started out in a number of advertisements like Fanta, Ceat and Krackjack biscuits ('As Mr. Jack of the Krack and Jack duo'^[5]).

It was with Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. that Irani became really popular. His role as J. Asthana earned him a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Comedian. Since then Irani has essayed many comedic, (Main Hoon Na, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Dostana, Khosla Ka Ghosla, Waqt: The Race Against Time, No Entry, 3 Idiots), supporting (Veer-Zaara, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara, Lakshya, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., Sorry Bhai!, Page 3, My Wife's Murder), and negative roles in (Don: The Chase Begins Again , Don 2: The King Is Back ,Eklavya),And a comedy role in Housefull 2 And He will also be in the upcoming film to be released in 2012 known as Tezz.

Irani also hosted the IIFA Awards together with actor Ritesh Deshmukh in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 in Toronto.^[6] He has also been on Kaun Banega Crorepati with Sanjay Dutt. He is also considered as a remarkable actor these days.

Personal life[link]

Irani is a Parsi and follows the religion of Zoroastrianism. He speaks English, Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali and Marathi fluently.

Irani is a member of the Parsee Television Actors Community and is also its Secretary. This community includes others such as Smriti Zubin Irani and Cyrus Broacha.

He is married to Zenobia, with whom he has two sons, Danesh and Kayoze.

Awards[link]

• 2004 - Winner: Screen Weekly Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role; Munnabhai M.B.B.S.
• 2007 - Nominated: Filmfare Best Villain Award; Lage Raho Munnabhai
• 2010 - Winner: Star Screen Award for Best Villain; 3 Idiots
• 2010 - Winner: Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award; 3 Idiots
• 2010 - Winner: IIFA Best Villain Award; 3 Idiots

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Boman Irani at the Internet Movie Database
• Farah Khan learning acting from Boman Irani
• Boman Irani’s son makes Bollywood debut

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Aruna Irani
Born	(1952-05-03) May 3, 1952 (age 60)[1] Mumbai, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor, director
Spouse	Kuku Kohli

Aruna Irani (born May 3, 1952) is an Indian actress who has acted in over 300 films mostly playing supporting roles. She dance in the songs "Chadti Jawani", "Dilbar Dilse Pyare", "Ab Jo Mile Hai" from film Caravan (1971) and "Main Shayar To Nahi" from film Bobby (1973) amongst others. Her performance in both films won her nomination at Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Role. She holds the record for winning maximum nominations (10) in this category and received the award twice for her roles in Pet Pyaar Aur Paap (1985) and Beta (1993). In January 2012 she was honoured with Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award at the 57th Filmfare Awards function.

Early life[link]

Aruna Irani was born in Mumbai, India.

Career[link]

Aruna Irani made her debut in the movie Gunga Jumna (1961) at nine years old playing Azra's character. After doing several small roles in films like Jahanara (1964), Farz (1967), Upkar (1967) and Aaya Sawan Jhoomke (1969). She later acted with comedian Mehmood Ali in films like Aulad (1968), Humjoli (1970), and Naya Zamana (1971).

In 1971, she starred in Caravan.

She latered starred in Mehmood Ali's Bombay To Goa (1972), Garam Masala (1972), and Do Phool (1973).

Her films have included Farz (1967), Bobby (1973), Fakira (1976), Sargam (1979), Love Story (1981), and Rocky (1981).

She won her first Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Pet Pyaar Aur Paap (1984).

In the late 1980s and 1990s Irani switched to playing motherly roles, notably in Beta (1992) for which she won her second Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. She acted in the Kannada remake of the same film and the same role. Some of her Marathi films are Changu Mangu, Lapwa Chapvi, Ek Gadi Baki Anadi and Bol Baby Bol.

In her later career, Irani also swithced to television performing character roles in various serials. She also took up to direction and production of tele-serials like Mehndi Tere Naam Ki, Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand, Vaidehi and more.^{[2][unreliable source?]}

On Sunday 19 February 2012, she was awarded the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' at the annual Filmfare awards function in Mumbai.

Personal life[link]

Aruna Irani is married to film director Kuku Kohli.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography[link]

Films[link]

Television[link]

• Dekha Ek Khwaab on Sony TV
• Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki on Life OK
• Sanjog Se Bani Sangini on Zee TV
• Jhansi Ki Rani (TV series) on Zee TV
• Saas v/s Bahu as Judge on Sahara One
• Naaginn on Zee TV
• Babul Ki Bitiya Chali Doli Saja Ke on Sahara One
• Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii on Star Plus
• Rabba Ishq Na Hove on Zee TV
• Vaidehi (TV series) on Sony TV
• Zameen Se Aassman Tak on Sahara One
• Tum Bin Jaaoon Kahaan on Zee TV
• Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand on Star Plus (Also Director)
• Mehndi Tere Naam Ki on Zee TV
• Zamana Badal Gaya on DD Metro

Awards[link]

• Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award – Won
  1985 Pet Pyaar Aur Paap – Janaki
  1993 Beta – Laxmi Devi
  
• Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award – Nomination
  1972 Caravan – Nisha
  1974 Bobby – Nima
  1976 Do Jhoot
  1978 Khoon Pasina – Shantimohan Sharma/Shanti "Shanno" Devi
  1982 Rocky – Kathy D'Souza
  1995 Suhaag – Asha R. Sharma
  1996 Kartavya (1995 film) – Gayetridevi Singh
  1998 Ghulam-E-Mustafa – Bhagyalaxmi Dixit
  
• Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
  2012
  

References[link]

External links[link]

• Aruna Irani at the Internet Movie Database

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Sanjay Nirupam
Member of parliament
Constituency	Mumbai North
Personal details
Born	(1965-02-06) 6 February 1965 (age 47)[1] Rohtas, Bihar, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Geeta Nirupam
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Religion	Hindu

Shree Sanjay Nirupam is a third time Member of Indian Parliament. He has served two terms as a nominated MP in the Rajya Sabha first of which was as a Shiv Sena member and the second as a Congress party member. He now represents North Mumbai as an elected Congress member in the Lok Sabha. He is the Secretary of AICC and also Secretary-in-Charge of the Karnataka. He is one of the National spokespersons of the Congress Party to express the Party's view on different issues. He is a member of Parliamentary Committees like Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Energy Committee.

Early life[link]

He was born in the village of Rohtas in Bihar. After completing his schooling in Rohtas, he moved to Patna in 1980 for higher Studies. During this time he took keen interest in active politics & extra circular activities along with completing his graduation (1984) with Honors in Arts, Political Science. He was earlier associated with Shiv Sena.

Career[link]

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After completing his schooling in Rohtas, he moved to Patna in 1980 for higher Studies. During this time he took keen interest in active politics & extra circular activities along with completing his graduation (1984) with Honors in Arts, Political Science.

With a burning desire to work for the interest of common man, he moved to New Delhi in 1986 and started his career as a journalist.

In 1988, he accepted an offer from “Indian Express Group” a sister publication of Indian Express which made him move to Mumbai.

Parliament history shows that he always stood for masses selflessly & fought for the Public issues on the floor of the parliament. Such as the UTI Scam in which the then Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee offered his Resignation to scuttle the whole controversy, Stock Market Scam in which Crores of small investors lost their money. He was against the irrational and blatant disinvestment & privatization policy which was heavily pushed by the then NDA Govt. At that point of time his view was that it would lead to the further pauperization of the Indian labor forces, repercussions of which are seen now. He was also vocal against the Naxalite violence gripping the country in most states. He also showed his concerns on the effect of globalization and liberalization on the farmers and the Indian domestic industry.

He was the first person to highlight the irregularity of the sale of Centaur hotel & fought for the rights of the employees. He also vociferously exposed the deal in Parliament & asked for the clarification from Mr.Arun Shourie (the then Disinvestment Minister) who was caught on the back foot. Eventually he demanded for CBI Probe for the transparency on the whole deal which was accepted by the UPA govt. after 2 years.

In April 2005, he joined Congress to work for righteous ideology as a Spokesperson. In a very short span of time Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi appointed him as the General Secretary of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee [MPCC] the State Unit of the Congress party. He effectively worked as an election observer on behalf of All India Congress Committee [AICC] in three states Goa, Gujarat & Nagaland. As a party election observer he was assigned to organize a party rally and a road show of Shri. Rahul Gandhi.

He has been and is working on various social issues (education, poverty, employment generation, development etc.) in his constituency for the down trodden. Free eye camps, youth development programs, tree-plantation, Durga pooja, Dahi Handi, Maharashtra Day etc. are the various events he organizes to bring together different communities & culture.

Since last 10 years he has been organizing Wrestling Tournament with top ranked wrestlers at international level.

As Indian Express once wrote- “He is the one who introduced Chhath Puja to the city of Mumbai which became a part of the festival calendar of Mumbai over a period of time.”

To say the least he is always and easily accessible to common man through various social networking sites, meetings and his “Jan-Sampark” office at Borivali.

References[link]

External links[link]

• "Mumbai North MP Sanjay Nirupam has a decent fund utilisation of 82 per cent" - www.indianexpress.com Tue Jun 28 2011, 00:42 hrs

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Sajid Khan
Kahn in The Big Valley, circa 1969.
Born	(1951-12-28) 28 December 1951 (age 60) Mumbai, India

Sajid Khan (born 28 December 1951 in Mumbai, India) is a former Indian actor. He is the adopted son of Indian film producer Mehboob Khan, founder of Mehboob Studios, in India.

Career[link]

Sajid started acting as a child appearing as the younger version of Sunil Dutt's character in his father Mehboob's 1957 film Mother India. He played a more central role in his father's next and last film Son of India in 1962. He went on to achieve fame in the United States with a co-starring role alongide Jay North in the 1966 film Maya. The film's success led to a television series of the of the same name airing on NBC from September 1967 to February 1968. He also had a short-lived singing career in 1969 releasing an album titled Sajid. He guest starred in the television series The Big Valley and after appearing in a handful of films in the 1970s and early 1980s he made his last film appearance in the Merchant-Ivory film Heat and Dust in 1983.

Current activities[link]

It is reported that Sajid had a factory in India which made costume jewellery. 'Artistic' was the name of the retail store.^{[citation needed]} He is divorced and has a son, Sameer.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography[link]

Kahn as "Raji" in Maya, circa 1968.

Films[link]

• Heat and Dust (1983) .... Dacoit Chief
• Dahshat (1981)
• Zindagi Aur Toofan (1975)
• Mahatma and the Mad Boy (1974) .... The Mad Boy
• Savera (1972)
• The Singing Filipina (1971)
• Maya (1966) ... Raji
• Son of India (1962)
• Mother India (1957) .... Young Birju (child artist)

TV appearances[link]

• The Big Valley - The Royal Road (1969, 1 episode) .... Ranjit Singh
• Its Happening - (1968, 2 episodes) .... Himself
• Maya (1967–1968, 18 episodes) .... Raji

Discography[link]

Singles[link]

(Numbers in parentheses indicate Billboard Singles Chart peak positions)

• "Getting To Know You" (#108) / "Ha Ram" -- Colgems 1026 (1968)
• "Dream" (#119) / "Someday" -- Colgems 1034 (1969)

Albums[link]

• Sajid—Colgems COS-114 (1969)

External links[link]

• Sajid Khan at the Internet Movie Database