4 Movies Directed by Rajkumar Hirani

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-12-19

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

156 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (33190 Reviews)

Director:

Rajkumar Hirani

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Rajkumar Hirani

Lajan Joseph

Abbas Tyrewala (dialogue)

Fullplot:

In India gangsters are called Bhai (brothers). One such Bhai is Munna, who is feared by everyone in Mumbai, a big city in India. He cons his village-based parents into believing that he is a doctor. He gets a shock when he finds out that they are coming to verify for themselves. So he transforms a rooming shanty house into a makeshift hospital, populated by patients, people he beats up. His parents arrive, are pleased, and happy that their son is well settled. They would like him to get married to a doctor's daughter. The marriage is arranged, but before the engagement, the bride's father finds out the truth about Munna, and cancels the marriage. Munna's humiliated parents see the truth for themselves, and hurt, they return home, leaving Munna with a strong desire to hurt the doctor - and force him to let his daughter get married to him - even if it means getting admitted in the medical college - with forged documents!!!

Lage Raho Munna Bhai

Lage Raho Munna Bhai

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-09-01

Languages:

Hindi

Countries:

India

Runtime:

144 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (21876 Reviews)

Director:

Rajkumar Hirani

Cast:

Writer:

Vidhu Vinod Chopra (screenplay)

Rajkumar Hirani

Abhijat Joshi (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A hilarious underworld gangster known as Munna Bhai falls comically in love with a radio host by the name of Jahnvi, who runs an elders' home, which is taken over by an unscrupulous builder, who gets the residents kicked out ironically with the help of Munna's sidekick, Circuit, while Munna is busy romancing Jahnvi elsewhere. Munna, who is now masquerading as a Professor specializing in the life of Mahatma Gandhi, must now battle his very own forces and the builder - but he has one ally on his side - none other than the great man - Mahatma Gandhi himself. Only trouble is that Munna may have problems convincing everyone about this presence - as he is apparently is the only one who can see and hear him.

3 Idiots

3 Idiots

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-12-25

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

170 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

8.5 (171619 Reviews)

Director:

Rajkumar Hirani

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Rajkumar Hirani

Abhijat Joshi

Vidhu Vinod Chopra (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Farhan Qureshi and Raju Rastogi want to re-unite with their fellow collegian, Rancho, after faking a stroke aboard an Air India plane, and excusing himself from his wife - trouser less - respectively. Enroute, they encounter another student, Chatur Ramalingam, now a successful businessman, who reminds them of a bet they had undertaken 10 years ago. The trio, while recollecting hilarious antics, including their run-ins with the Dean of Delhi's Imperial College of Engineering, Viru Sahastrabudhe, race to locate Rancho, at his last known address - little knowing the secret that was kept from them all this time.

PK

PK

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-12-19

Languages:

Hindi, English

Countries:

India

Runtime:

153 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (66083 Reviews)

Director:

Rajkumar Hirani

Cast:

Writer:

Rajkumar Hirani

Abhijat Joshi

Fullplot:

P. K. is a comedy of ideas about a stranger in the city, who asks questions that no one has asked before. They are innocent, child-like questions, but they bring about catastrophic answers. People who are set in their ways for generations, are forced to reappraise their world when they see it from PK's innocent eyes. In the process PK makes loyal friends and powerful foes. Mends broken lives and angers the establishment. P. K.'s childlike curiosity transforms into a spiritual odyssey for him and millions of others. The film is an ambitious and uniquely original exploration of complex philosophies. It is also a simple and humane tale of love, laughter and letting-go. Finally, it is a moving saga about a friendship between strangers from worlds apart.

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