Rajkumar Hirani

Nagpur is in the Maharashtra and regional language is Marathi but being part of central provision and in the close touch of Hindi speaking Madhya Pradesh, Nagpur has a great tradition of Hindi theater. Young Raju Hirani found attraction for this and becoming active with Hindi theater during his student days. After completing his graduation at Nagpur Rajkumar headed to Pune for the Film & Television Institute of India, from where he completed his Diploma in cinema with specialization in editing in the year 1987.

Early days at Mumbai were the learning process for the Rajkumar Hirani but soon he succeeded in establishing self as a director and producer of advertising films, though he started his carrier as editor. All the major Indian brands were advertised by him and he started his own production house Canvas Films.

In the industry Raj Hirani gained fame of being a director at whom one can look for variety – advertising, documentaries, public service, spots, TV serials and music videos are the few grounds which can tell the success story of this young sindhi talent. Generally, human interest subjects have attracted him most for capturing the humour in a situation or the warmth of a moment. Getting his actors to give off their best and drawing out just that extra from them which goes straight to the audience’s heart is what he really enjoys.

During the editing of “Mission Kashmir” he came in the close contact of Vidhu Vinod Chopara. This association went on to turn into close friendship. During the Zee Cine Awards Rajkumar Hirani was Felicitated with the award for the “best editor” of the year, eventually during this function Raju and Vinod had finalized their new film.