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Rajkumar Hirani
Born (1962-11-22) November 22, 1962 (age 61)
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter, film editor
Years active1993-Present
SpouseManjeet Hirani

Rajkumar Hirani (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), the latter being considered the highest-grossing Hindi film by distributor-share.

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 during 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]

Career

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]

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.

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]

Director

Year Film Role(s)
2003 Munna Bhai M.B.B.S Director, Editor, Writer
2006 Lage Raho Munna Bhai Director, Editor, Writer
2009 3 Idiots Director, Editor, Writer
2013 Peekay Director, Producer, Editor, Writer

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

Awards

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

Nominations

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Aiming to Please". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
  2. ^ "Will Munnabhai now take on religion". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  3. ^ "From Nagpur to 3 Idiots, Raju Hirani's amazing journey". Rediff. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
  4. ^ "Raju Hirani's interview about 3 idiots". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  5. ^ "Raju Hiraniin fevicol ad". Youtube. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  6. ^ "IMDB Title for 1942". IMDB. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  7. ^ "IMDB Title for Kareeb". IMDB. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  8. ^ "IMDB Title for Mission Kashmir". IMDB. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  9. ^ "A runaway success". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2004-08-06. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  10. ^ "Box office report for 2003". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
  11. ^ "Aamir Khan's '3 Idiots' becomes Bollywood's biggest grosser". The Independent. 6 January 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
  12. ^ a b c "Rajkumar Hirani : Awards & Nominations". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
  13. ^ "Lage Raho Munnabhai upstages Rang De.. at GIFA as Best Film". zeenews.com. 2006-12-10. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
  14. ^ "Lage Raho Munnabhai takes top honour". dnaindia.com. 2006-12-10. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
  15. ^ "This ones' bigger than FIFA's". screenindia.com. 2006-11-10. Retrieved 2006-11-10.

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