Rajkumar Hirani
Making a great film in Bollywood and making it a hit is not within everyone’s reach. Many times the story of the film is strong but does not work at the box office. At times, even if the story of the film lacks substance, it creates a ruckus at the box office. But there is only one director in Bollywood whose film not only guarantees a strong story but also has a 100% track record of making waves at the box office. Not only this, till date these directors have not had even a single flop film on their forehead. This director is none other than Rajkumar Hirani. Rajkumar Hirani is celebrating his 62nd birthday today. On the special occasion of his birthday, many fans including Bollywood stars have congratulated him through social media. Rajkumar Hirani has worked as a writer and editor in dozens of Bollywood films. But 8 out of 8 films directed by him have been successful at the box office.
Started direction in 2003
Rajkumar Hirani started his career as a film editor. This journey, which started in the 90s, continued in full swing. Edited films like The Eight Column Affair, Jab Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya, Jazbaat, Mission Kashmir and Tere Liye and jumped into direction. In the year 2003, Rajkumar Hirani directed his first film ‘Munna Bhai MBBS’. This film shook all the box office records. The characters of Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi in the film became cult. Even today, after 23 years, people keep sharing these characters on social media. After giving a superhit to the first film, a sequel of the same film ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ was also made in 2006 and it bombed at the box office.
Three idiots created history
After this, Rajkumar Hirani made one of the most loved films of Bollywood with Aamir Khan. The name of this film was Three-Idiots. Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sharman Joshi and R Madhavan were seen in lead roles in this film. The film created a huge stir at the box office and became one of the biggest superhit films in Bollywood history. After this, Rajkumar Hirani also made the film PK with Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma in the year 2014. This film was also a super hit at the box office. Then in 2018, Rajkumar Hirani’s film Sanju became the highest grossing film of the year. After this, in 2023, Rajkumar Hirani made the film Dunky with Shahrukh Khan. However, this film was considered to be Rajkumar Hirani’s weakest film till date. Even after this the film was a hit at the box office.
Boman Irani is their lucky charm
Rajkumar Hirani is such a director whose stories change, but the actors playing the stories remain the same. For Rajkumar Hirani’s films, Boman Irani is not considered the hero-heroine but the lucky charm. Boman Irani has played important roles in all the films of Rajkumar Hirani. Along with this, Jimmy Shergill has also appeared in most of Rajkumar Hirani’s films.
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