Raju Hirani met him in Los Angeles. They couldn’t be farther away from the truth.

The truth is that Vidhu Vinod Chopra met Ranbir Kapoor in LA to discuss some scripts but Raju Hirani has not stepped out of India. Post the success of 3 Idiots, he had gone underground, to a yoga and meditation centre near Pune. He didn’t want to deal with the comparisons between 3 Idiots and My Name is Khan, so he chose to get away, disconnecting himself from the outside world and buzz.

Raju Hirani clarified, ‘Whenever the Munnabhai film will be made, it will star Arshad Warsi and Sanjay Dutt as the male leads,’ adding, ‘Munnabhai may not travel to America because in the original story he was supposed to meet the President but that is not happening now. I have another idea for the film though.’

Raju is still involved with 3 Idiots because the ‘making of the film’ has to be edited and the DVD has to be released. He has a couple of ideas in his head, one for Munnabhai and one for another film but he isn’t sure which one to make first.

Talking about disconnected from the outside world, he said that initially he felt worried about phone calls and messages but happiness and relief followed later on.