Rajkumar Hirani

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Rajkumar Hirani
Born November 22, 1962 (1962-11-22) (age 49)
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Occupation Director, screenwriter, film editor
Years active 2003-Present
Spouse Manjeet Hirani

Rajkumar Hirani (Hindi: राज कुमार हिरानी, Sindhi: راجکمار حیرانی, born 22 November 1962) is a National Award and Filmfare Award winning Indian director, screenwriter and film editor of Hindi films, best known for the films Munna Bhai MBBS (2003), Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006) and 3 Idiots (2009), considered the highest-grossing Hindi film by distributor-share.

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[edit] Early life and education

Rajkumar Hirani (very commonly known as Raju Hirani) was born in Nagpur to a Sindhi family. His father Suresh Hirani ran a typing institute in Nagpur. Hirani family migrated to India after Partition of India when Suresh Hirani was 14 year old. Rajkumar Hirani studied in St. Francis De'Sales High School, Nagpur, Maharashtra. Rajkumar did not have enough marks to get admission in either engineering or medical courses so he did his graduation in commerce.[1] Hirani helped his father in his business but he wanted to be actor in Hindi films. In college days he was involved with Hindi theatre. Suresh got his son's photographs shot and packed him off to an acting school in Mumbai. But Raju could not blend in and returned to Nagpur after three days. His father then asked Raju to apply to the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune, but the acting course had shut down by then and chances of admission to the directorial course looked slim as there were way too many applicants.[2] So Raju opted for the editing course. He earned a scholarship, thereby reducing the load on his father's shoulders.[3]

[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

After FTII, Hirani tried his luck as film editor for many years. Bad experiences forced him to shift to advertising.[4] and gradually established himself as a director and producer of advertising films. He was also seen in a Fevicol ad where some guys and elephants are trying to pull and break a Fevicol plank saying "Jor laga ke Haisha".[5] He was doing good in advertisement business but he wanted to make movies so he took a break from advertisement and started working with Vidhu Vinod Chopra. He worked on promos and trailers for 1942: A Love Story.[6] He edited promos for Kareeb.[7] He got a big break as film editor with Mission Kashmir.[8]

[edit] Munnabhai MBBS and afterwards

Rajkumar Hirani's first directorial venture was Munnabhai MBBS (2003) which is considered a cult classic.[9] Munnabhai MBBS not only broke all formulaic conventions associated with Bollywood films but also became a trend setter. Made on a budget of Rs. 10 crores, it was a huge hit worldwide and took a distributor share of Rs. 25 crores from the Indian market.[10] His second directorial effort was Lage Raho Munnabhai which had a strong cultural impact in India, popularising Gandhism under Munna Bhai's notion of Gandhigiri. The film was generally well-received by both critics and the mass audience and was a huge box office success.

[edit] 3 Idiots

His third film was the comedy 3 Idiots starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor, Omi Vaidya, Parikshit Sahni and Boman Irani. The film was also very well received by the critics. 3 idiots became the highest grosser in Indian cinema shattering all records across Indian and overseas markets.[11]

[edit] Personal life

Hirani is married to Manjeet Hirani, and currently lives in Bandra, Mumbai.

[edit] Filmography

Year Film Role(s) Notes
2003 Munna Bhai M.B.B.S Director, Editor, Writer
2006 Lage Raho Munna Bhai Director, Editor, Writer
2009 3 Idiots Director, Editor, Writer
2012 Munnabhai Ki Aatma Katha Director, Editor, Writer

[[2012 in film with Aamir Khan, music by A. R. Rahman, Yet to announce the film name.

[edit] Filmography as producer and editor

Year Film Role(s)
1993 1942: A Love Story Promos and trailers
1998 Kareeb Promo Editor
2000 Mission Kashmir Editor
2005 Parineeta Creative Producer
2007 Eklavya: The Royal Guard Executive Producer

[edit] Awards

For Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.[12]
For Lage Raho Munna Bhai[12]
For 3 Idiots[12]

[edit] Nominations

[edit] Trivia

  • He has appeared in the famous Fevicol advertisement called 'Dum Laga Ke Haisa'.
  • He was part of one of early commercials of Luna Moped. You can see him in a safari suit coming out of a shop, riding his Luna telling - 'Chal Meri Luna'.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ "Aiming to Please". Hindustan Times. http://m.pressmart.com/Home.aspx?event=HTDelhi&dt=20122009&page=324_003&mdl=. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
  2. ^ "Will Munnabhai now take on religion". Hindustan Times. http://www.hindustantimes.com/Will-Munnabhai-now-take-on-religion/H1-Article1-457637.aspx. Retrieved 2009-12-23. 
  3. ^ "From Nagpur to 3 Idiots, Raju Hirani's amazing journey". Rediff. http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/dec/21/slide-show-1-family-and-friends-remember-rajkumar-hirani.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
  4. ^ "Raju Hirani's interview about 3 idiots". Bollywood Hungama. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/12/12/5763/. Retrieved 2009-12-23. 
  5. ^ "Raju Hiraniin fevicol ad". Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xep4RftkRdo. Retrieved 2009-12-23. 
  6. ^ "IMDB Title for 1942". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109010/fullcredits#writers. Retrieved 2009-12-23. 
  7. ^ "IMDB Title for Kareeb". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189633/fullcredits#writers. Retrieved 2009-12-23. 
  8. ^ "IMDB Title for Mission Kashmir". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248185/fullcredits#writers. Retrieved 2009-12-23. 
  9. ^ "A runaway success". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2004-08-06. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/08/06/stories/2004080602070100.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-23. 
  10. ^ "Box office report for 2003". Boxofficeindia.com. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw==. Retrieved 2009-12-23. 
  11. ^ "Aamir Khan's '3 Idiots' becomes Bollywood's biggest grosser". The Independent. 6 January 2010. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/aamir-khans-3-idiots-becomes-bollywoods-biggest-grosser-1859492.html. Retrieved 2011-07-08. 
  12. ^ a b c "Rajkumar Hirani : Awards & Nominations". Bollywood Hungama. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/awards/13134/index.html. Retrieved 2011-07-08. 
  13. ^ "Lage Raho Munnabhai upstages Rang De.. at GIFA as Best Film". zeenews.com. 2006-12-10. http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=341153&ssid=1&sid=ENT. Retrieved 2006-12-10. 
  14. ^ "Lage Raho Munnabhai takes top honour". dnaindia.com. 2006-12-10. http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1068494. Retrieved 2006-12-10. 
  15. ^ "This ones’ bigger than FIFA’s". screenindia.com. 2006-11-10. http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=14103. Retrieved 2006-11-10. 

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