Iconic characters created and presented by a hugely successful director Rajkumar Hirani!

#RajkumarHirani is one of the finest filmmakers that the Bollywood has seen. Over they years he has helmed some of the biggest films and those films have had some of the best characters. Rajkumar’s film has churned out some very relatable and interesting characters over the years and here we look at some of the top characters that he has given to the audiences.

Munnabhai – Sanjay Dutt

No Rajkumar Hirani list is complete without the mention of Sanjay Dutt or Munna Bhai series. The titular character played by Sanjay Dutt etched his way into the hearts of the audiences as soon as the film released. A brash guy turned into a soft-hearted kind guy, Munna, is all of us who was forced by love to change his ways and ever since then the fans have been waiting for Sanjay Dutt to reprise his role, such is the love the character received.

Librarian Dubey – Akhil Mishra – 3 idiots

Even with a very short duration of screen appearance the actor turned up ready for the challenge. A film stacked with a lot of mserious message needed comic relief every now and then to make it not to heavy on the head. Akhil Mishra came in as that funny clueless guy who found himself in odd situations without having any knowledge of how or what had happened. The actor played a very relatable character and in a very short time made the audiences laugh hard.

Circuit – Arshad Warsi – Munna Bhai MBBS and Lageraho Munna Bhai

Just like Munna Bhai, Circuit also makes it to all the list of Rajkumar Hirani’s. Partnering with Munna Bhai Circuit played the friend we wish we all had. A loud-mouthed, will do everything for friendship kind of guy played by Arshad Warsi. The actor with his way of talking and his friendship won over one and everyone.

Kamli – Vicky kaushal from Sanju

Another friend we all wish we had was Kamli in Sanju. A true friend and a testament to friendship, Kamli, in Sanju was another character that Rajkumar gave to people which was very relatable and indeed someone we can all get behind.

Boman Irani – Virus 3 idiots

Who doesn’t love a bittersweet character? Virus from 3 idiots was that one strict teacher we all came across in our lives. The character played by Boman surely left it’s impression on the minds of people be it for his ways, or his nature but he did have an instance or two very he showed that he liked a joke or two surely.

Lucky Singh – Lage raho Munna Bhai

A sweet Punjabi man and a good friend, Boman made his mark in the second installment of the Munna Bhai series. He eventually turns evil and his true faces comes to the forefront, however he goes through transition and does eventually come across as the good kind man we all wish he would be and he surely left a mark on the fans with his well timed comic punchlines.

Dr. Asthana – Munna Bhai MBBS

There is something about Boman Irani nailing the character he plays. A doctor who is supposed to be strict is sent into panic when a promise made in past starts to haunt him and what follows is a class act by Boman. Dr. Asthana a strict and particular about his work, principal, is sent on a whirlwind and in the way he tries to deal with the problems, gives birth to this gem of a character and another memorable character bought to life in a Rajkumar Hirani film.

Chatur – Omi Vaidya 3 idiots

It’s hard not to laugh when even just mentioning Chatur from 3 Idiots. Written perfectly and brought on screen perfectly, the character stole the limelight time and again as he sent the audiences into rounds of laughters with well tjmed jokes and top class acting. The character has surely etched itself in the minds of people and won’t be forgotten anytime soon.

Chinki – Munnabhai

A sweet and loving doctor, Chinki, was the cause of all the trouble that Munnabhai inflicted on Dr. Asthana. Such sweet were the ways of Chinki that it compelled Munnabhai to give up on all wrong doings in order to try and win her.

Raju Rastogi – Sharman Joshi and Farhan Ansari – Madhavan – 3 idiots

Raju And Farhan two different ends of a spectrum were two such other wonderful characters that Rajkumar brought to life. Both of them could easily have been comic reliefs but there was lot of depth added to each of them as they showed contrasting problems and ways to deal with them when friendship was at stake and we all surely have a Raju and a Farhan in our group.

Dilip Prabhavalkar as Mahatma Gandhi aka Bapu

Mahatma Gandhi in 21st century! Now who would have thought that? Rajkumar Hirani did something out of the box Father of the Nation played by Dilip Prabhavalkar found it’s way into a Bollywood movie. While this was a reason enough to remember the character, the nuances of the actor were on point and the contribution to the plot was never in question and thus, here we have one another iconic character that we are happy to talk about.

Saurabh Shukla as Batuk Maharaj, Khurana’s astrologer

Saurabh Shukla can pretty much play any role and still not be hated. The actor played Batuk Maharaj in Munnabhai part 2 and gave us an character we would all love to hate. The screen was cast aptly and even after being a villain kind of figure we loved the character.

Kurush Deboo as Dr. Rustam Pavri

Who does not love a cute Parsi? Aren’t they the sweetest? Dr. Rustam Pavri was just another Parsi we all fell for without any reason. The character that knew wrong from right and wasn’t afraid to change sides when his eyes opened is surely someone worthy of all our love and that is exactly why the character is on the list, for being the lovely person that he was.
[19/11, 22:42] PRO Khushboo: *Rajkumar Hirani birthday special: 5 films that define the celebrated filmmaker!*

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 percent success rate. Though he has directed only 5 films so far in his prolific journey, his vision and storytelling style has revolutionized and changed the dynamics of filmmaking in India thereby earning him huge admiration from the audience, industry and critics alike.

As the filmmaker turns a year older today, we take a look at his 5 box office blockbusters:

Munnabhai MBBS (2003)
His debut film itself starring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Vidya Balan earned him the tag of a master storyteller. Not just the movie went on to become one of the biggest grossers of that year but the lovable characters of Munna and Circuit became household names. The comedy based drama was a funny take to create awareness on the righteous principles of Mahatma Gandhi.

Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006)
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.

3 Idiots (2009)
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. Based on the face-paced competition in real life and education, 3 Idiots was fun and entertaining with a heartfelt social message.

PK (2014)
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 on the name of religion and God. The film also featured Anushka Sharma and the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Sanju (2018)
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. A heart-touching narrative also featured Vicky Kaushal and Anushka Sharma, the film won many awards for the plot, as well as brought immense recognition to Ranbir.