Bollywood Director Rajkumar Hirani

Rajkumar Hirani is a National Award and Filmfare Award winning Indian ace filmmaker, screen-writer and film-producer of Hindi films, best known as the creator of the Munna Bhai series.

He is associated with Vinod Chopra Productions.

He was born in Nagpur and studied there up to graduation. He then joined the Film and Television Institute of India at Pune where he specialized in film editing.

He began his career in Mumbai as an editor and gradually established himself as a director and producer of advertising films. He was also seen in some TV advertsements.

He has served the role of editor and creative producer of some great films like Parineeta, Mission Kashmir, Eklavyya, Kareeb and 1942:A Love Story.

He is currently working on his latest film with Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor titled as 3 idiots.


MUMBAI - After making three back-to-back feel-good films, the latest being “3 Idiots”, director Rajkumar Hirani says he may venture into the world of fantasy or animation.

“I like films belonging to the fantasy and animation genre. In fact, I may end up making one myself. Biographies interest me a lot as well; so I could even pick up one such subject as well,” Hirani told IANS in an interview.

But the maker of “Munnabhai M.B.B.S” and “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” promises to keep things simple in his future projects too.

“That’s the basic thought process that I have always applied. Now look at ‘3 Idiots’, there were quite a few complex and emotional scenes in this film as well. However, credit it to the writing and execution by the team that they didn’t appear to be heavy and passed off seamlessly,” he said.

Hirani says he is looking at exploring a new world altogether in cinema, but not action or horror movies.

“Now action is something that I don’t really enjoy directing. For that matter even horror. Just in order to showcase my versatility, I don’t want to pick up something which is not really my area of interest,” he said.

Hirani’s latest offering - Aamir Khan-starrer comedy drama “3 Idiots” - has created a record by grossing over Rs.100 crore in its first four days. Reliance BIG Entertainment, the distributor of the film, released about 2,000 prints across 40 countries.

He says he was quite satisfied with the final outcome of “3 Idiots”, which also featured R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi and Kareena Kapoor.

“In your heart, you should be satisfied with what you have made and in the case of ‘3 Idiots’ I was pretty much satisfied when I sawthe final copy. It didn’t make me cringe and that was enough. That’s the way I want my future films to be as well where I can proudly look back at the work I have done,” said Hirani.

“I want to do what I enjoy doing most. This is the basic principle that I have followed right through my filmmaking career so far.Films like ‘3 Idiots’ and the ‘Munnabhai’ series are a lot of fun for me. They belong to the feel-good genre where you laugh and cry when you step out of the auditorium after watching them.

“I am not here to prove a point to anyone. Due to this very reason I can afford to do what I wish to do. Currently I am plain and simple enjoying what I am doing and this is how I want things to be for my subsequentfilms as well. Really, I am in no hurry to make movies,” the filmmaker added.

Rajkumar Hirani is the maker of Munna Bhai series. He is considred among the best known hindi movie makers in Bollywood. He is associated with Vinod Chopra Productions.

He was born in Nagpur and completed his graduation there. He also joined the Film and Television Institute of India at Pune. There he specialized in film editing. He started his career as an editor and gradually established himself as a director and producer of advertising films.

Rajkumar Hirani the Bollywood Star has directed films like Eklavya: The Royal Guard, Lage Raho Munna Bhai and Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. He played a vital part as editor in Mission Kashmir and Promo Editor in Kareeb.

In the year 2004, Zee Cine Awards presented the best debuting director award and Star Screen Awards presented him award for distinction in directorial debut. In 2006 Rajkumar Hirani won Filmfare Award for the Best Director for the film Lage Raho Munna Bhai. In Lage Raho Munna Bhai the sequel of Munna Bhai M.B.B.S Rajkumar Hirani has portrayed the Gandhian philosophy in a light hearted way so it can at least understand by commoners.

Ace Bollywood Director Rajkumar Hirani has also won the Teacher's Achievement Award. Rajkumar Hirani is also directing the film "Idiots" and "Munna Bhai Chale Amerika". "Idiots" is based on the novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat. For the particular film Rajkumar Hirani has roped in Kajol and Aamir Khan.

It seems Rajkumar Hirani and Bollywood are made for each other. He is counted among the top film makers in Bollywood.