and “Devdas” (2002); Ashutosh Gowariker on “Lagaan” (2001) and “Jodhaa Akbar” (2008); and Rajkumar Hirani on the “Munna Bhai” franchise. He also designed the “Slumdog Millionaire ...

He recounts the early days of his friendship with Hirani and how he approached him with the script of Munna Bhai MBBS while Khan was shooting for Devdas. Khan's unexpected spine surgery and other ...

I was shooting for Devdas when I had signed Munna Bhai MBBS. When I got injured, Raju dialed me from London and asked, ‘When will you do it?’ With due respect, Raju was not a big director.

Rajkumar Hirani's directorial debut, Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., released in 2003 ... with whom he was working at the time on Devdas. However, fate intervened when Khan suffered a spinal injury that ...