

One of the highest grossers of that year, Sanju brought together Hirani and the versatile Ranbir Kapoor for the first time, portraying the role of the veteran actor Sanjay Dutt on-screen. The film also featured Anushka Sharma and the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Post the humongous success of ‘3 Idiots’ Raju Hirani collaborated with Aamir Khan yet again for an interesting and hatke story about a man, an alien, from a different dimension alarming the people of Earth about the malpractices in the name of religion and God. Based on the face-paced competition in real life and education, 3 Idiots was fun and entertaining with a heartfelt social message. Touted as one of the top 10 and most path-breaking films of Hindi cinema, 3 Idiots is like a syllabus to any engineering college student. The sequel to Munnabhai M.B.B.S featured the same actors in leads like the first part, which was well-received by the audience and shared a social message. The comedy based drama was a funny take to create awareness of the righteous principles of Mahatma Gandhi. Not just did the movie go on to become one of the biggest grosser of that year but the lovable characters of Munna and Circuit became household names.
His debut film itself starring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Vidya Balan earned him the tag of a master storyteller. As the filmmaker turns a year older today, we take a look at his 5 box office blockbusters: Though he has directed only 5 films so far in his prolific journey, his vision and storytelling style has revolutionised and changed the dynamics of filmmaking in India thereby earning him huge admiration from the audience, industry and critics alike. One of the most admired and successful storytellers of Hindi cinema, Rajkumar Hirani is perhaps credited to be the only filmmaker of Hindi cinema with 100 per cent success rate. Happy Birthday Rajkumar Hirani: 3 Idiots to Sanju, here are films that define celebrated filmmaker
