Rusty Irani

So I could walk as a child. And then I met with a bike accident at the age of nine. Go figure. So yeah, met with a bike accident. And I've been on a wheelchair for the last 35 years. And I've driven different wheelchairs since then. And I went to school here in Mumbai. And then I went and studied English from a college here in Mumbai. I majored in English, got my first degree in English.

And then I had this bug up my ass because I loved films. And during the whole period of my convalescence as a kid, my mom opened the whole world of cinema and books. And because I could not speak as legibly and as articulately right now as I'm speaking with you guys here.

And then I had this bug up my ass because I loved films. And during the whole period of my convalescence as a kid, my mom opened the whole world of cinema and books. And because I could not speak as legibly and as articulately right now as I'm speaking with you guys here.

And then I had this bug up my ass because I loved films. And during the whole period of my convalescence as a kid, my mom opened the whole world of cinema and books. And because I could not speak as legibly and as articulately right now as I'm speaking with you guys here.

I used to only speak with the head nod and like speaking like this guy, like all every typical Indian, how we usually tend to talk. And so my mom opened, like, the whole world of books to me and, like, cinema. And cinema, that is not meant for, like, a nine-year-old. Like, you know, I was exposed to, like, all the Arnold Schwarzenegger stuff and all the Sylvester Stallone stuff.

I used to only speak with the head nod and like speaking like this guy, like all every typical Indian, how we usually tend to talk. And so my mom opened, like, the whole world of books to me and, like, cinema. And cinema, that is not meant for, like, a nine-year-old. Like, you know, I was exposed to, like, all the Arnold Schwarzenegger stuff and all the Sylvester Stallone stuff.

I used to only speak with the head nod and like speaking like this guy, like all every typical Indian, how we usually tend to talk. And so my mom opened, like, the whole world of books to me and, like, cinema. And cinema, that is not meant for, like, a nine-year-old. Like, you know, I was exposed to, like, all the Arnold Schwarzenegger stuff and all the Sylvester Stallone stuff.

I'll be honest with you, Rusty. You know what? I'm very impressed, though, because... And I thought, like, all Americans spoke like Arnie. Yeah, exactly.

I'll be honest with you, Rusty. You know what? I'm very impressed, though, because... And I thought, like, all Americans spoke like Arnie. Yeah, exactly.

I'll be honest with you, Rusty. You know what? I'm very impressed, though, because... And I thought, like, all Americans spoke like Arnie. Yeah, exactly.

And Sylvester Stallone. Yeah, yeah.

And Sylvester Stallone. Yeah, yeah.

And Sylvester Stallone. Yeah, yeah.

Welcome to Mumbai.

Welcome to Mumbai.

Welcome to Mumbai.

I'm not one of those disabled guys who shows up on reality television with an inspiration porn story. I don't even have those kind of stories. All my life, it's all about these wackadoo incidents that have been happening with me. It's like one crazy adventure after another.

I'm not one of those disabled guys who shows up on reality television with an inspiration porn story. I don't even have those kind of stories. All my life, it's all about these wackadoo incidents that have been happening with me. It's like one crazy adventure after another.

I'm not one of those disabled guys who shows up on reality television with an inspiration porn story. I don't even have those kind of stories. All my life, it's all about these wackadoo incidents that have been happening with me. It's like one crazy adventure after another.

I can't see myself sitting at home and moping about this shit, but I'd rather joke about it and crack a smile and go on with life because... It's hilarious to me. Like, you know, I don't know how some disabled folk can, like, you know, just make some kind of inspiration porn story out of their life. And yeah, self-entitled pricks, but like, you know, me, I'm like different.