Rajkumar Hirani

Rajkumar Hirani 2014

Rajkumar Hirani ( Hindi राजकुमार हिरानी Rājakumār Hirānī ; born November 20, 1962 in Nagpur ) is an Indian film director , screenwriter and film editor .

life and career

Hirani's father, Suresh Hirani, came from Mehrabpur in Sindh (now Pakistan ) and fled when Rajkumar was 14 years old with his family after the partition of India in 1947 to Nagpur in Maharashtra, where he later became the owner of a typewriter business . Hirani helped there as a child and was considered a good seller.

Hirani initially wanted to be an actor and was sent to an acting school in Mumbai by his father . After just three days, he dropped out of school on the grounds that he could not integrate properly and traveled back to Nagpur. His father then suggested that he take a course at the Film and Television Institute in Pune . Since the acting course there was already booked due to the high demand, he decided to study film editing . He successfully completed this course.

Hirani's career began as a film editor in Mumbai. He became known as a screenwriter for his films Munna Bhai MBBS , 3 Idiots and PK in India and received many awards.

Filmography

As a screenwriter and director

• 2003: Munna Bhai MBBS
• 2004: Shankar Dada MBBS
• 2006: Location Raho Munna Bhai
• 2007: Shankardada Zindabad
• 2009: 3 idiots
• 2012: Ferrari Ki Sawaari
• 2014: PK
• 2018: Sanju

As a producer

• 2005: Parineeta - the girl from the neighbor's garden
• 2007: Eklavya
• 2012: Ferrari Ki Sawaari
• 2014: PK
• 2018: Sanju

As a film editor

• 1991: Jab Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya
• 1994: Jazbaat
• 2000: Mission Kashmir - The bloody path of freedom
• 2001: Tere Liye
• 2006: Location Raho Munna Bhai
• 2009: 3 idiots
• 2014: PK
• 2018: Sanju

Awards

For Munna Bhai MBBS

• 2004: National Film Award for Best Popular Film
• 2004: Filmfare Critics Award for best film
• 2004: Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay
• 2004: IIFA Award for the best cut
• 2004: IIFA Award for the best screenplay
• 2004: Filmfare Award for the best dialogue in film

For location Raho Munna Bhai

• 2007: National Film Award for Best Popular Film
• 2007: National Film Award for Best Screenplay
• 2007: Filmfare Critics Award for best film
• 2007: Filmfare Best Story Award
• 2007: Filmfare Best Dialogue Award
• 2007: IIFA Award for the best dialogue
• 2007: IIFA Award for the best story
• 2007: Bollywood Movie Award - Best Director
• 2007: Stardust Dream Director Award
• 2007: Star Screen Award for the best film
• 2007: Star Screen Award for the best story
• 2007: Star Screen Award for the best editing
• 2007: Zee Cine Award for the best dialogue
• 2007: Zee Cine Award for Best Screenplay
• 2007: Zee Cine Award for the best story
• 2007: Global Indian Film Awards for best film, best story and best dialogue

For 3 idiots

• 2010: National Film Award for Best Popular Film
• 2010: Filmfare Award for the best film
• 2010: Filmfare Award for best director
• 2010: Filmfare Award for the best dialogue
• 2010: Filmfare Award for the best story
• 2010: Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay
• 2010: Star Screen Award for the best director
• 2010: Star Screen Award for Best Screenplay
• 2010: Star Screen Award for the best editing
• 2010: Star Screen Award for the best dialogue
• 2010: IIFA Award for the best film
• 2010: IIFA Award for the best cut
• 2010: IIFA Award for the best dialogue
• 2010: IIFA Award for the best screenplay
• 2010: IIFA Award for the best story
• 2010: IIFA Award for the best director

Web links

Commons : Rajkumar Hirani  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rajkumar Hirani in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Rajkumar Hirani at filmibeat.com (English)
• Rajkumar Hirani at hindustantimes.com (English)
• Rajkumar Hirani at movies.rediff.com (English)