Rajkumar Hirani Biography, Movies Age, Net Worth, Awards, Songs

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Biography

Rajkumar Hirani also known as Raju Hirani is an Indian filmmaker director producer and editor best known for his Hindi film work. He has received numerous honours including three National Film Awards and eleven Filmfare Awards. Hirani is regarded as one of India's most successful filmmakers. His films are often lighthearted but they deal with serious societal issues with humour and emotional intelligence. 

After graduating from FTII in editing and beginning his career as a film editor a bad experience forced him to shift to ad films where he created several successful commercials. He made his professional editing debut with Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Mission Kashmir (2000).

Despite his desire to make films Hirani took a one-year hiatus and returned with the script of Munna Bhai MBBS to Chopra who assisted him in financing it and Chopra produced it himself.

Age

Rajkumar Hirani is aged 60 years old as of 2022. Rajkumar Hirani was born in Nagpur on November 20 1962. His zodiac sign is Scorpio.

Education

Hirani attended Nagpur's St. Francis De'Sales High School. He received his diploma in commerce.

Family

Suresh Hirani Rajkumar's father owns a typographic typing business in Nagpur. When his parents immigrated to India during partition Rajkumar Hirani was only 14 years old.

Rajkumar Hirani’s Wife

Manjeet Lamba Hirani

Manjeet Lamba Hirani Rajkumar Hirani's wife is a senior commander and trainer with Air India. She has been a pilot for the past 24 years. The couple married in 1994 and had their son Vir Hirani in 1999.

Top 5 Rajkumar Hirani Movies

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film written and directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It was the first episode of the Munna Bhai series. Sunil Dutt plays the father to his real-life son Sanjay Dutt who plays the titular character in his final film role which was released in India on December 19 2003. Gracy Singh Jimmy Sheirgill Arshad Warsi Rohini Hattangadi and Boman Irani also star.

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. was a critical and commercial success and it was followed by a sequel Lage Raho Munna Bhai which became the first installment of the Munna Bhai film series. The film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Popular Film in 2004 as well as several Filmfare awards including Best Film (Critics) and Best Screenplay. At the box office it received silver jubilee status (25-week run) making it one of only eight Hindi films to do so since 2000.

3 Idiots

3 Idiots is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed edited and written by Rajkumar Hirani co-written by Abhijat Joshi and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film which is loosely based on Chetan Bhagat's novel Five Point Someone stars Aamir Khan R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi in the titular roles marking their reunion three years after Rang De Basanti (2006) as well as Kareena Kapoor Boman Irani and Omi Vaidya in pivotal roles. 

The story follows the friendship of three students at an Indian engineering college and is a satire on the social pressures under the Indian education system as told through two parallel dramas one set in the present and the other ten years in the past. 3 Idiots received widespread critical acclaim and commercial success upon its release on December 25 2009 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest Bollywood films ever made.

It was also the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend in India had the highest opening day collections for an Indian film up until that point and held the record for the highest net collections in the first week for a Hindi film. It eventually became one of the few Indian films to be successful in East Asian markets at the time

PK

PK is a 2014 Hindi-language science-fiction comedy-drama film edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi and co-produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Vinod Chopra's production companies are Rajkumar Hirani Films and Vinod Chopra Films. 

The plot revolves around an unwitting alien (Aamir Khan) who lands on Earth but loses his communication device. He meets Jaggu (Anushka Sharma) a broken-hearted reporter and attempts to locate his device. He raises many thought-provoking questions over time.

On December 19 2014 PK was released. It received positive reviews upon its initial release with praise focused on Khan's performance and the film's humour. At the 60th Filmfare Awards the film received eight nominations and won two. It also received five Producers Guild Film Awards and two Screen Awards. 

PK won the Telstra People's Choice Award at the Melbourne Indian Film Festival. PK was the first Indian film to gross more than $7 billion and US$100 million worldwide despite being produced on a $1.22 billion budget.

Lage Raho Munna Bhai

Rajkumar Hirani wrote edited and directed the 2006 Indian Hindi-language satirical comedy drama film Lage Raho Munna Bhai which he co-wrote with Abhijat Joshi and produced with Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It is the sequel to the 2003 film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. starring Sanjay Dutt as Munna Bhai a Mumbai underworld don. 

The eponymous lead character in Lage Raho Munna Bhai begins to see Mahatma Gandhi's spirit. Through his interactions with Gandhi he begins to practise Gandhigiri (a neologism for Gandhism) to assist ordinary people in solving their problems.

Lage Raho Munna Bhai was released on September 1 2006 to widespread critical acclaim for its direction story screenplay dialogues cast performances and social message and themes. The film was a major box-office success grossing over 1.270 billion (equivalent to 3.5 billion or US$43 million in 2020) worldwide. It was the year's second highest grossing film.

Sanju

Sanju is a 2018 biographical film directed and edited by Rajkumar Hirani written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi and produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Vinod Chopra's production companies are Rajkumar Hirani Films and Vinod Chopra Films. 

The film follows the life of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt focusing on his drug addiction arrest for his involvement in the 1993 Bombay bombings relationship with his father comeback in the industry an eventual drop of Bombay bombing charges and release after serving his sentence. 

Ranbir Kapoor plays the title character and the ensemble cast also includes Vicky Kaushal Paresh Rawal Anushka Sharma Dia Mirza Manisha Koirala Karishma Tanna Jim Sarbh and Sonam Kapoor. Sanju was released in theatres worldwide on June 29 2018. 

Critics mostly praised Kapoor's performance as well as Hirani's direction though some criticized its ostensible image-cleansing of its protagonist. It had the highest opening day of any film released in India in 2018 and it had the highest single-day collection ever for a Hindi film in India on its third day. With a global gross of more than 586.85 crores (US$73 million).

Upcoming Movies of Rajkumar Hirani

Dunki

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The plot of Dunki is the widespread use of an illegal backdoor route known as 'Donkey Flight' by Indians to immigrate to countries such as Canada and the United States. Dunki is set to be released on December 22 2023.

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Rajkumar Hirani Controversies

Accused of Sexual Assault

The HuffPost India report on the industry's biggest director Rajkumar Hirani being accused of sexual assault triggered Bollywood's biggest MeToo scandal on Sunday afternoon.

The complainant is a woman who worked on the post-production crew for the Sanjay Dutt biopic between March and September of last year. The allegations surfaced after the survivor detailed her abuse in an email to Sanju co-producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra in November. Mr. Hirani has already hired advocate Anand Desai to respond to the allegations.

I was completely shocked when these allegations were brought to my attention about two months ago Mr.Hirani said in an official public statement. I immediately suggested that this matter be brought before any committee or legal body. 

Instead the complainant has chosen to go to the media. I'd like to state unequivocally that this is a malicious and malicious story being spread with the sole intent of destroying my reputation

Networth

Rajkumar Hirani is a wealthy Indian filmmaker director producer and editor with an estimated net worth of $170 million (Rs. 1305 Crore). Raju Sir is a Mumbai resident who owns a luxury designer home in Navi Mumbai India. The current value of this house which he purchased in 2011 is estimated to be 12 crore INR. 

He also owns a number of real estate properties throughout the country. Raju Sir's car collection is average. Audi Jaguar BMW and Mercedes Benz are among the luxury cars he owns which range in price from 1.2 to 2 crore INR.

Awards won by Rajkumar Hirani

• In 2003 Rajkumar won National Film Awards Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for Munnabhai MBBS
• In 2006 Rajkumar won National Film Awards Best Screenplay for Lage Raho Munnabhai
• In 2009 Rajkumar won  National Film Awards Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for 3 Idiots
• In 2014 Rajkumar won Filmfare Awards Best Film (Critics) Best Screenplay for Munnabhai MBBS
• In  2007 Rajkumar won Filmfare Awards Best Film (Critics) Best Story Best Dialogue for Lage Raho Munnabhai
• In 2010 Rajkumar won Filmfare Awards Best Director Best Story Best Screenplay Best Dialogue for 3 Idiots
• In 2015 Rajkumar won Filmfare Awards Best Screenplay Best Dialogue for PK

6 Interesting facts about Rajkumar Hirani

• Suresh Hirani Rajkumar Hirani's father migrated from Sindh (now Pakistan) to India during the Indo-Pak partition. Suresh was only 14 years old at the time.
• His father established a typing institute in Nagpur with only two typewriters at first. In just a few months his father had trained over 1000 students in 16 batches per day. However typewriters were quickly replaced by computers and the company was forced to close.
• Hirani's parents wanted him to be a Chartered Accountant but he was more interested in theatre and acting. He was an active participant in the field of Hindi theatre during his college days.
• After witnessing their son's desire to become an actor his parents made every effort to help him achieve his goal.
•  Hirani then applied for a directorial course at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune. His chances of being chosen however appeared bleak because there were far too many applicants. Feeling defeated he made a compromise and eventually enrolled in the Editing course. Hirani was eventually able to obtain a scholarship relieving his father's financial burden.
• Hirani struggled for many years in Mumbai after graduating to become a film editor. He then moved on to the field of advertising where he gradually and steadily established himself as a director of commercial advertisements. Soon after he began appearing in numerous commercials.

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