Birth Date: 20 Nov, 1962, Age (61)

Occupation : Director, Producer

Filmfare Awards : 11

Place of Birth : Nagpur

Rajkumar Hirani

Rajkumar Hirani is an Indian film director, producer and editor. He is widely regarded as one of the most successful and one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the 21st century Hindi language cinema. Hirani is known for directing Hindi films, including Munna Bhai M.B.B.S (2003), Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006), 3 Idiots (2009) and PK (2014). All his films have been huge commercial successes.

Hirani tried his luck as a film editor for many years. He gradually established himself as a director and producer of advertising films.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 promotions for Kareeb.He got his first big opportunity as a film editor with Mission Kashmir.

Rajkumar Hirani's first directorial venture was Munnabhai MBBS (2003), starring Sanjay Dutt, which is considered a cult classic.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 2006 released Lage Raho Munnabhai, which had a strong cultural impact in India, popularising Gandhism under Munna Bhai's notion of Gandhigiri.The film won widespread critical acclaim from critics and had a number of prominent screenings.His third film was the comedy 3 Idiots, starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor. It was released on 25 December 2009 and 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.The film was later remade in different languages.