After graduating from the FTII in 1987, Raju moved to Mumbai to commence the inevitable struggle. His father had promised him an apartment in the maximum city, but Suresh could not keep his promise thanks to his dying business.
So Raju lived with friends like Sriram Raghavan, now the director of films like Ek Hasina Thi and Johnny Gaddar.
A few freelancing editing jobs later, Raju joined Vidhu Vinod Chopra's team on Mission Kashmir and never looked back. It was 2000, the year his father's typewriting institute shut down.
"I never thought my son's very first film would be a superhit," says Suresh of Munnabhai MBBS, the movie that made Raju Hirani an A-Lister in Bollywood.
When Raju moved to Mumbai, his parents insisted that he marry. Raju stalled for time until his younger brother Sanjeev got engaged. Both brothers got married the same day, in December 1994. Raju's wife Manjeet is a pilot with Indian Airlines.
The director is a dependable son, sending his parents money every month, taking care of large expenses like his sister's wedding or sending his parents abroad to meet Sanjeev. He has bought his parents a home in Mumbai, but Suresh and Sheela Hirani prefer the familiar pace of Nagpur to the frenetic momentum of Mumbai that their son has grown accustomed to.
So Raju lived with friends like Sriram Raghavan, now the director of films like Ek Hasina Thi and Johnny Gaddar.
A few freelancing editing jobs later, Raju joined Vidhu Vinod Chopra's team on Mission Kashmir and never looked back. It was 2000, the year his father's typewriting institute shut down.
"I never thought my son's very first film would be a superhit," says Suresh of Munnabhai MBBS, the movie that made Raju Hirani an A-Lister in Bollywood.
When Raju moved to Mumbai, his parents insisted that he marry. Raju stalled for time until his younger brother Sanjeev got engaged. Both brothers got married the same day, in December 1994. Raju's wife Manjeet is a pilot with Indian Airlines.
The director is a dependable son, sending his parents money every month, taking care of large expenses like his sister's wedding or sending his parents abroad to meet Sanjeev. He has bought his parents a home in Mumbai, but Suresh and Sheela Hirani prefer the familiar pace of Nagpur to the frenetic momentum of Mumbai that their son has grown accustomed to.
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