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	Murli Prasad Sharma ([[Sanjay Dutt]]), also known as [[Munna Bhai]], is a street-wise [[Bombay Hindi\|Mumbai Hindi]]-speaking gangster who runs an extortion racket on the streets of [[Mumbai]], and is helped by his loyal sidekick, Sarkeshwar ([[Arshad Warsi]]), also known as Circuit, who does most of his work for him. Munna is in love with the voice of Janvi ([[Vidya Balan]]), a radio jockey, who soon announces a contest on the life and beliefs of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] set for 2 October — [[Gandhi Jayanti]] with an interview with her as the prize, and Munna is determined to win. Through the assistance of Circuit, who kidnaps and bribes a group of professors, and all his henchmen, who jam the phone lines, Munna succeeds and meets Janvi in person. During the interview, he lies that he is a history professor specializing in Gandhi (whom he refers to as "Bapu", father ~~in Gujarati language~~) and being a true [[Gandhians\|Gandhian]], and uses much colloquial language for having difficulty speaking formal [[Hindi]]. Despite this, Janvi is impressed and subsequently asks Munna to host a lecture on Gandhi at her home, which she has repurposed into a senior citizen community called ~~the Second~~ Innings House.		Murli Prasad Sharma ([[Sanjay Dutt]]), also known as [[Munna Bhai]], is a street-wise [[Bombay Hindi\|Mumbai Hindi]]-speaking gangster who runs an extortion racket on the streets of [[Mumbai]], and is helped by his loyal sidekick, Sarkeshwar ([[Arshad Warsi]]), also known as Circuit, who does most of his work for him. Munna is in love with the voice of Janvi ([[Vidya Balan]]), a radio jockey, who soon announces a contest on the life and beliefs of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] set for 2 October — [[Gandhi Jayanti]] with an interview with her as the prize, and Munna is determined to win. Through the assistance of Circuit, who kidnaps and bribes a group of professors, and all his henchmen, who jam the phone lines, Munna succeeds and meets Janvi in person. During the interview, he lies that he is a history professor specializing in Gandhi (whom he refers to as "Bapu", father in [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]] language) and being a true [[Gandhians\|Gandhian]], and uses much colloquial language for having difficulty speaking formal [[Hindi]]. Despite this, Janvi is impressed and subsequently asks Munna to host a lecture on Gandhi at her home, which she has repurposed into a senior citizen community called the ''Second Innings House''.

	Realising that he cannot use his old tricks anymore, Munna enters into an old Gandhi library in Mumbai, and engages into a period of intense study about the life and ideologies of Gandhi, in order to prepare himself for the event within five days. Munna reads about Gandhi for continous three days and three nights without food or sleep, so the image of Gandhi ([[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]) begins to appear to him as hallucination, due to the chemical imbalance in his tired brain, and offers his help and advice to Munna. Gandhi continues to appear each time Munna sings ''Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram'' (a song often sung in Gandhi's memory). Initially, Munna believes himself to be going insane, but later comes to get used to Gandhi's presence. With the help of Gandhi, Munna delivers a chaotic but well-received lecture at ~~the Second~~ Innings ~~House about~~ [[Gandhism]] (particularly adherence to non-violence and truth which Munna calls by its neologism "[[Gandhigiri]]") being only used in the name and not in practice, and then helps the senior citizens solve their problems through his connections and rowdyism.		Realising that he cannot use his old tricks anymore, Munna enters into an old Gandhi library in Mumbai, and engages into a period of intense study about the life and ideologies of Gandhi, in order to prepare himself for the event within five days. Munna reads about Gandhi for continous three days and three nights without food or sleep, so the image of Gandhi ([[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]) begins to appear to him as hallucination, due to the chemical imbalance in his tired brain, and offers his help and advice to Munna. Gandhi continues to appear each time Munna sings ''Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram'' (a song often sung in Gandhi's memory). Initially, Munna believes himself to be going insane, but later comes to get used to Gandhi's presence. With the help of Gandhi, Munna delivers a chaotic but well-received lecture at the ''Second Innings House'' about [[Gandhism]] (particularly adherence to non-violence and truth which Munna calls by its neologism "[[Gandhigiri]]") being only used in the name and not in practice, and then helps the senior citizens solve their problems through his connections and rowdyism.

	Lakhbir Singh ([[Boman Irani]]), also known as Lucky, is a corrupt builder, who employs Circuit and Munna to conduct ~~the Mumbai underworld activities~~ for him. Lucky learns that Munna is in love with Janvi, and offers to help him propose to her by funding a trip to [[Goa]], for Munna, Janvi and all the senior citizens for the remarriage of Bomi, one of the now-widowed senior citizens, with his now-widowed former college friend, Tina. During the trip, Munna tries to confess his love to Janvi, however, they discover that the trip was a ruse for Lucky to occupy ~~the Second~~ Innings House, as it turns out that Lucky's daughter, Simran ([[Dia Mirza]]), is engaged to marry Sunny ([[Abhishek Bachchan]]), the son of Khurana ([[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]]), another powerful builder. Khurana is superstitious and his activities are controlled by his astrologer, Batuk Maharaj ([[Saurabh Shukla]]), whose particular use of numerology led Khurana to add an extra "K" to his name, and further convinced him that Second Innings House would be the most auspicious place for the new couple to live, hence the seizure. Further, Batuk initially advised Khurana to not go through with the marriage since Simran is a manglik (an individual whose Vedic astrological makeup in the horoscope is believed by some to be devastating for marriage, mostly leading to the death of the spouse after a certain calculated period of marriage). Lucky, not wishing to lose such an alliance, covers this up along with his wife ([[Supriya Shukla]]) by stating that there is a mistake at the time of Simran's birth and hence the alliance progresses.		Lakhbir Singh ([[Boman Irani]]), also known as Lucky, is a corrupt builder, who employs Circuit and Munna to conduct the [[Organised crime in India\|Mumbai underworld]] activities for him. Lucky learns that Munna is in love with Janvi, and offers to help him propose to her by funding a trip to [[Goa]], for Munna, Janvi and all the senior citizens for the remarriage of Bomi, one of the now-widowed senior citizens, with his now-widowed former college friend, Tina. During the trip, Munna tries to confess his love to Janvi, however, they discover that the trip was a ruse for Lucky to occupy the ''Second Innings House'', as it turns out that Lucky's daughter, Simran ([[Dia Mirza]]), is engaged to marry Sunny ([[Abhishek Bachchan]]), the son of Khurana ([[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]]), another powerful builder. Khurana is superstitious and his activities are controlled by his astrologer, Batuk Maharaj ([[Saurabh Shukla]]), whose particular use of numerology led Khurana to add an extra "K" to his name, and further convinced him that Second Innings House would be the most auspicious place for the new couple to live, hence the seizure. Further, Batuk initially advised Khurana to not go through with the marriage since Simran is a manglik (an individual whose Vedic astrological makeup in the horoscope is believed by some to be devastating for marriage, mostly leading to the death of the spouse after a certain calculated period of marriage). Lucky, not wishing to lose such an alliance, covers this up along with his wife ([[Supriya Shukla]]) by stating that there is a mistake at the time of Simran's birth and hence the alliance progresses.

	With the police and lawyers not willing to confront Lucky, Munna, Circuit, Janvi and all the senior citizens of Second Innings House launch a non-violent "satyagraha" outside Lucky's home and call the protest "Get well soon, Lucky". After a fight with Lucky's security guards, Munna and Circuit are arrested, but Janvi later bails them out and invites Munna to her radio show to publicize the issue. They together host a new program called "Bapu Ka Magic" ("Bapu's Magic"), where they offer Gandhigiri-style advice to listeners' problems, in exchange of the listeners sending flowers (red roses especially) to Lucky to help him recover from the "disease of dishonesty". After Munna receives his first caller, Victor D'Souza (Jimmy Sheirgill), who works as a taxi driver to repay the money of his father (Parikshit Sahni) which he lost in stock market, the show gains popularity and pressure builds on Lucky, who tries and fails to offer Munna other properties. Later, on Gandhi's insistence, Munna writes a letter to Janvi, who believes it to be a love letter, but is instead heartbroken to learn the truth about Munna, and slaps him and leaves him with all the senior citizens, causing the protests to falter. Despite this, Munna meets Lucky and assures him that he will not give up the fight. Although Janvi quits hosting the radio show, Munna continues to host it by himself, offering increasingly out-of-the-box but successful solutions to listeners, much to Janvi's chagrin.		With the police and lawyers not willing to confront Lucky, Munna, Circuit, Janvi and all the senior citizens of Second Innings House launch a non-violent "satyagraha" outside Lucky's home and call the protest "Get well soon, Lucky". After a fight with Lucky's security guards, Munna and Circuit are arrested, but Janvi later bails them out and invites Munna to her radio show to publicize the issue. They together host a new program called "Bapu Ka Magic" ("Bapu's Magic"), where they offer Gandhigiri-style advice to listeners' problems, in exchange of the listeners sending flowers (red roses especially) to Lucky to help him recover from the "disease of dishonesty". After Munna receives his first caller, Victor D'Souza ([[Jimmy Sheirgill]]), who works as a taxi driver to repay the money of his father ([[Parikshit Sahni]]) which he lost in stock market, the show gains popularity and pressure builds on Lucky, who tries and fails to offer Munna other properties. Later, on Gandhi's insistence, Munna writes a letter to Janvi, who believes it to be a love letter, but is instead heartbroken to learn the truth about Munna, and slaps him and leaves him with all the senior citizens, causing the protests to falter. Despite this, Munna meets Lucky and assures him that he will not give up the fight. Although Janvi quits hosting the radio show, Munna continues to host it by himself, offering increasingly out-of-the-box but successful solutions to listeners, much to Janvi's chagrin.

	The pressure on Lucky from Khurana reaches boiling point. Lucky then tricks Munna into revealing his conversations with Gandhi's image before a public audience, making him seem insane. At this press conference, Munna discovers that only after he has learned something about Gandhi's life can the image talk about it, which serves as proof for a psychiatrist in the audience that Munna is delusional and that his brain is chemically imbalanced. Gandhi's monologue at the end of the film, however, questions this conclusion. On the day of Simran's marriage, she learns the truth from her mother about her father's deception of Khurana and escapes from Victor's taxi. Meanwhile, Munna and Circuit decide to leave the city and drown their sorrows in alcohol, but Munna wishes to apologise to Janvi through the program before doing so and the entire recording studio is held hostage by Circuit in the process. Simultaneously, Victor connects Simran to Munna, where she reveals that although she loves Sunny, she is a manglik and thus is unlucky to marry. She is also devastated by her father's wrongdoings and has always looked up to him. With Lucky, Janvi, and the senior citizens listening in, Munna convinces Simran to return and tell the truth, reasoning that Khurana's belief in numerology is irrational. Simran does so and Khurana rejects her, but Munna and Circuit arrive at the marriage ceremony and use some of their old tricks to successfully dispel Batuk's superstitions. Khurana still remains unmoved but Sunny refuses to listen to his father and exchanges garlands with Simran nevertheless, while Munna and Circuit voluntarily surrender themselves to the police. However, Janvi returns and reconciles with Munna in prison, stating that she had seen many professors who provide the knowledge of Gandhi's principles, but he is the only "professor" who practices them. At the same time, a grateful Lucky apologises and returns the keys ~~of Second~~ Innings ~~House with~~ a smile on his face, promising to reform.		The pressure on Lucky from Khurana reaches boiling point. Lucky then tricks Munna into revealing his conversations with Gandhi's image before a public audience, making him seem insane. At this press conference, Munna discovers that only after he has learned something about Gandhi's life can the image talk about it, which serves as proof for a psychiatrist in the audience that Munna is delusional and that his brain is chemically imbalanced. Gandhi's monologue at the end of the film, however, questions this conclusion. On the day of Simran's marriage, she learns the truth from her mother about her father's deception of Khurana and escapes from Victor's taxi. Meanwhile, Munna and Circuit decide to leave the city and drown their sorrows in alcohol, but Munna wishes to apologise to Janvi through the program before doing so and the entire recording studio is held hostage by Circuit in the process. Simultaneously, Victor connects Simran to Munna, where she reveals that although she loves Sunny, she is a manglik and thus is unlucky to marry. She is also devastated by her father's wrongdoings and has always looked up to him. With Lucky, Janvi, and the senior citizens listening in, Munna convinces Simran to return and tell the truth, reasoning that Khurana's belief in numerology is irrational. Simran does so and Khurana rejects her, but Munna and Circuit arrive at the marriage ceremony and use some of their old tricks to successfully dispel Batuk's superstitions. Khurana still remains unmoved but Sunny refuses to listen to his father and exchanges garlands with Simran nevertheless, while Munna and Circuit voluntarily surrender themselves to the police. However, Janvi returns and reconciles with Munna in prison, stating that she had seen many professors who provide the knowledge of Gandhi's principles, but he is the only "professor" who practices them. At the same time, a grateful Lucky apologises and returns the keys of ''Second Innings House'' with a smile on his face, promising to reform.

	In the end, the image of Gandhi narrates what happened to all the characters; Munna and Janvi got married and continued their radio show together; Circuit is adopted by Bomi and Tina, the newlymarried old couple living at the Second Innings House who adopt his mannerisms; Victor achieved success, finally earning enough money to purchase a taxi of his own, making his father proud; and Sunny and Simran remained happily married, and were blessed with a son, prompting Khurana to renounce his belief in numerology, remove the extra "K" from his name and banish Batuk. As he concludes, the image of Gandhi tells the audience that although he was killed several years ago, his beliefs would not die by just three gunshots, and that times would change but his ideologies would still drive chemical imbalance into the brain of some of the other person. Gandhi also states that it is the choice of the audience to either hang a photograph of him on the wall or to live by his principles. The film ends with a reformed Lucky sitting in the very same Gandhi library in which Munna sat, reading up on Gandhi's life, and Gandhi's image begins to appear to him too, causing Lucky to immediately call for a photograph to be taken of them together, which perplexes the photographer, who cannot see the image of Gandhi.		In the end, the image of Gandhi narrates what happened to all the characters; Munna and Janvi got married and continued their radio show together; Circuit is adopted by Bomi and Tina, the newlymarried old couple living at the Second Innings House who adopt his mannerisms; Victor achieved success, finally earning enough money to purchase a taxi of his own, making his father proud; and Sunny and Simran remained happily married, and were blessed with a son, prompting Khurana to renounce his belief in numerology, remove the extra "K" from his name and banish Batuk. As he concludes, the image of Gandhi tells the audience that although he was killed several years ago, his beliefs would not die by just three gunshots, and that times would change but his ideologies would still drive chemical imbalance into the brain of some of the other person. Gandhi also states that it is the choice of the audience to either hang a photograph of him on the wall or to live by his principles. The film ends with a reformed Lucky sitting in the very same Gandhi library in which Munna sat, reading up on Gandhi's life, and Gandhi's image begins to appear to him too, causing Lucky to immediately call for a photograph to be taken of them together, which perplexes the photographer, who cannot see the image of Gandhi.

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	== Plot ==		== Plot ==
	Murli Prasad Sharma ([[Sanjay Dutt]]), also known as [[Munna Bhai]], is a street-~~wise~~ [[Bombay Hindi\|Mumbai Hindi]]-~~speaking gangster who~~ runs ~~an extortion racket on~~ the streets of [[Mumbai]], and is helped by his ~~loyal sidekick~~, Sarkeshwar ([[Arshad Warsi]]), also known as Circuit, who does most of his work for him. Munna is ~~smitten~~ with ~~the voice of~~ Janvi ([[Vidya Balan]]), ~~a radio~~ jockey, who soon announces ~~a contest on~~ the life and beliefs of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] ~~set~~ for 2 October — [[Gandhi Jayanti]]~~, with an interview~~ with her as the prize, and Munna is determined to win. Through the assistance of Circuit, who kidnaps and bribes a group ~~of professors~~, and all ~~his henchmen~~, who jam ~~the phone~~ lines, Munna succeeds and meets Janvi in person. During the interview, he lies that he is ~~a history professor~~ specializing in Gandhi and ~~living by his principles~~, and uses much colloquial language for having difficulty speaking ~~formal~~ [[Hindi]]. Despite this, Janvi is impressed and subsequently asks Munna to host ~~a lecture on~~ Gandhi at her home, which she has repurposed into ~~a senior~~ citizen ~~community called "Second~~ Innings House". Realising that he cannot use his old tricks anymore, Munna enters into an old Gandhi library in Mumbai, and engages in a period of intense study about the life and ideologies of Gandhi, in order to prepare himself for the event within five days.		Murli Prasad Sharma ([[Sanjay Dutt]]), also known as [[Munna Bhai]], is a street-wise [[Bombay Hindi\|Mumbai Hindi]]-speaking gangster who runs an extortion racket on the streets of [[Mumbai]], and is helped by his loyal sidekick, Sarkeshwar ([[Arshad Warsi]]), also known as Circuit, who does most of his work for him. Munna is in love with the voice of Janvi ([[Vidya Balan]]), a radio jockey, who soon announces a contest on the life and beliefs of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] set for 2 October — [[Gandhi Jayanti]] with an interview with her as the prize, and Munna is determined to win. Through the assistance of Circuit, who kidnaps and bribes a group of professors, and all his henchmen, who jam the phone lines, Munna succeeds and meets Janvi in person. During the interview, he lies that he is a history professor specializing in Gandhi (whom he refers to as "Bapu", father in Gujarati language) and being a true [[Gandhians\|Gandhian]], and uses much colloquial language for having difficulty speaking formal [[Hindi]]. Despite this, Janvi is impressed and subsequently asks Munna to host a lecture on Gandhi at her home, which she has repurposed into a senior citizen community called the Second Innings House.

	As a ~~result~~, Munna reads about Gandhi for continous three days and nights without food or sleep, so the image of Gandhi ([[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]) begins to appear to him ~~as hallucination~~, and offers his help and advice to Munna. Gandhi~~'s image~~ continues to appear each time Munna ~~sings~~ ''Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram'' (a song often sung in Gandhi's memory). Initially, Munna believes himself to be ~~going insane~~, but later comes to get used to Gandhi's presence. With the help of Gandhi~~'s image~~, Munna delivers a chaotic but well-received lecture ~~about~~ [[Gandhism]] (particularly adherence ~~to non~~-~~violence and truth which~~ Munna calls by ~~its neologism~~ "[[Gandhigiri]]") being only used in the name and not in practice, and then helps the senior citizens solve their problems through his connections and rowdyism. Lakhbir Singh ([[Boman Irani]]), also known as Lucky, is an unscrupulous businessman who employs Circuit and Munna to conduct the [[Organised crime in India\|Mumbai underworld]] activities for him. Lucky learns that Munna is in love with Janvi, and offers to help him propose to her by funding a trip to [[Goa]], for all the senior citizens for the marriage of Bomi and Tina, two widowed ex-lovers.		Realising that he cannot use his old tricks anymore, Munna enters into an old Gandhi library in Mumbai, and engages into a period of intense study about the life and ideologies of Gandhi, in order to prepare himself for the event within five days. Munna reads about Gandhi for continous three days and three nights without food or sleep, so the image of Gandhi ([[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]) begins to appear to him as hallucination, due to the chemical imbalance in his tired brain, and offers his help and advice to Munna. Gandhi continues to appear each time Munna sings ''Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram'' (a song often sung in Gandhi's memory). Initially, Munna believes himself to be going insane, but later comes to get used to Gandhi's presence. With the help of Gandhi, Munna delivers a chaotic but well-received lecture at the Second Innings House about [[Gandhism]] (particularly adherence to non-violence and truth which Munna calls by its neologism "[[Gandhigiri]]") being only used in the name and not in practice, and then helps the senior citizens solve their problems through his connections and rowdyism.

	During the trip, Munna tries to confess his love to Janvi, however, they discover that the trip was a ruse for Lucky to occupy ~~the Second~~ Innings House, as it turns out that Lucky's daughter, Simran ([[Dia Mirza]]), is engaged to marry Sunny ([[Abhishek Bachchan]]), the son of Khurana ([[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]]), a powerful ~~businessman~~. Khurana ~~is superstitious and~~ his activities are controlled by ~~his astrologer~~, Batuk Maharaj ([[Saurabh Shukla]]), whose particular use ~~of numerology led~~ Khurana to add an extra "K" to his name, and further convinced him ~~that "Second~~ Innings ~~House" would~~ be the most auspicious place for the new couple to live, hence the seizure. Further, Batuk initially advised Khurana to not go through with the ~~wedding~~ since Simran is ~~a manglik~~ (an individual ~~whose Vedic astrological~~ makeup is believed by some to be devastating for marriage, mostly leading to the death of the spouse after a certain calculated period of marriage). Lucky, not wishing to lose such ~~an alliance~~, covers this up along with his wife ([[Supriya Shukla]]) by stating that there is a mistake at the time of Simran's birth and hence the alliance progresses.		Lakhbir Singh ([[Boman Irani]]), also known as Lucky, is a corrupt builder, who employs Circuit and Munna to conduct the Mumbai underworld activities for him. Lucky learns that Munna is in love with Janvi, and offers to help him propose to her by funding a trip to [[Goa]], for Munna, Janvi and all the senior citizens for the remarriage of Bomi, one of the now-widowed senior citizens, with his now-widowed former college friend, Tina. During the trip, Munna tries to confess his love to Janvi, however, they discover that the trip was a ruse for Lucky to occupy the Second Innings House, as it turns out that Lucky's daughter, Simran ([[Dia Mirza]]), is engaged to marry Sunny ([[Abhishek Bachchan]]), the son of Khurana ([[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]]), another powerful builder. Khurana is superstitious and his activities are controlled by his astrologer, Batuk Maharaj ([[Saurabh Shukla]]), whose particular use of numerology led Khurana to add an extra "K" to his name, and further convinced him that Second Innings House would be the most auspicious place for the new couple to live, hence the seizure. Further, Batuk initially advised Khurana to not go through with the marriage since Simran is a manglik (an individual whose Vedic astrological makeup in the horoscope is believed by some to be devastating for marriage, mostly leading to the death of the spouse after a certain calculated period of marriage). Lucky, not wishing to lose such an alliance, covers this up along with his wife ([[Supriya Shukla]]) by stating that there is a mistake at the time of Simran's birth and hence the alliance progresses.

	With the ~~authorities~~ and lawyers not willing to confront Lucky, Munna, Circuit, Janvi and the senior citizens ~~of Second~~ Innings ~~House launch~~ a non-violent "satyagraha" outside Lucky's home and call ~~the protest~~ "Get well soon, Lucky". After a fight with Lucky'~~s security~~ guards, Munna and Circuit ~~are arrested~~, but Janvi ~~later bails them~~ out and invites Munna to ~~her radio show to~~ publicize the issue. They together host a new program called "Bapu Ka Magic" ("Bapu's Magic"), where they offer Gandhigiri-style advice to listeners' problems, ~~only requesting that~~ the listeners ~~send Lucky~~ flowers (~~red roses especially~~) to help him recover from the "disease ~~of dishonesty~~" ~~in exchange for a unique, non-violent protest~~. After Munna receives his first caller, Victor D'Souza ([[Jimmy Sheirgill]]), who works as ~~a taxi driver~~ to repay the money of his father ([[Parikshit Sahni]]) which he lost ~~in stock~~ market, the show gains popularity and pressure builds on Lucky, who tries and fails to offer Munna other properties. Later, on Gandhi's insistence, Munna writes ~~a letter to~~ Janvi, who believes it to be ~~a love~~ letter, but instead ~~learns~~ the truth about Munna and slaps him with ~~tears in her eyes~~, ~~leaving him heartbroken and~~ causing the protests to falter. Despite this, Munna meets Lucky and assures him that he will not give up the fight. ~~When~~ Janvi quits hosting the radio show, Munna continues to host it ~~on his own~~, offering ~~increasingly out~~-of-the-~~box but~~ successful solutions to listeners, much to Janvi's chagrin.		With the police and lawyers not willing to confront Lucky, Munna, Circuit, Janvi and all the senior citizens of Second Innings House launch a non-violent "satyagraha" outside Lucky's home and call the protest "Get well soon, Lucky". After a fight with Lucky's security guards, Munna and Circuit are arrested, but Janvi later bails them out and invites Munna to her radio show to publicize the issue. They together host a new program called "Bapu Ka Magic" ("Bapu's Magic"), where they offer Gandhigiri-style advice to listeners' problems, in exchange of the listeners sending flowers (red roses especially) to Lucky to help him recover from the "disease of dishonesty". After Munna receives his first caller, Victor D'Souza (Jimmy Sheirgill), who works as a taxi driver to repay the money of his father (Parikshit Sahni) which he lost in stock market, the show gains popularity and pressure builds on Lucky, who tries and fails to offer Munna other properties. Later, on Gandhi's insistence, Munna writes a letter to Janvi, who believes it to be a love letter, but is instead heartbroken to learn the truth about Munna, and slaps him and leaves him with all the senior citizens, causing the protests to falter. Despite this, Munna meets Lucky and assures him that he will not give up the fight. Although Janvi quits hosting the radio show, Munna continues to host it by himself, offering increasingly out-of-the-box but successful solutions to listeners, much to Janvi's chagrin.

	The pressure on Lucky from Khurana reaches boiling point. Lucky then tricks Munna into revealing his conversations with Gandhi's image before a public audience, making him seem insane. At ~~this press~~ conference, Munna discovers that only after he has learned something about Gandhi's life can the image talk about it, which serves as proof for ~~a psychiatrist in~~ the audience that Munna is ~~delusional~~. Gandhi'~~s monologue at~~ the end of the film, however, questions this conclusion. On the day of Simran's marriage, she learns the truth from her mother about her father's deception of Khurana and escapes in Victor's taxi. Meanwhile, Munna and Circuit~~, before deciding~~ to leave the city, ~~hold the studio hostage, in an attempt~~ to apologise to Janvi through the program. Simultaneously, Victor connects Simran to Munna, where she reveals that although she loves Sunny, she is a manglik and thus is unlucky to marry. She is also devastated by her father's wrongdoings and has always looked up to him. With Lucky, Janvi, and the senior citizens listening in, Munna convinces Simran to return and tell the truth, reasoning that Khurana's belief in numerology ~~is irrational~~. Simran does so and Khurana rejects her, but Munna and Circuit ~~together~~ arrive at the marriage ceremony and use some of their old tricks to successfully dispel Batuk's superstitions. ~~When~~ Khurana still remains unmoved, Sunny refuses to listen to his father and ~~exchanges garlands with~~ Simran nevertheless. Munna and Circuit ~~voluntarily surrender themselves~~ to the police, ~~but~~ Janvi returns and reconciles with Munna ~~in prison~~, ~~and~~ a grateful Lucky apologises and returns the ~~house~~ keys ~~with~~ a smile on his face, promising to reform.		The pressure on Lucky from Khurana reaches boiling point. Lucky then tricks Munna into revealing his conversations with Gandhi's image before a public audience, making him seem insane. At this press conference, Munna discovers that only after he has learned something about Gandhi's life can the image talk about it, which serves as proof for a psychiatrist in the audience that Munna is delusional and that his brain is chemically imbalanced. Gandhi's monologue at the end of the film, however, questions this conclusion. On the day of Simran's marriage, she learns the truth from her mother about her father's deception of Khurana and escapes from Victor's taxi. Meanwhile, Munna and Circuit decide to leave the city and drown their sorrows in alcohol, but Munna wishes to apologise to Janvi through the program before doing so and the entire recording studio is held hostage by Circuit in the process. Simultaneously, Victor connects Simran to Munna, where she reveals that although she loves Sunny, she is a manglik and thus is unlucky to marry. She is also devastated by her father's wrongdoings and has always looked up to him. With Lucky, Janvi, and the senior citizens listening in, Munna convinces Simran to return and tell the truth, reasoning that Khurana's belief in numerology is irrational. Simran does so and Khurana rejects her, but Munna and Circuit arrive at the marriage ceremony and use some of their old tricks to successfully dispel Batuk's superstitions. Khurana still remains unmoved but Sunny refuses to listen to his father and exchanges garlands with Simran nevertheless, while Munna and Circuit voluntarily surrender themselves to the police. However, Janvi returns and reconciles with Munna in prison, stating that she had seen many professors who provide the knowledge of Gandhi's principles, but he is the only "professor" who practices them. At the same time, a grateful Lucky apologises and returns the keys of Second Innings House with a smile on his face, promising to reform.

	In the end, the image of Gandhi narrates what happened to all the characters; Munna and Janvi got married and continued their radio show together; Circuit is adopted by Bomi and Tina, ~~the newlymarried old~~ couple living at ~~the Second~~ Innings ~~House who~~ adopt his mannerisms; Victor achieved success, finally earning enough money to purchase a taxi of his own, making his father proud; and Sunny and Simran remained happily married, and were blessed with a son, prompting Khurana to renounce his belief in numerology, remove the extra "K" from his name and banish Batuk. As he concludes, the image of Gandhi tells the audience that although he was killed several years ago, his ~~thoughts~~ would not ~~be destroyed~~ by three gunshots, and that it is the choice of the audience to either hang a photograph of him on the wall or to ~~reflect on~~ his ~~beliefs~~. The film ends with a reformed Lucky sitting in the very same Gandhi library in which Munna sat, reading up on Gandhi's life, and Gandhi's image begins to appear to him too, causing Lucky to immediately call for a photograph to be taken of them together, which perplexes ~~the photographer~~, who cannot see the image of Gandhi.		In the end, the image of Gandhi narrates what happened to all the characters; Munna and Janvi got married and continued their radio show together; Circuit is adopted by Bomi and Tina, the newlymarried old couple living at the Second Innings House who adopt his mannerisms; Victor achieved success, finally earning enough money to purchase a taxi of his own, making his father proud; and Sunny and Simran remained happily married, and were blessed with a son, prompting Khurana to renounce his belief in numerology, remove the extra "K" from his name and banish Batuk. As he concludes, the image of Gandhi tells the audience that although he was killed several years ago, his beliefs would not die by just three gunshots, and that times would change but his ideologies would still drive chemical imbalance into the brain of some of the other person. Gandhi also states that it is the choice of the audience to either hang a photograph of him on the wall or to live by his principles. The film ends with a reformed Lucky sitting in the very same Gandhi library in which Munna sat, reading up on Gandhi's life, and Gandhi's image begins to appear to him too, causing Lucky to immediately call for a photograph to be taken of them together, which perplexes the photographer, who cannot see the image of Gandhi.

	== Cast ==		== Cast ==

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	'''''Lage Raho Munna Bhai''''' ({{IPA-hns\|ləˈɡeː rəˈɦoː mʊnːaːˈbʱaːi\|pron\|LageRahoMunnaBhaiPronounciation.ogg}}; translation: ''Keep Going, Munna Bro'') is a [[List of Bollywood films of 2006\|2006]] [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language satirical [[Comedy film\|comedy]] drama film written, edited and directed by [[Rajkumar Hirani]], who also co-wrote the screenplay with [[Abhijat Joshi]], and produced by [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]] under the production banner of [[Vinod Chopra Films]]. The film was released worldwide on 1 September 2006 and is the second installment of the [[Munna Bhai (film series)\|''Munna Bhai'' film series]] after its prequel, ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]'' (2003), with [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Arshad Warsi]] reprising their roles as [[Munna Bhai]], a gangster in the [[Organised crime in India\|Mumbai underworld]], and his sidekick, Circuit, respectively. [[Vidya Balan]] portrays the female lead, replacing [[Gracy Singh]] from the original, while several other actors from the prequel, notably [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] and [[Boman Irani]], appear in new roles, and [[Dia Mirza]] and [[Supriya Shukla]] also appear in the film. In this film, the eponymous lead character begins to see the ~~soul~~ of [[~~Mahatma~~ Gandhi]], which is portrayed by [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]. Through his interactions with Gandhi, he begins to practice what he refers to as "[[Gandhigiri]]" (a neologism for "[[Gandhism]]") to help ordinary people solve their problems.		'''''Lage Raho Munna Bhai''''' ({{IPA-hns\|ləˈɡeː rəˈɦoː mʊnːaːˈbʱaːi\|pron\|LageRahoMunnaBhaiPronounciation.ogg}}; translation: ''Keep Going, Munna Bro'') is a [[List of Bollywood films of 2006\|2006]] [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language satirical [[Comedy film\|comedy]] drama film written, edited and directed by [[Rajkumar Hirani]], who also co-wrote the screenplay with [[Abhijat Joshi]], and produced by [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]] under the production banner of [[Vinod Chopra Films]]. The film was released worldwide on 1 September 2006 and is the second installment of the [[Munna Bhai (film series)\|''Munna Bhai'' film series]] after its prequel, ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]'' (2003), with [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Arshad Warsi]] reprising their roles as [[Munna Bhai]], a gangster in the [[Organised crime in India\|Mumbai underworld]], and his sidekick, Circuit, respectively. [[Vidya Balan]] portrays the female lead, replacing [[Gracy Singh]] from the original, while several other actors from the prequel, notably [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] and [[Boman Irani]], appear in new roles, and [[Dia Mirza]] and [[Supriya Shukla]] also appear in the film. In this film, the eponymous lead character begins to see the image of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] (whom he refers to as "Bapu"), which is portrayed by [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]. Through his interactions with Gandhi, he begins to practice what he refers to as "[[Gandhigiri]]" (a neologism for "[[Gandhism]]") to help ordinary people solve their problems.

	The film won widespread critical acclaim and had a number of prominent screenings. It was a box-office success and received a "blockbuster" rating by the website ''Box Office India'' after grossing over {{INRConvert\|1.270\|b\|year=2006}} worldwide. It was the recipient of a number of awards, including 4 [[National Film Awards]].<ref name="boind">{{Cite news \|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg== \|title=Box Office 2006 (Figures in Ind Rs) \|work=Box Office India \|access-date=3 February 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020213049/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg%3D%3D \|archive-date=20 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="natawards">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023094051/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=23 October 2012 \|title=Munna Bhai sweeps National Film Awards \|date=10 June 2008 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=2 March 2009}}</ref> ''Lage Raho Munna Bhai'' was the first Hindi film to be shown at the United Nations,<ref name=praise /><ref name="unscreen">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|title=UN members laughed and applauded at 'Lage Raho... \|last=Indo-Asian News Service \|date=14 November 2006 \|work=glamsham.com \|access-date=14 November 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620141533/http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|archive-date=20 June 2007 \|publisher=Fifth Quarter Infomedia Pvt. Ltd.}}</ref> and was screened at the ''2007 Cannes Film Festival#Tous Les Cinemas du Monde\|Tous Les Cinema du Monde'' section of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name=hot /><ref name="stuns">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|title='Lage Raho Munnabhai' stuns Cannes \|last=Adarsh \|first=Taran \|date=22 May 2007 \|access-date=6 December 2012 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203151616/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|archive-date=3 February 2014 \|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref> The film popularised the term ''Gandhigiri''.<ref name="gandhighiri2009">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|title=Bole tho... Gandhigiri \|last=Allagh \|first=Harjeet Kaur \|date=31 January 2009 \|work=The Hindu \|access-date=2 March 2009 \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103035732/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|archive-date=3 January 2013 }}</ref><ref name="mridulatoi060929">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017170830/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 October 2012 \|title=Gandhigiri, a cool way to live \|last=Chunduri \|first=Mridula \|date=29 September 2006 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=29 September 2006 }}</ref><ref name="Sharmaboston">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|title=How Gandhi got his mojo back \|last=Sharma \|first=Swati Gauri \|date=13 October 2006 \|work=boston.com \|access-date=13 October 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026122053/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|archive-date=26 October 2006 \|publisher=The New York Times Company}}</ref> Vidhu Vinod Chopra submitted the film as an independent entry for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. It was later remade in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] as ''[[Shankar Dada Zindabad]]'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/shankardada-zindabad-review-telugu-pclwsvgjehieg.html \|title=Shankardada Zindabad \|date=27 July 2007 \|website=[[Sify]] \|access-date=27 July 2018}}</ref>		The film won widespread critical acclaim and had a number of prominent screenings. It was a box-office success and received a "blockbuster" rating by the website ''Box Office India'' after grossing over {{INRConvert\|1.270\|b\|year=2006}} worldwide. It was the recipient of a number of awards, including 4 [[National Film Awards]].<ref name="boind">{{Cite news \|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg== \|title=Box Office 2006 (Figures in Ind Rs) \|work=Box Office India \|access-date=3 February 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020213049/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg%3D%3D \|archive-date=20 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="natawards">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023094051/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=23 October 2012 \|title=Munna Bhai sweeps National Film Awards \|date=10 June 2008 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=2 March 2009}}</ref> ''Lage Raho Munna Bhai'' was the first Hindi film to be shown at the United Nations,<ref name=praise /><ref name="unscreen">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|title=UN members laughed and applauded at 'Lage Raho... \|last=Indo-Asian News Service \|date=14 November 2006 \|work=glamsham.com \|access-date=14 November 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620141533/http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|archive-date=20 June 2007 \|publisher=Fifth Quarter Infomedia Pvt. Ltd.}}</ref> and was screened at the ''2007 Cannes Film Festival#Tous Les Cinemas du Monde\|Tous Les Cinema du Monde'' section of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name=hot /><ref name="stuns">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|title='Lage Raho Munnabhai' stuns Cannes \|last=Adarsh \|first=Taran \|date=22 May 2007 \|access-date=6 December 2012 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203151616/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|archive-date=3 February 2014 \|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref> The film popularised the term ''Gandhigiri''.<ref name="gandhighiri2009">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|title=Bole tho... Gandhigiri \|last=Allagh \|first=Harjeet Kaur \|date=31 January 2009 \|work=The Hindu \|access-date=2 March 2009 \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103035732/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|archive-date=3 January 2013 }}</ref><ref name="mridulatoi060929">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017170830/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 October 2012 \|title=Gandhigiri, a cool way to live \|last=Chunduri \|first=Mridula \|date=29 September 2006 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=29 September 2006 }}</ref><ref name="Sharmaboston">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|title=How Gandhi got his mojo back \|last=Sharma \|first=Swati Gauri \|date=13 October 2006 \|work=boston.com \|access-date=13 October 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026122053/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|archive-date=26 October 2006 \|publisher=The New York Times Company}}</ref> Vidhu Vinod Chopra submitted the film as an independent entry for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. It was later remade in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] as ''[[Shankar Dada Zindabad]]'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/shankardada-zindabad-review-telugu-pclwsvgjehieg.html \|title=Shankardada Zindabad \|date=27 July 2007 \|website=[[Sify]] \|access-date=27 July 2018}}</ref>

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	~~<!-- {{See also\|List of Munna Bhai characters}} -->~~		* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Murli Prasad Sharma (a.k.a. [[Munna Bhai]]); a gangster in the [[Organised crime in India\|Mumbai underworld]]
	~~{{Cast listing\|~~		* [[Arshad Warsi]] as Sarkeshwar (a.k.a. Circuit); Munna's sidekick
	* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as [[Munna Bhai\|~~Professor Murliprasad "Munna Bhai" Sharma~~]]		* [[Vidya Balan]] as Janvi; [[Mumbai]]'s radio jockey
	* [[Arshad Warsi]] as Sarkeshwar "Circuit~~" Sharma,~~ Munna's sidekick		* [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] as Victor D'Souza; Munna's friend
	* [[Vidya Balan]] as ~~Jhanvi Sahni,~~ [[Mumbai]]'s radio jockey		* [[Boman Irani]] as Lakhbir Singh (a.k.a. Lucky); Munna and Circuit's employer
	* [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] as Victor D'Souza		* [[Dia Mirza]] as Simran Singh; Lucky's daughter
	* [[~~Dia Mirza~~]] as ~~Simran~~		* [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]] as the image of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] (a.k.a. "Bapu")
	* [[~~Boman Irani~~]] as ~~Lakhbir "~~Lucky~~" Singh, Simran~~'s ~~father~~		* [[Supriya Shukla]] as Mrs. Lakhbir Singh; Lucky's wife
	* [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]] as [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] ("Bapu")		* [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] as Khurana; Lucky's friend
	* [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] as ~~Rohit~~ Khurana		* [[Parikshit Sahni]] as A. L. D'Souza; Victor's father
	* [[~~Parikshat~~ Sahni]] as A. L. D'Souza, Victor's father		* [[Saurabh Shukla]] as Batuk Maharaj; Khurana's astrologer
	* [[Saurabh Shukla]] as Batuk Maharaj, Khurana's astrologer		* [[Achyut Potdar]] as Second Innings House resident
	* [[Supriya Shukla]] as Lucky Singh's wife, Simran's mother		* [[Arun Bali]] as Second Innings House resident
	* [[Achyut Potdar]] as ~~a Second Innings resident~~		* Bomi Dotivala as Bomi Uncle, Second Innings House resident
	* [[Atmaram Bhende]] as Atmaram Desai, a Second Innings resident		* [[Abhishek Bachchan]] as Sunny Khurana; Khurana's son and Simran's bridegroom (cameo appearance)
	* [[Pratap Ojha]]		* [[Rohitash Gaud]] as Cuckoo; Lucky's assistant
	* [[Arun Bali]] as a Second Innings resident		* [[Uday Sabnis]] as G. S. Gaitonde; a municipality officer
	* [[Bomi Dotivala]] as a Second Innings resident		* [[Ninad Kamat]] as Advocate Vishal Chawla; Janvi's lawyer
	* [[Yakub Sayed]]		* [[Priya Bapat]] as the girl who contacts Munna on his radio show
	* [[Visshwa Badola]]		* [[Kurush Deboo]] as Advocate Dhansukh Bhai Patel (cameo appearance)
	* [[Usha Jerajani]]
	* [[Abhishek Bachchan]] as Sunny Khurana, Simran's bridegroom (~~guest~~ appearance)
	* [[Rohitash Gaud]] as Cuckoo ~~Pandey,~~ Lucky ~~Singh~~'s assistant
	* [[Ashwin Mushran]] as Hari Desai, Atmaram's son
	* [[Uday Sabnis]] as G. S. Gaitonde
	* ~~Hemu Adhikari~~ as ~~a Retired teacher~~
	* [[Priya Bapat]] as the girl who ~~calls~~ Munna on his radio show
	* [[Ninad Kamat]] as Vishal Chawla, Janvi's lawyer
	* [[Kurush Deboo]] as Advocate Dhansukh ~~"Gujju"~~ Bhai Patel (~~special~~ appearance)
	* Atul Srivastava as Sunil Dubey, Munna's henchman
	* Monty Gill as Rajveer Mehra, Munna's goon 1
	* Sada Yadav as Butkya Rampal, Munna's goon 2
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	== Production ==		== Production ==

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	* [[Dia Mirza]]		* [[Dia Mirza]]
			* [[Supriya Shukla]]
	* [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]		* [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]
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	'''''Lage Raho Munna Bhai''''' ({{IPA-hns\|ləˈɡeː rəˈɦoː mʊnːaːˈbʱaːi\|pron\|LageRahoMunnaBhaiPronounciation.ogg}}; translation: ''Keep Going, Munna Bro'') is a [[List of Bollywood films of 2006\|2006]] [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language satirical [[Comedy film\|comedy]] drama film written, edited and directed by [[Rajkumar Hirani]], who also co-wrote the screenplay with [[Abhijat Joshi]], and produced by [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]] under the production banner of [[Vinod Chopra Films]]. The film was released worldwide on 1 September 2006 and is the second installment of the [[Munna Bhai (film series)\|''Munna Bhai'' film series]] after its prequel, ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]'' (2003), with [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Arshad Warsi]] reprising their roles as [[Munna Bhai]], a gangster in the [[Organised crime in India\|Mumbai underworld]], and his sidekick, Circuit, respectively. [[Vidya Balan]] portrays the female lead, replacing [[Gracy Singh]] from the original, while several other actors from the prequel, notably [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] and [[Boman Irani]], appear in new roles, and [[Dia Mirza]] also ~~appears in a small role~~ in the film. In this film, the eponymous lead character begins to see the soul of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], which is portrayed by [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]. Through his interactions with Gandhi, he begins to practice what he refers to as "[[Gandhigiri]]" (a neologism for "[[Gandhism]]") to help ordinary people solve their problems.		'''''Lage Raho Munna Bhai''''' ({{IPA-hns\|ləˈɡeː rəˈɦoː mʊnːaːˈbʱaːi\|pron\|LageRahoMunnaBhaiPronounciation.ogg}}; translation: ''Keep Going, Munna Bro'') is a [[List of Bollywood films of 2006\|2006]] [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language satirical [[Comedy film\|comedy]] drama film written, edited and directed by [[Rajkumar Hirani]], who also co-wrote the screenplay with [[Abhijat Joshi]], and produced by [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]] under the production banner of [[Vinod Chopra Films]]. The film was released worldwide on 1 September 2006 and is the second installment of the [[Munna Bhai (film series)\|''Munna Bhai'' film series]] after its prequel, ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]'' (2003), with [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Arshad Warsi]] reprising their roles as [[Munna Bhai]], a gangster in the [[Organised crime in India\|Mumbai underworld]], and his sidekick, Circuit, respectively. [[Vidya Balan]] portrays the female lead, replacing [[Gracy Singh]] from the original, while several other actors from the prequel, notably [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] and [[Boman Irani]], appear in new roles, and [[Dia Mirza]] and [[Supriya Shukla]] also appear in the film. In this film, the eponymous lead character begins to see the soul of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], which is portrayed by [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]. Through his interactions with Gandhi, he begins to practice what he refers to as "[[Gandhigiri]]" (a neologism for "[[Gandhism]]") to help ordinary people solve their problems.

	The film won widespread critical acclaim and had a number of prominent screenings. It was a box-office success and received a "blockbuster" rating by the website ''Box Office India'' after grossing over {{INRConvert\|1.270\|b\|year=2006}} worldwide. It was the recipient of a number of awards, including 4 [[National Film Awards]].<ref name="boind">{{Cite news \|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg== \|title=Box Office 2006 (Figures in Ind Rs) \|work=Box Office India \|access-date=3 February 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020213049/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg%3D%3D \|archive-date=20 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="natawards">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023094051/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=23 October 2012 \|title=Munna Bhai sweeps National Film Awards \|date=10 June 2008 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=2 March 2009}}</ref> ''Lage Raho Munna Bhai'' was the first Hindi film to be shown at the United Nations,<ref name=praise /><ref name="unscreen">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|title=UN members laughed and applauded at 'Lage Raho... \|last=Indo-Asian News Service \|date=14 November 2006 \|work=glamsham.com \|access-date=14 November 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620141533/http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|archive-date=20 June 2007 \|publisher=Fifth Quarter Infomedia Pvt. Ltd.}}</ref> and was screened at the ''2007 Cannes Film Festival#Tous Les Cinemas du Monde\|Tous Les Cinema du Monde'' section of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name=hot /><ref name="stuns">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|title='Lage Raho Munnabhai' stuns Cannes \|last=Adarsh \|first=Taran \|date=22 May 2007 \|access-date=6 December 2012 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203151616/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|archive-date=3 February 2014 \|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref> The film popularised the term ''Gandhigiri''.<ref name="gandhighiri2009">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|title=Bole tho... Gandhigiri \|last=Allagh \|first=Harjeet Kaur \|date=31 January 2009 \|work=The Hindu \|access-date=2 March 2009 \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103035732/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|archive-date=3 January 2013 }}</ref><ref name="mridulatoi060929">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017170830/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 October 2012 \|title=Gandhigiri, a cool way to live \|last=Chunduri \|first=Mridula \|date=29 September 2006 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=29 September 2006 }}</ref><ref name="Sharmaboston">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|title=How Gandhi got his mojo back \|last=Sharma \|first=Swati Gauri \|date=13 October 2006 \|work=boston.com \|access-date=13 October 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026122053/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|archive-date=26 October 2006 \|publisher=The New York Times Company}}</ref> Vidhu Vinod Chopra submitted the film as an independent entry for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. It was later remade in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] as ''[[Shankar Dada Zindabad]]'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/shankardada-zindabad-review-telugu-pclwsvgjehieg.html \|title=Shankardada Zindabad \|date=27 July 2007 \|website=[[Sify]] \|access-date=27 July 2018}}</ref>		The film won widespread critical acclaim and had a number of prominent screenings. It was a box-office success and received a "blockbuster" rating by the website ''Box Office India'' after grossing over {{INRConvert\|1.270\|b\|year=2006}} worldwide. It was the recipient of a number of awards, including 4 [[National Film Awards]].<ref name="boind">{{Cite news \|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg== \|title=Box Office 2006 (Figures in Ind Rs) \|work=Box Office India \|access-date=3 February 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020213049/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg%3D%3D \|archive-date=20 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="natawards">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023094051/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=23 October 2012 \|title=Munna Bhai sweeps National Film Awards \|date=10 June 2008 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=2 March 2009}}</ref> ''Lage Raho Munna Bhai'' was the first Hindi film to be shown at the United Nations,<ref name=praise /><ref name="unscreen">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|title=UN members laughed and applauded at 'Lage Raho... \|last=Indo-Asian News Service \|date=14 November 2006 \|work=glamsham.com \|access-date=14 November 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620141533/http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|archive-date=20 June 2007 \|publisher=Fifth Quarter Infomedia Pvt. Ltd.}}</ref> and was screened at the ''2007 Cannes Film Festival#Tous Les Cinemas du Monde\|Tous Les Cinema du Monde'' section of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name=hot /><ref name="stuns">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|title='Lage Raho Munnabhai' stuns Cannes \|last=Adarsh \|first=Taran \|date=22 May 2007 \|access-date=6 December 2012 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203151616/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|archive-date=3 February 2014 \|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref> The film popularised the term ''Gandhigiri''.<ref name="gandhighiri2009">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|title=Bole tho... Gandhigiri \|last=Allagh \|first=Harjeet Kaur \|date=31 January 2009 \|work=The Hindu \|access-date=2 March 2009 \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103035732/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|archive-date=3 January 2013 }}</ref><ref name="mridulatoi060929">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017170830/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 October 2012 \|title=Gandhigiri, a cool way to live \|last=Chunduri \|first=Mridula \|date=29 September 2006 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=29 September 2006 }}</ref><ref name="Sharmaboston">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|title=How Gandhi got his mojo back \|last=Sharma \|first=Swati Gauri \|date=13 October 2006 \|work=boston.com \|access-date=13 October 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026122053/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|archive-date=26 October 2006 \|publisher=The New York Times Company}}</ref> Vidhu Vinod Chopra submitted the film as an independent entry for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. It was later remade in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] as ''[[Shankar Dada Zindabad]]'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/shankardada-zindabad-review-telugu-pclwsvgjehieg.html \|title=Shankardada Zindabad \|date=27 July 2007 \|website=[[Sify]] \|access-date=27 July 2018}}</ref>

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	Murli Prasad Sharma ([[Sanjay Dutt]]), also known as [[Munna Bhai]], is a street-wise [[Bombay Hindi\|Mumbai Hindi]]-speaking gangster who runs an extortion racket on the streets of [[Mumbai]], and is helped by his loyal sidekick, Sarkeshwar ([[Arshad Warsi]]), also known as Circuit, who does most of his work for him. Munna is smitten with the voice of Janvi ([[Vidya Balan]]), a radio jockey, who soon announces a contest on the life and beliefs of [[~~Mahatma~~ Gandhi]] set for 2 October — [[Gandhi Jayanti]], with an interview with her as the prize, and Munna is determined to win. Through the assistance of Circuit, who kidnaps and bribes a group of professors, and all his henchmen, who jam the phone lines, Munna succeeds and meets Janvi in person. During the interview, he lies that he is a history professor specializing in Gandhi and living by his principles, and uses much colloquial language for having difficulty speaking formal [[Hindi]]. Despite this, Janvi is impressed and subsequently asks Munna to host a lecture on Gandhi at her home, which she has repurposed into a senior citizen community called "Second Innings House". Realising that he cannot use his old tricks anymore, Munna enters into an old Gandhi library in Mumbai, and engages in a period of intense study about the life and ideologies of Gandhi, in order to prepare himself for the event within five days.		Murli Prasad Sharma ([[Sanjay Dutt]]), also known as [[Munna Bhai]], is a street-wise [[Bombay Hindi\|Mumbai Hindi]]-speaking gangster who runs an extortion racket on the streets of [[Mumbai]], and is helped by his loyal sidekick, Sarkeshwar ([[Arshad Warsi]]), also known as Circuit, who does most of his work for him. Munna is smitten with the voice of Janvi ([[Vidya Balan]]), a radio jockey, who soon announces a contest on the life and beliefs of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] set for 2 October — [[Gandhi Jayanti]], with an interview with her as the prize, and Munna is determined to win. Through the assistance of Circuit, who kidnaps and bribes a group of professors, and all his henchmen, who jam the phone lines, Munna succeeds and meets Janvi in person. During the interview, he lies that he is a history professor specializing in Gandhi and living by his principles, and uses much colloquial language for having difficulty speaking formal [[Hindi]]. Despite this, Janvi is impressed and subsequently asks Munna to host a lecture on Gandhi at her home, which she has repurposed into a senior citizen community called "Second Innings House". Realising that he cannot use his old tricks anymore, Munna enters into an old Gandhi library in Mumbai, and engages in a period of intense study about the life and ideologies of Gandhi, in order to prepare himself for the event within five days.

	As a result, Munna reads about Gandhi for continous three days and nights without food or sleep, so the image of Gandhi ([[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]) begins to appear to him as hallucination, and offers his help and advice to Munna. Gandhi's image continues to appear each time Munna sings ''Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram'' (a song often sung in Gandhi's memory). Initially, Munna believes himself to be going insane, but later comes to get used to Gandhi's presence. With the help of Gandhi's image, Munna delivers a chaotic but well-received lecture about Gandhism (particularly adherence to non-violence and truth which Munna calls by its neologism "Gandhigiri") being only used in the name and not in practice, and then helps the senior citizens solve their problems through his connections and rowdyism. Lakhbir Singh ([[Boman Irani]]), also known as Lucky, is an unscrupulous businessman who employs Circuit and Munna to conduct the [[Organised crime in India\|Mumbai underworld]] activities for him. Lucky learns that Munna is in love with Janvi, and offers to help him propose to her by funding a trip to [[Goa]], for all the senior citizens for the marriage of Bomi and Tina, two widowed ex-lovers.		As a result, Munna reads about Gandhi for continous three days and nights without food or sleep, so the image of Gandhi ([[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]) begins to appear to him as hallucination, and offers his help and advice to Munna. Gandhi's image continues to appear each time Munna sings ''Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram'' (a song often sung in Gandhi's memory). Initially, Munna believes himself to be going insane, but later comes to get used to Gandhi's presence. With the help of Gandhi's image, Munna delivers a chaotic but well-received lecture about [[Gandhism]] (particularly adherence to non-violence and truth which Munna calls by its neologism "[[Gandhigiri]]") being only used in the name and not in practice, and then helps the senior citizens solve their problems through his connections and rowdyism. Lakhbir Singh ([[Boman Irani]]), also known as Lucky, is an unscrupulous businessman who employs Circuit and Munna to conduct the [[Organised crime in India\|Mumbai underworld]] activities for him. Lucky learns that Munna is in love with Janvi, and offers to help him propose to her by funding a trip to [[Goa]], for all the senior citizens for the marriage of Bomi and Tina, two widowed ex-lovers.

	During the trip, Munna tries to confess his love to Janvi, however, they discover that the trip was a ruse for Lucky to occupy the Second Innings House, as it turns out that Lucky's daughter, Simran ([[Dia Mirza]]), is engaged to marry Sunny ([[Abhishek Bachchan]]), the son of Khurana ([[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]]), a powerful businessman. Khurana is superstitious and his activities are controlled by his astrologer, Batuk Maharaj ([[Saurabh Shukla]]), whose particular use of numerology led Khurana to add an extra "K" to his name, and further convinced him that "Second Innings House" would be the most auspicious place for the new couple to live, hence the seizure. Further, Batuk initially advised Khurana to not go through with the wedding since Simran is a manglik (an individual whose Vedic astrological makeup is believed by some to be devastating for marriage, mostly leading to the death of the spouse after a certain calculated period of marriage). Lucky, not wishing to lose such an alliance, covers this up by stating that there is a mistake at the time of Simran's birth and hence the alliance progresses.		During the trip, Munna tries to confess his love to Janvi, however, they discover that the trip was a ruse for Lucky to occupy the Second Innings House, as it turns out that Lucky's daughter, Simran ([[Dia Mirza]]), is engaged to marry Sunny ([[Abhishek Bachchan]]), the son of Khurana ([[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]]), a powerful businessman. Khurana is superstitious and his activities are controlled by his astrologer, Batuk Maharaj ([[Saurabh Shukla]]), whose particular use of numerology led Khurana to add an extra "K" to his name, and further convinced him that "Second Innings House" would be the most auspicious place for the new couple to live, hence the seizure. Further, Batuk initially advised Khurana to not go through with the wedding since Simran is a manglik (an individual whose Vedic astrological makeup is believed by some to be devastating for marriage, mostly leading to the death of the spouse after a certain calculated period of marriage). Lucky, not wishing to lose such an alliance, covers this up along with his wife ([[Supriya Shukla]]) by stating that there is a mistake at the time of Simran's birth and hence the alliance progresses.

	With the authorities and lawyers not willing to confront Lucky, Munna, Circuit, Janvi and the senior citizens of Second Innings House launch a non-violent "satyagraha" outside Lucky's home and call the protest "Get well soon, Lucky". After a fight with Lucky's security guards, Munna and Circuit are arrested, but Janvi later bails them out and invites Munna to her radio show to publicize the issue. They together host a new program called "Bapu Ka Magic" ("Bapu's Magic"), where they offer Gandhigiri-style advice to listeners' problems, only requesting that the listeners send Lucky flowers (red roses especially) to help him recover from the "disease of dishonesty" in exchange for a unique, non-violent protest. After Munna receives his first caller, Victor D'Souza ([[Jimmy Sheirgill]]), who works as a taxi driver to repay the money of his father ([[Parikshit Sahni]]) which he lost in stock market, the show gains popularity and pressure builds on Lucky, who tries and fails to offer Munna other properties. Later, on Gandhi's insistence, Munna writes a letter to Janvi, who believes it to be a love letter, but instead learns the truth about Munna and slaps him with tears in her eyes, leaving him heartbroken and causing the protests to falter. Despite this, Munna meets Lucky and assures him that he will not give up the fight. When Janvi quits hosting the radio show, Munna continues to host it on his own, offering increasingly out-of-the-box but successful solutions to listeners, much to Janvi's chagrin.		With the authorities and lawyers not willing to confront Lucky, Munna, Circuit, Janvi and the senior citizens of Second Innings House launch a non-violent "satyagraha" outside Lucky's home and call the protest "Get well soon, Lucky". After a fight with Lucky's security guards, Munna and Circuit are arrested, but Janvi later bails them out and invites Munna to her radio show to publicize the issue. They together host a new program called "Bapu Ka Magic" ("Bapu's Magic"), where they offer Gandhigiri-style advice to listeners' problems, only requesting that the listeners send Lucky flowers (red roses especially) to help him recover from the "disease of dishonesty" in exchange for a unique, non-violent protest. After Munna receives his first caller, Victor D'Souza ([[Jimmy Sheirgill]]), who works as a taxi driver to repay the money of his father ([[Parikshit Sahni]]) which he lost in stock market, the show gains popularity and pressure builds on Lucky, who tries and fails to offer Munna other properties. Later, on Gandhi's insistence, Munna writes a letter to Janvi, who believes it to be a love letter, but instead learns the truth about Munna and slaps him with tears in her eyes, leaving him heartbroken and causing the protests to falter. Despite this, Munna meets Lucky and assures him that he will not give up the fight. When Janvi quits hosting the radio show, Munna continues to host it on his own, offering increasingly out-of-the-box but successful solutions to listeners, much to Janvi's chagrin.

	The pressure on Lucky from Khurana reaches boiling point. Lucky then tricks Munna into revealing his conversations with Gandhi's image before a public audience, making him seem insane. At this press conference, Munna discovers that only after he has learned something about Gandhi's life can the image talk about it, which serves as proof for a psychiatrist in the audience that Munna is delusional. Gandhi's monologue at the end of the film, however, questions this conclusion. On the day of Simran's marriage, she learns the truth about her father's deception of Khurana and escapes in Victor's taxi. Meanwhile, Munna and Circuit, before deciding to leave the city, hold the studio hostage, in an attempt to apologise to Janvi through the program. Simultaneously, Victor connects Simran to Munna, where she reveals that although she loves Sunny, she is a manglik and thus is unlucky to marry. She is also devastated by her father's wrongdoings and has always looked up to him. With Lucky, Janvi, and the senior citizens listening in, Munna convinces Simran to return and tell the truth, reasoning that Khurana's belief in numerology is irrational. Simran does so and Khurana rejects her, but Munna and Circuit together arrive at the marriage ceremony and use some of their old tricks to successfully dispel Batuk's superstitions. When Khurana still remains unmoved, Sunny refuses to listen to his father and exchanges garlands with Simran nevertheless. Munna and Circuit voluntarily surrender themselves to the police, but Janvi returns and reconciles with Munna in prison, and a grateful Lucky apologises and returns the house keys with a smile on his face, promising to reform.		The pressure on Lucky from Khurana reaches boiling point. Lucky then tricks Munna into revealing his conversations with Gandhi's image before a public audience, making him seem insane. At this press conference, Munna discovers that only after he has learned something about Gandhi's life can the image talk about it, which serves as proof for a psychiatrist in the audience that Munna is delusional. Gandhi's monologue at the end of the film, however, questions this conclusion. On the day of Simran's marriage, she learns the truth from her mother about her father's deception of Khurana and escapes in Victor's taxi. Meanwhile, Munna and Circuit, before deciding to leave the city, hold the studio hostage, in an attempt to apologise to Janvi through the program. Simultaneously, Victor connects Simran to Munna, where she reveals that although she loves Sunny, she is a manglik and thus is unlucky to marry. She is also devastated by her father's wrongdoings and has always looked up to him. With Lucky, Janvi, and the senior citizens listening in, Munna convinces Simran to return and tell the truth, reasoning that Khurana's belief in numerology is irrational. Simran does so and Khurana rejects her, but Munna and Circuit together arrive at the marriage ceremony and use some of their old tricks to successfully dispel Batuk's superstitions. When Khurana still remains unmoved, Sunny refuses to listen to his father and exchanges garlands with Simran nevertheless. Munna and Circuit voluntarily surrender themselves to the police, but Janvi returns and reconciles with Munna in prison, and a grateful Lucky apologises and returns the house keys with a smile on his face, promising to reform.

	In the end, the image of Gandhi narrates what happened to all the characters; Munna and Janvi got married and continued their radio show together; Circuit is adopted by Bomi and Tina, the newlymarried old couple living at the Second Innings House who adopt his mannerisms; Victor achieved success, finally earning enough money to purchase a taxi of his own, making his father proud; and Sunny and Simran remained happily married, and were blessed with a son, prompting Khurana to renounce his belief in numerology, remove the extra "K" from his name and banish Batuk. As he concludes, the image of Gandhi tells the audience that although he was killed several years ago, his thoughts would not be destroyed by three gunshots, and that it is the choice of the audience to either hang a photograph of him on the wall or reflect on his beliefs. The film ends with a reformed Lucky sitting in the very same Gandhi library in which Munna sat, reading up on Gandhi's life, and Gandhi's image begins to appear to him too, causing Lucky to immediately call for a photograph to be taken of them together, which perplexes the photographer, who cannot see the image of Gandhi.		In the end, the image of Gandhi narrates what happened to all the characters; Munna and Janvi got married and continued their radio show together; Circuit is adopted by Bomi and Tina, the newlymarried old couple living at the Second Innings House who adopt his mannerisms; Victor achieved success, finally earning enough money to purchase a taxi of his own, making his father proud; and Sunny and Simran remained happily married, and were blessed with a son, prompting Khurana to renounce his belief in numerology, remove the extra "K" from his name and banish Batuk. As he concludes, the image of Gandhi tells the audience that although he was killed several years ago, his thoughts would not be destroyed by three gunshots, and that it is the choice of the audience to either hang a photograph of him on the wall or to reflect on his beliefs. The film ends with a reformed Lucky sitting in the very same Gandhi library in which Munna sat, reading up on Gandhi's life, and Gandhi's image begins to appear to him too, causing Lucky to immediately call for a photograph to be taken of them together, which perplexes the photographer, who cannot see the image of Gandhi.

	== Cast ==		== Cast ==

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	== Plot ==		== Plot ==
	[[~~Munna Bhai\|Murliprasad Sharma a.k.a.~~ Munna Bhai]], a street-wise [[Bombay Hindi]]-speaking gangster in [[Mumbai]], is smitten with the voice of Janvi ~~Sahni~~, a [[radio jockey~~]]. When she~~ announces a contest on the life and beliefs of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] set for 2 ~~October—~~[[Gandhi Jayanti~~\|Gandhi's birthday~~]], with an interview with her as the prize, he is determined to win. Through the assistance of ~~his sidekick Sarkeshwar "~~Circuit~~" Sharma~~, who kidnaps and bribes a group of professors, and his ~~goons~~, who jam the phone lines, Munna succeeds and meets Janvi in person. During the interview, he lies that he is a history professor ~~specialising~~ in Gandhi and living by his principles~~. Having difficulty speaking formal Hindi~~, ~~Munna~~ uses much colloquial language ~~and calls his version of Gandhism "~~[[~~Gandhigiri~~]]" ({{lit\|Gandhi-ing}}).{{efn\|In standard Hindi, ''-vad'' is the suffix that means "-ism" or "ideology", so the "proper" name for Gandhism is ''Gandhivad''. ''-giri'' can informally translate this way as well, but it is applied less for formal ideologies and more for actions, with one example being the use of "dadagiri" to mean "bullying" or, more figuratively, "gangsterism".}} Despite this, Janvi is impressed asks ~~him~~ to host a lecture on Gandhi in her home, which she has repurposed into a senior citizen community called "Second Innings House". ~~Realizing~~ he ~~can't~~ use his old tricks, Munna ~~crams~~ in a ~~library to~~ study the life and ~~works~~ of Gandhi in five days.		Murli Prasad Sharma ([[Sanjay Dutt]]), also known as [[Munna Bhai]], is a street-wise [[Bombay Hindi\|Mumbai Hindi]]-speaking gangster who runs an extortion racket on the streets of [[Mumbai]], and is helped by his loyal sidekick, Sarkeshwar ([[Arshad Warsi]]), also known as Circuit, who does most of his work for him. Munna is smitten with the voice of Janvi ([[Vidya Balan]]), a radio jockey, who soon announces a contest on the life and beliefs of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] set for 2 October — [[Gandhi Jayanti]], with an interview with her as the prize, and Munna is determined to win. Through the assistance of Circuit, who kidnaps and bribes a group of professors, and all his henchmen, who jam the phone lines, Munna succeeds and meets Janvi in person. During the interview, he lies that he is a history professor specializing in Gandhi and living by his principles, and uses much colloquial language for having difficulty speaking formal [[Hindi]]. Despite this, Janvi is impressed and subsequently asks Munna to host a lecture on Gandhi at her home, which she has repurposed into a senior citizen community called "Second Innings House". Realising that he cannot use his old tricks anymore, Munna enters into an old Gandhi library in Mumbai, and engages in a period of intense study about the life and ideologies of Gandhi, in order to prepare himself for the event within five days.

	Gandhi, ~~who Munna refers to by his nickname Bapu~~ (~~"father"~~)~~, starts~~ to appear ~~at this time~~ and offers help and advice to Munna~~, who is the only person that can see him~~. Gandhi continues to appear each time Munna sings ''[[Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram]]'' (a song often sung in Gandhi's memory). Initially, Munna believes ~~he is~~ going ~~mad~~, but later comes to get used to Gandhi's presence. With Gandhi's ~~help~~, Munna delivers a chaotic but well-received lecture about Gandhism being only used in name and not in practice~~. He~~ then helps the ~~seniors~~ solve their problems through his connections and rowdyism. Lucky ~~Singh~~, an unscrupulous businessman who ~~employed~~ Circuit and Munna to conduct "[[Mumbai ~~underworld\|~~underworld]]" activities for him, learns that Munna is in love with Janvi and offers to help him propose to her by funding a trip to [[~~Goa, India\|~~Goa]] for all the senior citizens~~. During the trip, Munna tries to confess his love to Janvi, however, they discover the trip was a ruse~~ for ~~Lucky to occupy the house. It turns out that Lucky's daughter, Simran, is engaged to marry Sunny,~~ the ~~son~~ of ~~Khurana, a powerful businessman. Khurana is superstitious~~ and ~~his activities are controlled by his [[astrologer]]~~, Batuk Maharaj. Maharaj's particular use of [[numerology]] led Khurana to add an extra "k" to his name and further convinced him that "Second Innings House" would be the most auspicious place for the new couple to live, hence the seizure. Further, Batuk initially advised Khurana to not go through with the wedding since Simran is a [[Mangal Dosha\|manglik]]. But Lucky, not wanting to lose such an alliance, covers this up by saying that there is a mistake in the time of Simran's birth and hence the alliance progresses.		As a result, Munna reads about Gandhi for continous three days and nights without food or sleep, so the image of Gandhi ([[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]) begins to appear to him as hallucination, and offers his help and advice to Munna. Gandhi's image continues to appear each time Munna sings ''Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram'' (a song often sung in Gandhi's memory). Initially, Munna believes himself to be going insane, but later comes to get used to Gandhi's presence. With the help of Gandhi's image, Munna delivers a chaotic but well-received lecture about Gandhism (particularly adherence to non-violence and truth which Munna calls by its neologism "Gandhigiri") being only used in the name and not in practice, and then helps the senior citizens solve their problems through his connections and rowdyism. Lakhbir Singh ([[Boman Irani]]), also known as Lucky, is an unscrupulous businessman who employs Circuit and Munna to conduct the [[Organised crime in India\|Mumbai underworld]] activities for him. Lucky learns that Munna is in love with Janvi, and offers to help him propose to her by funding a trip to [[Goa]], for all the senior citizens for the marriage of Bomi and Tina, two widowed ex-lovers.

	~~With~~ the ~~authorities and lawyers not willing to confront Lucky~~, Munna, ~~Circuit~~, ~~Janvi, and~~ the ~~senior citizens of ''~~Second Innings House'~~' launch a non-violent~~ [[~~satyagraha~~]] ~~outside Lucky's home. After a fight with Lucky's security guards~~, ~~Munna and Circuit are arrested. Janvi later bails them out and invites Munna~~ to ~~her radio show to publicise the issue. They host a new program called "Bapu ka magic"~~, ~~where they offer Gandhigiri-style advice to listeners' problems, only asking that the listeners send Lucky flowers to help him recover from~~ the ~~"disease~~ of ~~dishonesty" in exchange as~~ a ~~unique, non-violent protest~~. ~~After Munna gets~~ his ~~first caller~~, ~~Victor D'Souza~~, ~~who works as a taxi driver~~ to ~~repay~~ his ~~father's money lost in bad investments~~, the ~~show gains popularity and pressure builds on Lucky~~, ~~who tries and fails to offer Khurana other properties~~. ~~Later~~, ~~on Gandhi's insistence, Munna gives a letter~~ to ~~Janvi; thinking it~~ is a ~~love letter~~, ~~Janvi instead learns~~ the ~~truth about Munna and leaves heartbroken, causing~~ the ~~protests to falter~~. ~~Janvi also refuses~~ to ~~host the radio show with Munna. Despite~~ this~~, Munna meets Lucky and assures him~~ that ~~he will not give up~~ the ~~fight. Since the radio show has gained popularity, he continues to host it on his own, offering increasingly out-~~of~~-the-box but successful solutions to listeners, much to Janvi~~'s ~~chagrin~~.		During the trip, Munna tries to confess his love to Janvi, however, they discover that the trip was a ruse for Lucky to occupy the Second Innings House, as it turns out that Lucky's daughter, Simran ([[Dia Mirza]]), is engaged to marry Sunny ([[Abhishek Bachchan]]), the son of Khurana ([[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]]), a powerful businessman. Khurana is superstitious and his activities are controlled by his astrologer, Batuk Maharaj ([[Saurabh Shukla]]), whose particular use of numerology led Khurana to add an extra "K" to his name, and further convinced him that "Second Innings House" would be the most auspicious place for the new couple to live, hence the seizure. Further, Batuk initially advised Khurana to not go through with the wedding since Simran is a manglik (an individual whose Vedic astrological makeup is believed by some to be devastating for marriage, mostly leading to the death of the spouse after a certain calculated period of marriage). Lucky, not wishing to lose such an alliance, covers this up by stating that there is a mistake at the time of Simran's birth and hence the alliance progresses.

	The pressure on Lucky from Khurana reaches boiling point. Lucky then tricks Munna into revealing his conversations with Gandhi before a public audience, making him seem insane. On the day of Simran's ~~wedding~~, she learns the truth about her father's deception of Khurana and ~~runs away, ending up~~ in Victor's ~~cab~~. Meanwhile, ~~a dejected~~ Munna and Circuit ~~are leaving~~ the city~~. However, in a drunken stupor~~, ~~Munna decides not to give up on Janvi. They go to the radio station where Munna has Circuit~~ hold the studio hostage, in an attempt to ~~apologize~~ to Janvi through the program. Simultaneously, Victor connects Simran to Munna, where she reveals that although she loves Sunny, she is a ~~[[Mangal Dosha\|~~manglik]] and thus is unlucky to marry. She is also devastated by her father's wrongdoings~~, having~~ always looked up to him. With Lucky, Janvi and the senior citizens listening in, Munna convinces ~~her~~ to ~~go back~~ and tell the truth, reasoning that Khurana's belief in [[numerology]] is irrational . Simran does so and Khurana rejects her. Munna and Circuit ~~go to~~ the ~~wedding~~ and use some of their old tricks to successfully dispel ~~Maharaj~~'s superstitions. When Khurana still remains unmoved, Sunny refuses to listen to his father and ~~marries~~ Simran ~~anyway~~. Munna and Circuit ~~are arrested again.~~		With the authorities and lawyers not willing to confront Lucky, Munna, Circuit, Janvi and the senior citizens of Second Innings House launch a non-violent "satyagraha" outside Lucky's home and call the protest "Get well soon, Lucky". After a fight with Lucky's security guards, Munna and Circuit are arrested, but Janvi later bails them out and invites Munna to her radio show to publicize the issue. They together host a new program called "Bapu Ka Magic" ("Bapu's Magic"), where they offer Gandhigiri-style advice to listeners' problems, only requesting that the listeners send Lucky flowers (red roses especially) to help him recover from the "disease of dishonesty" in exchange for a unique, non-violent protest. After Munna receives his first caller, Victor D'Souza ([[Jimmy Sheirgill]]), who works as a taxi driver to repay the money of his father ([[Parikshit Sahni]]) which he lost in stock market, the show gains popularity and pressure builds on Lucky, who tries and fails to offer Munna other properties. Later, on Gandhi's insistence, Munna writes a letter to Janvi, who believes it to be a love letter, but instead learns the truth about Munna and slaps him with tears in her eyes, leaving him heartbroken and causing the protests to falter. Despite this, Munna meets Lucky and assures him that he will not give up the fight. When Janvi quits hosting the radio show, Munna continues to host it on his own, offering increasingly out-of-the-box but successful solutions to listeners, much to Janvi's chagrin.
	~~In jail~~, Janvi returns and reconciles with Munna and a grateful Lucky ~~apologizes, promising to reform,~~ and returns the house keys. In the end, Gandhi narrates what ~~happens~~ to all the ~~other~~ characters. Munna and Janvi got married and continued their show. Circuit is adopted by Bomi and Tina, ~~a newly married~~ old couple living at the ~~house~~ who adopt his mannerisms. Victor achieved success, finally earning enough money to ~~buy~~ a taxi of his own, making his father proud. Sunny and Simran remained happily married, and ~~have~~ a ~~child~~, prompting Khurana to renounce his belief in [[numerology]] and ~~fire~~ Batuk.
	The film ends with a reformed Lucky sitting in the very same library in which Munna sat, reading up on Gandhi, and Gandhi begins to appear to him too.		The pressure on Lucky from Khurana reaches boiling point. Lucky then tricks Munna into revealing his conversations with Gandhi's image before a public audience, making him seem insane. At this press conference, Munna discovers that only after he has learned something about Gandhi's life can the image talk about it, which serves as proof for a psychiatrist in the audience that Munna is delusional. Gandhi's monologue at the end of the film, however, questions this conclusion. On the day of Simran's marriage, she learns the truth about her father's deception of Khurana and escapes in Victor's taxi. Meanwhile, Munna and Circuit, before deciding to leave the city, hold the studio hostage, in an attempt to apologise to Janvi through the program. Simultaneously, Victor connects Simran to Munna, where she reveals that although she loves Sunny, she is a manglik and thus is unlucky to marry. She is also devastated by her father's wrongdoings and has always looked up to him. With Lucky, Janvi, and the senior citizens listening in, Munna convinces Simran to return and tell the truth, reasoning that Khurana's belief in numerology is irrational. Simran does so and Khurana rejects her, but Munna and Circuit together arrive at the marriage ceremony and use some of their old tricks to successfully dispel Batuk's superstitions. When Khurana still remains unmoved, Sunny refuses to listen to his father and exchanges garlands with Simran nevertheless. Munna and Circuit voluntarily surrender themselves to the police, but Janvi returns and reconciles with Munna in prison, and a grateful Lucky apologises and returns the house keys with a smile on his face, promising to reform.

			In the end, the image of Gandhi narrates what happened to all the characters; Munna and Janvi got married and continued their radio show together; Circuit is adopted by Bomi and Tina, the newlymarried old couple living at the Second Innings House who adopt his mannerisms; Victor achieved success, finally earning enough money to purchase a taxi of his own, making his father proud; and Sunny and Simran remained happily married, and were blessed with a son, prompting Khurana to renounce his belief in numerology, remove the extra "K" from his name and banish Batuk. As he concludes, the image of Gandhi tells the audience that although he was killed several years ago, his thoughts would not be destroyed by three gunshots, and that it is the choice of the audience to either hang a photograph of him on the wall or reflect on his beliefs. The film ends with a reformed Lucky sitting in the very same Gandhi library in which Munna sat, reading up on Gandhi's life, and Gandhi's image begins to appear to him too, causing Lucky to immediately call for a photograph to be taken of them together, which perplexes the photographer, who cannot see the image of Gandhi.

	== Cast ==		== Cast ==

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	'''''Lage Raho Munna Bhai''''' ({{IPA-hns\|ləˈɡeː rəˈɦoː mʊnːaːˈbʱaːi\|pron\|LageRahoMunnaBhaiPronounciation.ogg}}; translation: ''Keep Going, Munna Bro'') is a [[List of Bollywood films of 2006\|2006]] [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language satirical [[Comedy film\|comedy]] drama film written, edited and directed by [[Rajkumar Hirani]], who also co-wrote the screenplay with [[Abhijat Joshi]], and produced by [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]] under the production banner of [[Vinod Chopra Films]]. The film was released worldwide on 1 September 2006 and is the second installment of the [[Munna Bhai (film series)\|''Munna Bhai'' film series]] after its prequel, ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]'' (2003), with [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Arshad Warsi]] reprising their roles as [[Munna Bhai]], a gangster in the [[Organised crime in India\|Mumbai underworld]], and his sidekick, Circuit, respectively. [[Vidya Balan]] portrays the female lead, replacing [[Gracy Singh]] from the original, while several other actors from the prequel, notably [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] and [[Boman Irani]], appear in new roles, and [[Dia Mirza]] also appears in a small role in the film. In this film, the eponymous lead character begins to see the soul of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], which is portrayed by [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]. Through his interactions with Gandhi, he begins to practice what he refers to as "[[Gandhigiri]]" (a neologism for "[[Gandhism]]") to help ordinary people solve their problems.		'''''Lage Raho Munna Bhai''''' ({{IPA-hns\|ləˈɡeː rəˈɦoː mʊnːaːˈbʱaːi\|pron\|LageRahoMunnaBhaiPronounciation.ogg}}; translation: ''Keep Going, Munna Bro'') is a [[List of Bollywood films of 2006\|2006]] [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language satirical [[Comedy film\|comedy]] drama film written, edited and directed by [[Rajkumar Hirani]], who also co-wrote the screenplay with [[Abhijat Joshi]], and produced by [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]] under the production banner of [[Vinod Chopra Films]]. The film was released worldwide on 1 September 2006 and is the second installment of the [[Munna Bhai (film series)\|''Munna Bhai'' film series]] after its prequel, ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]'' (2003), with [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Arshad Warsi]] reprising their roles as [[Munna Bhai]], a gangster in the [[Organised crime in India\|Mumbai underworld]], and his sidekick, Circuit, respectively. [[Vidya Balan]] portrays the female lead, replacing [[Gracy Singh]] from the original, while several other actors from the prequel, notably [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] and [[Boman Irani]], appear in new roles, and [[Dia Mirza]] also appears in a small role in the film. In this film, the eponymous lead character begins to see the soul of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], which is portrayed by [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]. Through his interactions with Gandhi, he begins to practice what he refers to as "[[Gandhigiri]]" (a neologism for "[[Gandhism]]") to help ordinary people solve their problems.


	The film won widespread critical acclaim and had a number of prominent screenings. It was a box-office success and received a "blockbuster" rating by the website ''Box Office India'' after grossing over {{INRConvert\|1.270\|b\|year=2006}} worldwide. It was the recipient of a number of awards, including 4 [[National Film Awards]].<ref name="boind">{{Cite news \|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg== \|title=Box Office 2006 (Figures in Ind Rs) \|work=Box Office India \|access-date=3 February 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020213049/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg%3D%3D \|archive-date=20 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="natawards">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023094051/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=23 October 2012 \|title=Munna Bhai sweeps National Film Awards \|date=10 June 2008 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=2 March 2009}}</ref> ''Lage Raho Munna Bhai'' was the first Hindi film to be shown at the United Nations,<ref name=praise /><ref name="unscreen">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|title=UN members laughed and applauded at 'Lage Raho... \|last=Indo-Asian News Service \|date=14 November 2006 \|work=glamsham.com \|access-date=14 November 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620141533/http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|archive-date=20 June 2007 \|publisher=Fifth Quarter Infomedia Pvt. Ltd.}}</ref> and was screened at the ''2007 Cannes Film Festival#Tous Les Cinemas du Monde\|Tous Les Cinema du Monde'' section of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name=hot /><ref name="stuns">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|title='Lage Raho Munnabhai' stuns Cannes \|last=Adarsh \|first=Taran \|date=22 May 2007 \|access-date=6 December 2012 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203151616/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|archive-date=3 February 2014 \|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref> The film popularised the term ''Gandhigiri''.<ref name="gandhighiri2009">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|title=Bole tho... Gandhigiri \|last=Allagh \|first=Harjeet Kaur \|date=31 January 2009 \|work=The Hindu \|access-date=2 March 2009 \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103035732/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|archive-date=3 January 2013 }}</ref><ref name="mridulatoi060929">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017170830/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 October 2012 \|title=Gandhigiri, a cool way to live \|last=Chunduri \|first=Mridula \|date=29 September 2006 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=29 September 2006 }}</ref><ref name="Sharmaboston">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|title=How Gandhi got his mojo back \|last=Sharma \|first=Swati Gauri \|date=13 October 2006 \|work=boston.com \|access-date=13 October 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026122053/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|archive-date=26 October 2006 \|publisher=The New York Times Company}}</ref> Vidhu Vinod Chopra submitted the film as an independent entry for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. It was later remade in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] as ''[[Shankar Dada Zindabad]]'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/shankardada-zindabad-review-telugu-pclwsvgjehieg.html \|title=Shankardada Zindabad \|date=27 July 2007 \|website=[[Sify]] \|access-date=27 July 2018}}</ref>		The film won widespread critical acclaim and had a number of prominent screenings. It was a box-office success and received a "blockbuster" rating by the website ''Box Office India'' after grossing over {{INRConvert\|1.270\|b\|year=2006}} worldwide. It was the recipient of a number of awards, including 4 [[National Film Awards]].<ref name="boind">{{Cite news \|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg== \|title=Box Office 2006 (Figures in Ind Rs) \|work=Box Office India \|access-date=3 February 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020213049/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg%3D%3D \|archive-date=20 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="natawards">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023094051/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=23 October 2012 \|title=Munna Bhai sweeps National Film Awards \|date=10 June 2008 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=2 March 2009}}</ref> ''Lage Raho Munna Bhai'' was the first Hindi film to be shown at the United Nations,<ref name=praise /><ref name="unscreen">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|title=UN members laughed and applauded at 'Lage Raho... \|last=Indo-Asian News Service \|date=14 November 2006 \|work=glamsham.com \|access-date=14 November 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620141533/http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|archive-date=20 June 2007 \|publisher=Fifth Quarter Infomedia Pvt. Ltd.}}</ref> and was screened at the ''2007 Cannes Film Festival#Tous Les Cinemas du Monde\|Tous Les Cinema du Monde'' section of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name=hot /><ref name="stuns">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|title='Lage Raho Munnabhai' stuns Cannes \|last=Adarsh \|first=Taran \|date=22 May 2007 \|access-date=6 December 2012 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203151616/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|archive-date=3 February 2014 \|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref> The film popularised the term ''Gandhigiri''.<ref name="gandhighiri2009">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|title=Bole tho... Gandhigiri \|last=Allagh \|first=Harjeet Kaur \|date=31 January 2009 \|work=The Hindu \|access-date=2 March 2009 \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103035732/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|archive-date=3 January 2013 }}</ref><ref name="mridulatoi060929">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017170830/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 October 2012 \|title=Gandhigiri, a cool way to live \|last=Chunduri \|first=Mridula \|date=29 September 2006 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=29 September 2006 }}</ref><ref name="Sharmaboston">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|title=How Gandhi got his mojo back \|last=Sharma \|first=Swati Gauri \|date=13 October 2006 \|work=boston.com \|access-date=13 October 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026122053/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|archive-date=26 October 2006 \|publisher=The New York Times Company}}</ref> Vidhu Vinod Chopra submitted the film as an independent entry for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. It was later remade in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] as ''[[Shankar Dada Zindabad]]'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/shankardada-zindabad-review-telugu-pclwsvgjehieg.html \|title=Shankardada Zindabad \|date=27 July 2007 \|website=[[Sify]] \|access-date=27 July 2018}}</ref>

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	\| name = Lage Raho Munna Bhai		\| name = Lage Raho Munna Bhai
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	\| caption = ~~Theatrical release poster~~		\| caption =
	\| director = [[Rajkumar Hirani]]		\| director = [[Rajkumar Hirani]]
	\| writer = {{unbulleted list\|Rajkumar Hirani\|[[Abhijat Joshi]]}}		\| writer = {{unbulleted list\|Rajkumar Hirani\|[[Abhijat Joshi]]}}
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	* [[Vidya Balan]]		* [[Vidya Balan]]
	* [[Jimmy Sheirgill]]		* [[Jimmy Sheirgill]]
			* [[Boman Irani]]
	* [[Dia Mirza]]		* [[Dia Mirza]]
	* [[~~Boman Irani~~]]		* [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]
	}}		}}
	\| cinematography = [[C. K. Muraleedharan]]		\| cinematography = [[C. K. Muraleedharan]]
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	\| released = {{Film date\|2006\|09\|01\|df=yes\|ref1=<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.moviefone.com/movie/lage-raho-munna-bhai/27012/synopsis \|title=Moviefone: Lage Raho Munna Bhai \|work=Moviefone \|access-date=3 May 2007 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905151439/http://www.moviefone.com/movie/lage-raho-munna-bhai/27012/synopsis \|archive-date=5 September 2010 \|publisher=AOL LLC}}</ref>}}		\| released = {{Film date\|2006\|09\|01\|df=yes\|ref1=<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://www.moviefone.com/movie/lage-raho-munna-bhai/27012/synopsis \|title=Moviefone: Lage Raho Munna Bhai \|work=Moviefone \|access-date=3 May 2007 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905151439/http://www.moviefone.com/movie/lage-raho-munna-bhai/27012/synopsis \|archive-date=5 September 2010 \|publisher=AOL LLC}}</ref>}}
	\| runtime = 145 minutes<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Lage Raho Munna Bhai \|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/lage-raho-munna-bhai-film-qxnzzxq6vlgtoduwotg1 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201100805/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbfc.co.uk%2Frelease%2Flage-raho-munna-bhai-film-qxnzzxq6vlgtoduwotg1 \|archive-date=30 August 2006 \|access-date=1 February 2022 \|website= [[British Board of Film Classification]] }}</ref>		\| runtime = 145 minutes<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Lage Raho Munna Bhai \|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/lage-raho-munna-bhai-film-qxnzzxq6vlgtoduwotg1 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201100805/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbfc.co.uk%2Frelease%2Flage-raho-munna-bhai-film-qxnzzxq6vlgtoduwotg1 \|archive-date=30 August 2006 \|access-date=1 February 2022 \|website= [[British Board of Film Classification]] }}</ref>
	\| country = India		\| country = [[India]]
	\| language = [[Hindi]]		\| language = [[Hindi]]
	\| budget = ~~{{INR}}~~200 million<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/0LARM.php \|title=Lage Raho Munnabhai \|website=The Numbers \|publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630084100/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/0LARM.php \|archive-date=30 June 2007 \|access-date=3 May 2007}}</ref>		\| budget = [[Indian rupee\|₹]]200 million<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/0LARM.php \|title=Lage Raho Munnabhai \|website=The Numbers \|publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630084100/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/0LARM.php \|archive-date=30 June 2007 \|access-date=3 May 2007}}</ref>
	\| gross = {{estimation}} ~~{{INR}}1~~.28 billion<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/lage-raho-munnabhai/box-office/\|title=Lage Raho Munnabhai}}<br/>{{Cite web \|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4409&nCat= \|title=Top Lifetime Grossers Worldwide (IND Rs) \|website=Box Office India \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102223818/http://boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4409&nCat= \|archive-date=2 November 2013 \|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref>		\| gross = {{estimation}} ₹1.28 billion<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/lage-raho-munnabhai/box-office/\|title=Lage Raho Munnabhai}}<br/>{{Cite web \|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4409&nCat= \|title=Top Lifetime Grossers Worldwide (IND Rs) \|website=Box Office India \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102223818/http://boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4409&nCat= \|archive-date=2 November 2013 \|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref>
	}}		}}

	'''''Lage Raho Munna Bhai''''' ({{IPA-hns\|ləˈɡeː rəˈɦoː mʊnːaːˈbʱaːi\|pron\|LageRahoMunnaBhaiPronounciation.ogg}}; ~~{{trans\|~~''Keep ~~going~~, [[Munna ~~Bhai]]~~''}}) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 2006\|2006]] [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[~~Bollywood\|~~Hindi]]-[[~~Hindi~~\|~~language~~]] ~~[[comedy-~~drama]] film directed by [[Rajkumar Hirani]] and produced by [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]. It is the ~~follow-up to~~ the ~~2003~~ film ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]'' with [[Sanjay Dutt]] reprising ~~his role~~ as [[Munna Bhai]], a [[Mumbai]] [[~~Organised crime~~ in ~~India\|underworld don~~]]. In ~~''Lage Raho Munna Bhai''~~, the eponymous lead character ~~starts~~ to see the ~~spirit~~ of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. Through his interactions with Gandhi, he begins to practice what he refers to as ''[[Gandhigiri]]'' (a [[neologism]] for [[Gandhism]]) to help ordinary people solve their problems.		'''''Lage Raho Munna Bhai''''' ({{IPA-hns\|ləˈɡeː rəˈɦoː mʊnːaːˈbʱaːi\|pron\|LageRahoMunnaBhaiPronounciation.ogg}}; translation: ''Keep Going, Munna Bro'') is a [[List of Bollywood films of 2006\|2006]] [[Cinema of India\|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language satirical [[Comedy film\|comedy]] drama film written, edited and directed by [[Rajkumar Hirani]], who also co-wrote the screenplay with [[Abhijat Joshi]], and produced by [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]] under the production banner of [[Vinod Chopra Films]]. The film was released worldwide on 1 September 2006 and is the second installment of the [[Munna Bhai (film series)\|''Munna Bhai'' film series]] after its prequel, ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]'' (2003), with [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Arshad Warsi]] reprising their roles as [[Munna Bhai]], a gangster in the [[Organised crime in India\|Mumbai underworld]], and his sidekick, Circuit, respectively. [[Vidya Balan]] portrays the female lead, replacing [[Gracy Singh]] from the original, while several other actors from the prequel, notably [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] and [[Boman Irani]], appear in new roles, and [[Dia Mirza]] also appears in a small role in the film. In this film, the eponymous lead character begins to see the soul of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], which is portrayed by [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]]. Through his interactions with Gandhi, he begins to practice what he refers to as "[[Gandhigiri]]" (a neologism for "[[Gandhism]]") to help ordinary people solve their problems.


	The film won widespread critical acclaim and had a number of prominent screenings. It was a box-office success and received a "blockbuster" rating by the website ''Box Office India'' after grossing over {{INRConvert\|1.270\|b\|year=2006}} worldwide. It was the recipient of a number of awards, including 4 [[National Film Awards]].<ref name="boind">{{Cite news \|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg== \|title=Box Office 2006 (Figures in Ind Rs) \|work=Box Office India \|access-date=3 February 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020213049/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg%3D%3D \|archive-date=20 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="natawards">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023094051/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=23 October 2012 \|title=Munna Bhai sweeps National Film Awards \|date=10 June 2008 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=2 March 2009}}</ref> ''Lage Raho Munna Bhai'' was the first Hindi film to be shown at the United Nations,<ref name=praise /><ref name="unscreen">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|title=UN members laughed and applauded at 'Lage Raho... \|last=Indo-Asian News Service \|date=14 November 2006 \|work=glamsham.com \|access-date=14 November 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620141533/http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|archive-date=20 June 2007 \|publisher=Fifth Quarter Infomedia Pvt. Ltd.}}</ref> and was screened at the ''[[2007 Cannes Film Festival#Tous Les Cinemas du Monde\|Tous Les Cinema du Monde]]'' section of the [[2007 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name=hot /><ref name="stuns">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|title='Lage Raho Munnabhai' stuns Cannes \|last=Adarsh \|first=Taran \|date=22 May 2007 \|access-date=6 December 2012 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203151616/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|archive-date=3 February 2014 \|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref> The film popularised the term ''Gandhigiri''.<ref name="gandhighiri2009">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|title=Bole tho... Gandhigiri \|last=Allagh \|first=Harjeet Kaur \|date=31 January 2009 \|work=The Hindu \|access-date=2 March 2009 \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103035732/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|archive-date=3 January 2013 }}</ref><ref name="mridulatoi060929">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017170830/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 October 2012 \|title=Gandhigiri, a cool way to live \|last=Chunduri \|first=Mridula \|date=29 September 2006 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=29 September 2006 }}</ref><ref name="Sharmaboston">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|title=How Gandhi got his mojo back \|last=Sharma \|first=Swati Gauri \|date=13 October 2006 \|work=boston.com \|access-date=13 October 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026122053/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|archive-date=26 October 2006 \|publisher=The New York Times Company}}</ref> Vidhu Vinod Chopra submitted the film as an independent entry for the ~~[[List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film\|~~2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film]]. It was later remade in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] as ''[[Shankar Dada Zindabad]]'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/shankardada-zindabad-review-telugu-pclwsvgjehieg.html \|title=Shankardada Zindabad \|date=27 July 2007 \|website=[[Sify]] \|access-date=27 July 2018}}</ref>		The film won widespread critical acclaim and had a number of prominent screenings. It was a box-office success and received a "blockbuster" rating by the website ''Box Office India'' after grossing over {{INRConvert\|1.270\|b\|year=2006}} worldwide. It was the recipient of a number of awards, including 4 [[National Film Awards]].<ref name="boind">{{Cite news \|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg== \|title=Box Office 2006 (Figures in Ind Rs) \|work=Box Office India \|access-date=3 February 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020213049/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg%3D%3D \|archive-date=20 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="natawards">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023094051/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-06-11/india/27782694_1_bengali-film-malayalam-film-54th-national-film-awards \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=23 October 2012 \|title=Munna Bhai sweeps National Film Awards \|date=10 June 2008 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=2 March 2009}}</ref> ''Lage Raho Munna Bhai'' was the first Hindi film to be shown at the United Nations,<ref name=praise /><ref name="unscreen">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|title=UN members laughed and applauded at 'Lage Raho... \|last=Indo-Asian News Service \|date=14 November 2006 \|work=glamsham.com \|access-date=14 November 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620141533/http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/06/nov/14_lage_raho_munna_bhai_rajkumar_hirani.asp \|archive-date=20 June 2007 \|publisher=Fifth Quarter Infomedia Pvt. Ltd.}}</ref> and was screened at the ''2007 Cannes Film Festival#Tous Les Cinemas du Monde\|Tous Les Cinema du Monde'' section of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.<ref name=hot /><ref name="stuns">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|title='Lage Raho Munnabhai' stuns Cannes \|last=Adarsh \|first=Taran \|date=22 May 2007 \|access-date=6 December 2012 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203151616/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1177154/Lage-Raho-Munnabhai-stuns-Cannes \|archive-date=3 February 2014 \|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref> The film popularised the term ''Gandhigiri''.<ref name="gandhighiri2009">{{Cite news \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|title=Bole tho... Gandhigiri \|last=Allagh \|first=Harjeet Kaur \|date=31 January 2009 \|work=The Hindu \|access-date=2 March 2009 \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103035732/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2009013153790300.htm&date=2009/01/31/&prd=mp& \|archive-date=3 January 2013 }}</ref><ref name="mridulatoi060929">{{Cite news \|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017170830/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-09-29/hyderabad/27786386_1_gandhigiri-gandhi-jayanti-gandhiji \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 October 2012 \|title=Gandhigiri, a cool way to live \|last=Chunduri \|first=Mridula \|date=29 September 2006 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=29 September 2006 }}</ref><ref name="Sharmaboston">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|title=How Gandhi got his mojo back \|last=Sharma \|first=Swati Gauri \|date=13 October 2006 \|work=boston.com \|access-date=13 October 2006 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026122053/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/ \|archive-date=26 October 2006 \|publisher=The New York Times Company}}</ref> Vidhu Vinod Chopra submitted the film as an independent entry for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. It was later remade in [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] as ''[[Shankar Dada Zindabad]]'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/shankardada-zindabad-review-telugu-pclwsvgjehieg.html \|title=Shankardada Zindabad \|date=27 July 2007 \|website=[[Sify]] \|access-date=27 July 2018}}</ref>

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	~~{{Portal\|Bollywood}}~~
	* [[List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi]]		* [[List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi]]