It
took
almost
five
years
for
Rajkumar
Hirani
to
finish
his
upcoming
project
'PK'
and
the
director,
known
for
his
'Munnabhai'
series
and
'3
Idiots',
says
he
would
rather
make
fewer
films
than
compromise
on
his
story
for
quick
money.
In
his
decade-long
career
as
a
director,
Hirani,
52,
has
made
just
four
films
--
'Munnabhai
MBBS',
'Lage
Raho
Munnabhai',
'3
Idiots'
and
'PK'.
Considered
among
the
best
filmmakers
in
Bollywood
today
for
his
knack
of
wedding
social
issues
with
an
entertaining
storyline,
Hirani
says
his
success
formula
is
just
"patience
and
a
lot
of
rewriting."
"You
keep
battling
your
own
work
in
a
sense.
There
are
two
ways
to
look
at
this...
After
making
a
hit,
I
could
make
more
money
by
signing
five
more
films
or
try
to
better
my
previous
work.
I
choose
to
follow
the
second
path
rather
than
run
after
money.
This
is
the
attempt
always,
whether
I
succeed
or
fail," Hirani
told.
The
director
says
he
found
the
courage
to
stick
to
his
convictions
after
the
surprise
success
of
his
first
film
in
2003.
"When
I
made
the
first
'Munnabhai'
film,
I
thought
it
would
be
a
middle-of-the-road
movie,
would
be
liked
but
won't
be
as
successful
as
Yash
Raj
films
or
the
ones
that
Karan
(Johar)
made.
Fortunately,
it
was
not
only
liked
but
did
well
commercially.
That
gave
me
confidence
to
stick
to
what
I
believe
in,"
Hirani
says.
The
director
credits
his
writing
collaborator
Abhijat
Joshi
for
not
tiring
as
they
struggle
to
come
up
with
something
unique
with
every
film.
"100
years
of
Indian
cinema
has
happened.
Anything
you
do,
feels
like
it
has
already
been
done.
The
struggle
is
to
find
a
new
and
unique
idea.
After
that,
it
is
a
lot
of
patience.
You
keep
writing
and
rewriting
till
you
are
happy.
Script
is
the
real
foundation."
'PK'
starring
Aamir
Khan,
Anushka
Sharma,
Sanjay
Dutt
and
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
in
key
roles,
is
releasing
this
Friday.
Hirani
says
it
was
a
particularly
difficult
film
to
crack.
PTI