Mr Evil: Boman Irani in Khosla ka Ghosla

n He is on the big screen this week as the evil builder Laxman Singh in Lage Raho Munnabhai. But soon, you can catch Boman Irani playing another Punjabi character, that of stockbroker Khurana in Dibakar Banerjee’s Khosla Ka Ghosla.

The UTV film is a sweet black comedy revolving around the life of a dysfunctional middle-class family that gets together to upstage Boman, the biggest goon in town. In keeping with his research and homework before a film, Boman went to great lengths to make the loud Khurana his own. Firstly he grew a real moustache, cut his hair very short (almost crew cut), and put on almost 10 kg for the character to look the part.

“I had a very particular sketch of a stockbroker in my mind, which I had drawn and given to Boman,” said Dibakar. “He was very keen to be true to the character and wanted to look real.”

While Khosla Ka Ghosla will release later in the year, you can catch Boman as Laxman in Lage Raho as he poses with the biggest of celebrities in his photo gallery.

n Led by the growing demand for popular mobile content, STAR has launched STAR 7827 Voice — the first of its kind mobile audio entertainment service in the country.

The radio-like voice service will offer popular TV and movie content in an easy-to-access and consumer-friendly format with mobile jockeys presenting fresh content every time consumers call.

Speaking at the launch, Viren Popli, senior vice-president, STAR Interactive, said: “There is a ready demand for popular TV content on the go. STAR 7827 Voice will provide daily audiosodes of popular TV programmes including the K-serials cricket scores.”