The Making of The Mehta Boys w/ Boman Irani | Scene-A-Phile

IFP Originals Scene-A-Phile
In this episode, we chatted with Boman Irani (Writer, Director, Actor) of The Mehta Boys.

This conversation highlights Boman's writing process with Alexander Dinelaris Jr. - (Academy Winning Screenwriter of films like Birdman), how the scenes have been planned through effective Production & Art Design, and crafted visually by the Cinematography & Lighting Team, tied together by all the other aspects of the film - set design, colour palleting, performance design, and casting!

The Mehta Boys is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language drama film about a troubled father-son relationship. It is directed by Boman Irani, written by Boman Irani and Alexander Dinelaris, and starring Boman Irani, Avinash Tiwary, Shreya Chaudhry, and Pooja Swarup. The film was produced by Irani Movietone and released on Amazon Prime Video.

All videos from the film The Mehta Boys belong to Amazon Content Services LLC.

IFP Originals Scene-A-Phile is a format where we sit down with the most instrumental departments of filmmaking, whose most crucial contributions are often overlooked even by film enthusiasts. We onboard and converse with the artists, craftspeople, and technicians of cinema, pulling them out from being the ‘unconventional guests’ at podcasts and interviews, giving them the much-needed due spotlight, credit, and recognition by understanding more about their work, and sending it across to aspiring filmmakers, and curious audiences.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Cold Open
00:45 Alexander Dinelaris - A Masterclass on Screenwriting
02:12 Film Appreciation versus Film Making
04:06 What it takes to make something of worth?
05:33 How attached are you to your Work?
05:45 How to cope with Self-doubt?
06:40 Artists and Criticism
09:10 The Origin of The Mehta Boys Story
10:33 Breakdown: The Conflict on the Balcony
13:23 Breakdown: Red Colour
15:43 Breakdown: Production Design x Storytelling
19:55 The Director, The Actor Boman Irani
21:40 Breakdown: Architecture x Storytelling
25:58 The Rule Break
27:14 An absent character drives the Narrative
33:25 Breakdown: Amay waits for the Call
34:26 Boman's Favourite Scene
35:45 Boman's Homages, Tributes & References
36:41 People are afraid to make Family Dramas
38:46 Outro
38:57 Credits

FEATURING:
Boman Irani

MODERATOR & CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Aditya Sastry

EXECUTIVE CREATIVE PRODUCER
Biswarup Goswami

RESEARCH & WRITING
Aarohi Vaidya
Sharanya

EDITOR
Abhishek Sailani
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Aditya Sastry

BOMAN IRANI's PUBLICIST
Danica D'souza

THUMBNAIL DESIGNER
Yatri Soni

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