Boman Irani & Farah Khan Movies Together List — 3 Films

The shape of the work

The 2000s belonged to Main Hoon Na; the 2010s to Happy New Year. Never on the same side of the camera — Boman Irani actor, Farah Khan director, across all 3 films. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Farah Khan cast Boman Irani in 'Main Hoon Na' (2004) after seeing him in a play. She later said she knew within five minutes of meeting him that he was her Principal — no audition needed.
• On the sets of 'Main Hoon Na', Farah realized Boman could switch from comedy to pathos in a single take. She started writing longer, more layered scenes for him — the scene where his character breaks down in the classroom was entirely her idea, not in the original script.
• Boman Irani and Farah Khan have a running joke: every time they meet, she calls him 'Principal' and he calls her 'Madam'. They kept this up even during the press tour for 'Happy New Year' (2014), a decade after 'Main Hoon Na'.
• Their second collaboration, 'Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi' (2012), was the first Bollywood rom-com headlined by a 50+ male lead and a 40+ female lead (Farah Khan's sister-in-law). It quietly proved there was an audience for older love stories — paving the way for films like 'Badhaai Ho' (2018).
• Farah Khan once said: 'Boman is the only actor who can make me laugh so hard I forget to say 'cut'. And then he'll do the same scene again and make me cry.'