His
First
Step
Into
Films
"That
scene
in
3
Idiots
where
Madhavan
goes
to
his
father
and
tells
him
that
he
doesn't
want
to
be
an
engineer,
it
comes
from
my
own
life.
I
really
had
to
muster
the
courage
to
go
to
my
dad
and
tell
him
I
don't
want
to
become
a
chartered
accountant,
and
he
just
looked
at
me
and
said,
'Okay,
don't'," Hirani
said
in
an
interview
with
Firstpost.
From
Real
To
Reel
Remember
that
scene
from
Munnabhai
MBBS
where
Sunil
Dutt
saves
a
pickpocket
from
thrashing
and
lectures
him?
Well,
he
recalls
being
six
or
seven
years
old
when
he
saw
his
father
deal
with
a
crook
in
a
similar
manner.
Raju's
dad
met
a
man
trying
to
dupe
people
by
getting
to
place
ads
in
a
magazine
which
would
never
get
printed.
After
a
few
months,when
people
started
beating
the
man
up
when
he
confessed
his
act,
his
father
saved
him,
brought
him
home,
fed
him
and
gave
him
money
to
return.
Hirani
Was
Always
An
Introvert
His
mother
Sheela
Hirani
recalled
in
an
old
interview,
"Raju
was
always
an
introvert,
just
like
me. He
never
harassed
me
or
asked
me
for
money.
And
I
never
gave
any
pocket
money
till
my
children
grew
up."
When
Rajkumar
Hirani
Played
Noorjehan
In
A
Play
His
brother
Sanjeev
recalled
in
a
Rediff
interview,
"There
was
a
time
in
school
when
Raju
had
to
play
Noorjehan
in
a
play. Raju
just
told
me
that
he
was
acting
in
a
school
play.
So
I
bragged
about
it
to
all
my
friends,
not
knowing
that
he
was
playing
a
woman's
role.
When
he
came
on
stage
and
I
saw
him
in
a
woman's
clothes,
I
was
so
embarrassed!"
Rajkumar
Hirani-
The
Prankster
"One
Rakhi,
Raju
gifted
me
a
huge
box.
I
kept
opening
it
and
discovered
smaller
boxes
inside.
Finally,
there
was
a
two
rupee
coin,
hammered
in
badly.
I
felt
so
bad
that
I
started
crying.
Then
he
gave
me
my
real
gift,"
said
his
sister
Anju.