Boman Irani guides budding writers
While many actors and filmmakers have been keeping busy with a variety of activities during the lockdown, actor Boman Irani has completed over 50 online screenwriting sessions. Irani says he is glad to help budding writers engage with him and learn screenwriting. The free online course has brought in aspirants from all over India. A source says, “During the lockdown, Irani started the online screenwriting sessions, which are regularly attended by more than 75 screenwriters across the country.”
The Munnabhai MBBS (2003) actor shares, “The workshop called Spiral Bound has become a very important part of my life. I started these online sessions with two or three screenwriters, who wanted to discuss their ideas with me. After that, more people started joining and now, we have over 75 people attending the sessions every day. It is an interactive session where we share our knowledge and understanding of screenwriting.”
The first workshop was conducted by the Academy award winning film Birdman’s (2014) screenwriter, Alexander Dinelaris, who conducted a day-long session with Irani when the latter launched his production house in 2019.
“It all begins with a story. And if you can get that right in terms of screenplay, then making a movie or any other content for entertainment becomes easier. I am a student of the craft but while my endeavour is to master it, I also want to help as many brilliant minds to do the same,” Irani adds.