Sarosh Irani

Sarosh was born to Perin and Noshir Irani.He is third among five siblings, namely, Menka, Bunny, Sarosh, Daisy and Honey. In 1979 he married Mona and the couple is blessed with two lovely daughters, Sabah and Delnaaz. He did his initial schooling in Deolali's well-known boarding school, The Barnes School. After he joined the film industry he went to St. Teresa's High School in Bandra. After his stint as a child-actor he and his brother, Bunny started their own construction company, B Irani S Irani. They successfully completed few assignments but the demands of the business were high and tedious on the young boys, hence after some time they had to shut it down. He then worked as an assistant director for about five years. In 1976 looking at favourable opportunities he went to Iran where he worked in the construction business. When the war broke out he was forced by the family to return and he came back to India with his wife towards the end of 1983. On his return he joined his brother Bunny (now retired) who by then was looking after the Irani Cafe, B Merwan which was started by their grandfather. Since then Sarosh ji has been running the cafe-cum-bakery, now with his first cousins Bomi Irani and Perrin Irani.Sarosh ji did a total of 5 films as a child actor - Masoom (1960), Aarti (1962), Sautela Bhai (1962), Man Mauji (1962) and Grahasti (1963). By the time Grahasti (1963) was released Sarosh ji was about 15 years old, an age when one is neither a child nor an adult and child stars hardly get acting assignments. In his short acting career Sarosh ji has left a mark, Masoom (1960) and Sautela Bhai (1962) are among our most loved films.Around 1967 Sarosh ji joined his brother-in-law Kamran as an assistant director. The first film he assisted on was Watan Se Door (1968) which had Dara Singh and Nishi in leading roles. He assisted Kamran ji on about six films including Chalbaaz (1969) and Aisa Bhi Hota Hai (1971). Since then he hasn't been associated with the film Industry directly but is glad to see the next generation, his nephews and nieces, Farah Khan, Sajid Khan, Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar do well and make a mark in the entertainment industry.abc