As straight as it gets

Boman Irani says he doesn’t criticise commercial cinema and as an actor tries to balance movies, doing some for running his house and some for serving his creative appetite! The actor, best known for featuring in blockbusters like the Munna Bhai series, 3 Idiots and PK, will be next seen as Nobel Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi in Jhalki. 

“I don’t knock commercial cinema. It’s very important that people should go to the cinema, have a good time, a good laugh. Without commercial cinema, I feel we may not be able to make smaller movies. This (‘Jhalki’) isn’t a small movie, it’s a big movie because the impact it needs to make, it will make,” Boman said. 

Making an impact

The actor said Jhalki, which deals with the issue of child trafficking and child labour, doesn’t necessarily have to be a blockbuster to make an impact. 

“We aren’t saying movies like these should replace blockbusters. We are saying both should co-exist... I do movies of all kinds. You do some for the kitchen, some for the soul. Doing only for kitchen or only for soul isn’t good. This film will make an impact. It isn’t that child labour will stop tomorrow. But there will be an awareness. More people will know about Kailash Satyarthi,” he added. — PTI