Rajkumar Hirani is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for directing humorous films with social messages. Some of his most notable films include Munna Bhai MBBS (2003), Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006), 3 Idiots (2009), and PK (2014), all of which were major box office successes in India and abroad. His films are known for having unconventional protagonists, satirizing important issues through comedy, and blending poignant scenes with comic relief.

1. Methods of making movies

2.  Born :- 20November 1962 (age 52)
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
 Other Names :-Raju Hirani
 Ethnicity:- Sindhi
 Occupation :-director, producer, screenwriter, film
editor
 Years active:- 1993–Present
 Wife:- Manjeet Hirani
 Children:- Vir Hirani

3.  Rajkumar Hirani was born on 19 November 1962 in Nagpur
to a Sindhi family.
 His father Suresh Hirani ran a typing institute in Nagpur.
Hirani family migrated to India
from Mehrabpur, Sindh 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 his graduation
in commerce.
 His parents wanted him to be a Chartered Accountant but
he was more keen on Theatres, Films. Hirani helped his
father in his business but he wanted to be actor in Hindi
films.
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4. • 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 far too many applicants. So Raju
opted for the editing course.
• He earned a scholarship, thereby reducing the load on his
father's shoulders.

5.  Hirani tried his luck as film editor for many years. Bad
experiences forced him to shift to advertising, and gradually
established himself as a director and producer of advertising
films.
 He was also seen in a Fevicol ad where some men and elephants
are trying to pull and break a Fevicol plank saying "Jor laga ke
Haisha".
 He was also seen in the famous Kinetic Luna ad campaign
created by O&M. He was doing fairly well in the advertisement
industry 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. He
edited promos for Kareeb. He got his first big opportunity as a
film editor with Mission Kashmir.

6.  Munnabhai MBBS (2003):-Rajkumar Hirani's first
directorial venture. Munnabhai MBBS broke all
formulaic conventions associated with Bollywood
films. Made on a budget of Rs. 10 million, it was a huge
hit worldwide and took a distributor share of Rs.
25 million from the Indian market.
 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 box office success.

7. •His third film was the comedy 3 Idiots starring Aamr Khan, R.
Madhavan, Sharmn 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.
• His fourth film was the alien satirical drama PK which
stars Aamir Khan, Saurabh Shukla and Anushka Sharma in lead
roles. It was released on 19 December 2014 and broke existing
records in India and became the highest grossing Indian film
collecting over Rs.500 crore at the box office.

8. •Avante garde protagonists who are non-conformists and very
unconventional in their way of approaching life
•Funny satirical way of narrating the stories on the education system or the
system in general with a subtle message encouraging idealism and humanism
•Poignant scenes blended with a lot of comic relief

9. Year
• 2003
• 2006
• 2009
• 2014
Film
• Munna
bhai
MBBS
• Lage
raho
munna
bhai
• 3idiots
• PK
Role