Boman Irani donning a renowned role

Actor Boman Irani, who plays Nobel Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi in his forthcoming film 'Jhalki,' has said that he doesn't believe in doing imitation as an actor.

Asked how he prepared to play the role of Kailash Satyarthi, Boman said: "I saw a lot of his videos on YouTube, but I have learnt one thing. While acting, when you focus more on mannerism, body language, or look of the character, you forget what's going inside his heart.

So, I feel working on the mannerism and look of a character is like garnishing or decoration. I feel if I don't talk in Kailash (Satyarthi) ji's voice, it is fine but I have to identify his spirit, world view and intentions while playing his character.

So, I don't believe in doing imitations, I feel actors should be able to present character's view point and soul onscreen."

Boman Irani was interacting with the media at the trailer launch of 'Jhalki' along with co-actors Sanjay Suri and Divya Dutta, besides the film's directors Brahmanand Singh and Tanvi Jain on Monday in Mumbai.

Satyarthi is the founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, Global March Against Child Labour, Global Campaign for Education, Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation, and Rugmark now known as GoodWeave International.

His team at Bachpan Bachao Andolan have liberated more than 88,000 children in India from child labour, slavery and trafficking.