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Second and concluding part of the excerpts from a conversation occurred between Director Raju Hirani(RH), and Ajay Brahmatmaj (AB), is presented here.

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[Following is the translation of the Hindi Interview and may not do full justice to the original interview so to read the exact sayings of Raju Hirani, one should go through the original interview. This is simply a trial to expose the interview to those readers who can not read Hindi at all]
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AB: How could you preserve your dream of directing the films? Advertising work was fetching you good money. Did this not distract you from your dream of filmmaking?

RH: I had not come from Nagpur with a thought that I would make documentaries or would do Ad films. I think nobody comes thinking this sort of things. I did not know about Ad films …

In continuation of the series “Initial Steps“, excerpts from a conversation occurred between Director Raju Hirani(RH), and Ajay Brahmatmaj (AB), are presented here.

Ajay writes about Raju Hirani

First time I had met Raju Hirani in the office of Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Munna Bhai MBBS was not released yet. Most of the journalists were interviewing VVC. I saw that a shy man was silently sitting on a bench. Shining in his eyes pulled my attention and I approached him and got to know that he was the director of Munnabhai MBBS. I did a formal newspaper kind of interview with him and came back. Film was released and got a success. I met him again and this time it was a long meeting.
Coincidently I got to know bit earlier because of my sources that Munna Bhai MBBS was given the National award. I …

iView Author: Santosh Kumar.T.K (U.S.A)
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Title: 3 Idiots

Rarely have I seen such a film poster with so much simplicity yet with so much to say, visually at least!

Is it the colors, is it the font, is it the guy’s close hair cut or is it the t-shirt in its multiple folds?

or is it the name right at the bottom?

If only the film lives up to the promise.

I am reminded of the some of the most beautiful words I had come across, and something which I have believed in, and said in my own style quite often.

1. Purists/elitists read book.
2. Purists/elitists love book and praise book.
3. Purists/elitists find that common man too likes book.
4. Purists/elitists hate that common man likes book.
5. Purists/elitists hate …