Cyrus Broacha roasts Milind Soman, says 'he is quite the rascal'

He has already said that there is nothing I cant talk about says comedian actor and author Cyrus Broacha ahead of a book launch with a difference The he in question is Milind Soman and the book his memoir titled Made In IndiaThe memoir coauthored by Roopa Pai takes its name from singer Alisha Chinais 1995 pop music video where Soman made an appearance It tells the story of the boy next door and his journey taking on various roles mdash a supermodel to an entrepreneur an athlete to an activistBroacha admits that the idea came from Milee Ashwarya of Penguin Random House India and that he isnt bound by a format or by the book for that matter I dont normally do book launches They are boring so much so that you dont want to enter the venue again he saysHowever this isnt all Broacha and Soman go back a long way and have been childhood swimming buddies a friendship that dates back to the 70s We used to swim together at the YMCA Of course he was the national champion and I was the guy who came seventh of the eight people there My mother would drive and we used to drop him home at Shivaji Park on the way to Malabar Hill She would keep telling him that he is so good looking hell be a model someday I have got to give her some credit He was just a boy from Shivaji Park who swam Broacha says adding in jest We are quite the same he likes to run all day and I like to sleep all dayTheir friendly ties underwater were renewed on the sets of Khatron Ke Khiladi in Brazil in 2010 an episode Broacha is sure to bring up during the roast He was the first to get eliminated so we will start with that roast Ironically we were swimmers and Milind lost in the round where we had to go into the water I cant not bring this up in the roast he says with a laughThe session will be interspersed with other such incidents from Somans childhood and later years drawing occasionally from the book Broacha claims to have not read I cant read the book in this 21st century Ill just read a line or two here and there Its called graphic reading he says much to our anguish A discussion on the book he assures us will happen before the roast beginsThere might be a few uncomfortable topics that Broacha has up his sleeve too I cant reveal them yet but lets just say it has something to do with a court case he saysOverall it will be a peek into a lesserknown side of Soman the man away from the cameras People think of him as a supermodel with his head up in the clouds In reality he is quite the rascal and always up to something naughty He is also an introvert and disappears sometimes He runs away like a ghost This Reminds me I am going to ask him this in the roast I hope he turns up at the launch it will have to be the roast of a ghost otherwise he saysOn March 5 730 pm At Royal Opera House Mama Parmanand Marg Mathew Road Opera House Girgaum CALL 23668888 Log on to wwwinsiderin Cost Rs 499Catch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and also a complete guide on Mumbai from food to things to do and events across the city here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates