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{{short description|2003 film directed by Rajkumar Hirani}} | {{short description|2003 film directed by Rajkumar Hirani}} | ||
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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| name = Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | | name = Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | ||
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| caption = Theatrical release poster | | caption = Theatrical release poster | ||
| director = [[Rajkumar Hirani]] | | director = [[Rajkumar Hirani]] | ||
| writer = '''Screenplay:''' | | writer = {{unbulleted list|'''Screenplay:''' Rajkumar Hirani,<br />[[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]|'''Dialogues:''' [[Abbas Tyrewala]]}} | ||
| story = Rajkumar Hirani | | story = Rajkumar Hirani | ||
| producer = Vidhu Vinod Chopra | | producer = Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ||
| starring = [[Sanjay Dutt]] | | starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Sunil Dutt]]|[[Sanjay Dutt]]|[[Gracy Singh]]|[[Jimmy Sheirgill]]|[[Arshad Warsi]]|[[Rohini Hattangadi]]|[[Boman Irani]]}} | ||
| cinematography = [[Binod Pradhan]] | | cinematography = [[Binod Pradhan]] | ||
| editing = [[Pradeep Sarkar]] | | editing = {{unbulleted list|[[Pradeep Sarkar]]|Rajkumar Hirani}} | ||
| music = '''Score:''' | | music = {{unbulleted list|'''Score:''' Sanjay Wandrekar|'''Songs:''' [[Anu Malik]]}} | ||
| studio = [[Vinod Chopra Films|Vinod Chopra Productions]] | | studio = {{unbulleted list|[[Vinod Chopra Films|Vinod Chopra Productions]]|[[Manmohan Shetty|Entertainment One]]}} | ||
| released = {{film date|2003|12|19|[[India]]}} | | distributors = [[AA Films]] | ||
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2003|12|19|[[India]]}} | |||
| runtime = 150 minutes | | runtime = 150 minutes | ||
| country = India | | country = India | ||
| language = Hindi | | language = Hindi | ||
| budget = {{INR}} | | budget = {{INR|100 million}}<ref name="boi">{{cite web|title=Munnabhai M.B.B.S.|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/munnabhai_mbbs|website=Box Office India|access-date=6 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801070153/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/munnabhai_mbbs|archive-date=1 August 2015}}</ref> | ||
| gross = {{INR}} | | gross = {{estimation}} {{INR|410 million}}<ref name="boi" /> | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.''''' is a 2003 Indian [[comedy | '''''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.''''' ({{translation|'''''Munna Brother M.B.B.S.'''''}}) is a 2003 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[comedy drama]] film directed by [[Rajkumar Hirani]] (in his directorial debut) and produced by [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]. It loosely resembles the 1998 American biographical comedy ''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]''. Released in [[India]] on 19 December 2003, it features [[Sunil Dutt]] in his final film role as the father to his real-life son, [[Sanjay Dutt]], who stars as the titular character. The cast also includes [[Gracy Singh]], [[Jimmy Sheirgill]], [[Arshad Warsi]], [[Rohini Hattangadi]], and [[Boman Irani]]. | ||
Based in [[Mumbai]], | Based in [[Mumbai]], the films follows Munna Bhai (Sanjay Dutt), a goon who tries to please his father (Sunil Dutt) by pretending to be a doctor. When a doctor, Asthana (Irani), exposes Munna's lies and tarnishes his father's honor, Munna enrols in a medical college. Hijinks ensue when Munna, upon finding that Asthana is the college's dean, vows revenge, while also sparking a romance with a house doctor, Suman (Singh), unaware that she is Asthana's daughter. | ||
''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.'' was a major critical and commercial success, and was later followed by a second film ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'', thus becoming the first installment of the ''[[Munna Bhai (film series)|Munna Bhai film series]]''. Hirani revealed in an interview in September 2019 that production on the third Munna Bhai film starring Dutt in the title role will begin in towards the end of 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/work-on-munnabhai-3-to-begin-next-year-vidhu-vinod-chopra/1/776723.html|title=Work on Munnabhai 3 to begin next year: Vidhu Vinod Chopra|website=India Today}}</ref> The film went on to win the 2004 | ''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.'' was a major critical and commercial success, and was later followed by a second film ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'', thus becoming the first installment of the ''[[Munna Bhai (film series)|Munna Bhai film series]]''. Hirani revealed in an interview in September 2019 that production on the third Munna Bhai film starring Dutt in the title role will begin in towards the end of 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/work-on-munnabhai-3-to-begin-next-year-vidhu-vinod-chopra/1/776723.html|title=Work on Munnabhai 3 to begin next year: Vidhu Vinod Chopra|website=India Today}}</ref> The film went on to win the 2004 [[National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment|National Film Award for Best Popular Film]], and several [[Filmfare awards]], including the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film (Critics)]] and [[Filmfare Best Screenplay Award|Best Screenplay]]. At the box office, it achieved a silver jubilee status (25-week run) being one of only eight films to have achieved this status since the year 2000. In its 26th week of release, the film could still be found playing on 300 screens throughout India.<ref name=g>{{cite web|title=Top Earners 2003|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw==|publisher=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=10 July 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525225820/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw==|archive-date=25 May 2012}}</ref> | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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Murliprasad Sharma (nicknamed Munnabhai) is a goon in [[Mumbai]]. His father, Hariprasad Sharma, had wished him to be a medical doctor, so he creates the faux "Shri Hariprasad Sharma Charitable Hospital", named after his father, and pretends to live in accordance with this wish whenever his father and mother Parvati visit him in Mumbai. One fateful day, however, Munna's plan goes awry when Hari meets an old acquaintance, Dr. Jagdish Chandra Asthana, and the two older men decide to betroth Munna to Asthana's daughter, "Chinki". At this point, Munna's cover is blown, and Asthana insults Munna's parents for being ignorant of Munna's real life. Hari and Parvati, aghast and later heartbroken, leave for their village. | |||
Munna, in grief and despair, decides that the only way to redeem himself and | Munna, in grief and despair, decides that the only way to redeem himself and take revenge against the spiteful Asthana is to become a doctor. With the help of his right-hand man Circuit and others, Munna gains admission to a medical college in order to obtain an [[Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery#India|MBBS]] degree by using Dr. Rustam Pawri, a faculty member of "Imperial Institute of Medical Studies" as a prop to write the pre-medical examinations. He again encounters Dr. Asthana in the same college, who is the dean. His success there becomes dependent upon the (coerced) help of Rustam, which includes situations such as cheating in the sessionals. | ||
Although he has no medical skills, Munna transforms those around him with the "Jadoo Ki Jhappi" ("magical hug") – a method of comfort taught to Munna by his mother – and the compassion he shows towards those in need. Despite the school's emphasis on mechanical, Cartesian, impersonal and often bureaucratic relationships between doctors and patients, Munna constantly seeks to impose a more empathetic and almost holistic regimen around himself. Attempting to treat a brain-dead patient, Anand Banerjee, in his own empathetic and compassionate style, he defies all convention by interacting on familiar but autocratic terms with patients, humiliating school bullies, effusively thanking a hitherto underappreciated janitor, and encouraging the patients themselves to make changes in their lives, so that they do not need drugs or surgery. | Although he has no medical skills, Munna transforms those around him with the "Jadoo Ki Jhappi" ("magical hug") – a method of comfort taught to Munna by his mother – and the compassion he shows towards those in need. Despite the school's emphasis on mechanical, Cartesian, impersonal and often bureaucratic relationships between doctors and patients, Munna constantly seeks to impose a more empathetic and almost holistic regimen around himself. Attempting to treat a brain-dead patient, Anand Banerjee, in his own empathetic and compassionate style, he defies all convention by interacting on familiar but autocratic terms with patients, humiliating school bullies, effusively thanking a hitherto underappreciated janitor, and encouraging the patients themselves to make changes in their lives, so that they do not need drugs or surgery. | ||
Asthana, who perceives all this as symptoms of [[Chaos (cosmogony)|chaos]], is unable to prevent it from expanding and gaining ground at his college. He | Asthana, who perceives all this as symptoms of [[Chaos (cosmogony)|chaos]], is unable to prevent it from expanding and gaining ground at his college. He begins laughing in a way that implies that he has gone insanely mad, as an attempt to practice "laughter therapy", which serves more to convey his anger than diffuse it. Meanwhile, the carefree Munna finds himself unreservedly infatuated with Dr. Suman, who, it turns out, is Asthana's daughter. Unaware that Dr. Suman and his childhood friend "Chinki" are one and the same; an ignorance that Suman hilariously exploits to a point where he is bluffed into believing "Chinki" is not his type anymore, Munna decides to confess his feelings for Suman and abandon his personal vendetta against "Chinki" and Asthana. | ||
Meanwhile, as he tries to fulfill the last wishes of a cancer patient, Zaheer, who is relieved by a gesture from Munna's side that Asthana deems controversial for the college's discipline, Munna cures Rustam's dying father by his own methods, which earns him Rustam's respect and leads Zaheer to consider Munna an almost "divine" man. Asthana tries several times to expel Munna but is often thwarted by Munna's wit or the affection with which the others at the college, including, to some extent, Suman herself, regard Munna, having gained superior self-esteem by his methods. Asthana keeps a challenge that Munna can stay in college only if he passes the exam under his supervision. Everyone accepts the challenge. During the preparation, Zaheer collapses to a worsening health and calls for Munna, asking him to save his life, but unfortunately | Meanwhile, as he tries to fulfill the last wishes of a cancer patient, Zaheer, who is relieved by a gesture from Munna's side that Asthana deems controversial for the college's discipline, Munna cures Rustam's dying father by his own methods, which earns him Rustam's respect and leads Zaheer to consider Munna an almost "divine" man. Asthana tries several times to expel Munna but is often thwarted by Munna's wit or the affection with which the others at the college, including, to some extent, Suman herself, regard Munna, having gained superior self-esteem by his methods. Asthana keeps a challenge that Munna can stay in college only if he passes the exam under his supervision. Everyone accepts the challenge. During the preparation, Zaheer collapses to a worsening health and calls for Munna, asking him to save his life, but unfortunately, he dies in Munna's arms. | ||
The next morning, Munna starts answering the questions well, but Asthana stops the staff and says he will ask all the forthcoming questions, shocking everyone. Munna is unable to answer and is shamed into leaving the college. He confesses the truth to everyone and breaks down about his guilt to Zaheer, his parents, and everyone he cared for. Everyone except Asthana is moved to tears by his speech. In the moments immediately following Munna's departure, Anand miraculously awakens from his vegetative state. Suman, at this point, realizes Munna as the miracle behind Anand's recovery and gives a heartfelt speech criticizing her father for having banished Munna, saying that to do so is to banish hope, compassion, love, and happiness from the college. Asthana eventually realises his folly. | |||
Hari and Parvati reconcile with Munna that night, asking him to meet "Chinki"; when he goes to meet "Chinki" atop the terrace, he finds out that "Chinki" is in fact Suman herself. The medical college – under Rustam Pavri's management since Asthana's retirement – begins to imitate Munna's radical methods of treatment. Munna and Suman open a hospital in Munna's home village, where they implement Munna's ideas daily, while Asthana is revealed to have picked up Munna's lingo there as the head doctor, while also implementing the fun-oriented methods used by Munna earlier. This, in addition to the birth of their | Hari and Parvati reconcile with Munna that night, asking him to meet "Chinki"; when he goes to meet "Chinki" atop the terrace, he finds out that "Chinki" is in fact Suman herself. The medical college – under Rustam Pavri's management since Asthana's retirement – begins to imitate Munna's radical methods of treatment. Following their marriage, Munna and Suman open a hospital in Munna's home village, where they implement Munna's ideas daily, while Asthana is revealed to have picked up Munna's lingo there as the head doctor, while also implementing the fun-oriented methods used by Munna earlier. This, in addition to the birth of their children, earns Munna the nickname "Munnabhai – M.B.B.S. – Miya Biwi Bachhon Samet" (literally "Husband Wife with Children") even though he does not become a doctor. His sidekick Circuit also marries and has a son, who is nicknamed "Short Circuit". As the film concludes, Anand, restored to normal mental health, narrates the story to a few children as he is about to leave for [[Kolkata]]. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
The cast is listed below (according to credits):- | |||
* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as | * [[Sunil Dutt]] as Shri Hariprasad Sharma, Munna's father | ||
* [[Gracy Singh]] as Dr. Suman | * [[Sanjay Dutt]] as [[Munna Bhai|Murliprasad "Munna Bhai" Sharma]], a gangster and medical student in Mumbai | ||
* [[Gracy Singh]] as Dr. Suman "Chinki" Asthana, Dr. Asthana's daughter and a doctor who works alongside her father in the same hospital | |||
* [[Jimmy Shergill]] as Zaheer Ali, Suman's hospital patient & Munna's friend | * [[Jimmy Shergill]] as Zaheer Ali, Suman's hospital patient & Munna's friend | ||
* [[ | * [[Arshad Warsi]] as Sarkeshwar "Circuit" Sharma, Munna's sidekick | ||
* [[Rohini Hattangadi]] as Parvati Sharma, Munna's mother | * [[Rohini Hattangadi]] as Parvati Sharma, Munna's mother | ||
* [[ | * [[Boman Irani]] as Dr. Jagdish Chandra "J.C." Asthana, Chinki's father and the college's dean | ||
* [[Kurush Deboo]] as Dr. Rustam | * [[Kurush Deboo]] as Dr. Rustam Pawri | ||
* [[Yatin Karyekar]] as Anand Banerji, hospital patient | * [[Yatin Karyekar]] as Anand Banerji, hospital patient | ||
* [[Rohitash Gaud]] as the Tender Coconut Seller at | * [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] as a pickpocket who tried to steal Hari's wallet (special appearance) | ||
* [[Rohitash Gaud]] as the Tender Coconut Seller at Park | |||
* [[Neha Dubey]] as fake Chinki, Suman's friend | * [[Neha Dubey]] as fake Chinki, Suman's friend | ||
* [[Mumaith Khan]] as Nandini, the dancer in the song 'Dekh Le' (special appearance) | * [[Mumaith Khan]] as Nandini 'Reena', the dancer in the song 'Dekh Le' (special appearance) | ||
* [[Priya Bapat]] as 1st Year Medical Student | * [[Priya Bapat]] as 1st Year Medical Student | ||
* [[Pushkar Shrotri]] as a | * [[Pushkar Shrotri]] as a Professor in the college | ||
* Sundeep Suthar as Chaiwallah | * [[Sundeep Suthar]] as Chaiwallah | ||
* Vishal Thakkar as Karan, the suicide patient | * [[Vishal Thakkar]] as Karan Singh, the suicide patient | ||
*Khurshed Lawyer as | * [[Khurshed Lawyer]] as Nagrajan Swamy, Munna's roommate and friend | ||
== Production == | == Production == | ||
In an interview, Hirani discussed how the idea for the film emerged from his interaction with some friends who were medical students.<ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBLgcWf6h0o | title=My First Film Rajkumar Hirani Munna Bhai MBBS Anupama Chopra | date=10 August 2016 | access-date=7 May 2018}}</ref> Later, he also had the opportunity to interact with a lot of medical professionals when some members of his family became sick. These experiences gave birth to the idea for the film. | In an interview, Hirani discussed how the idea for the film emerged from his interaction with some friends who were medical students.<ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBLgcWf6h0o | title=My First Film Rajkumar Hirani Munna Bhai MBBS Anupama Chopra | website=[[YouTube]] | date=10 August 2016 | access-date=7 May 2018}}</ref> Later, he also had the opportunity to interact with a lot of medical professionals when some members of his family became sick. These experiences gave birth to the idea for the film. | ||
During the scripting stage, Hirani wanted [[Anil Kapoor]] to play the lead role.<ref name="auto"/> However, [[Shah Rukh Khan]] was later cast as Munna along with [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Zaheer but due to his back problems Khan was forced to turn down the film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sharma |first=Gaurav |url=http://www.bollywoodmantra.com/news/shahrukh-khan-was-the-original-munnabhai/79/ |title=Shahrukh Khan was the original Munnabhai | Shahrukh Khan | Munnabhai Mbbs |publisher=Bollywoodmantra.com |date=8 December 2003 |access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/did-you-know-/Shah-Rukh-Khan-as-Munnabhai/articleshow/9430485.cms?referral=PM |title=Shah Rukh Khan as Munnabhai? - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=1 October 2012 |access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-why-shah-rukh-khan-backed-out-of-munnabhai-1670129 |title=Why Shah Rukh Khan backed out of 'Munnabhai' | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=1 April 2012 |access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Sanjay-Dutt-replaces-Shah-Rukh-in-new-movie/articleshow/13988236.cms?referral=PM |title=Sanjay Dutt replaces Shah Rukh in new movie – The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=24 June 2002 |access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/shah-rukh-khan-was-the-first-choice-for-munnabhai/244771-8-102.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225180642/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/shah-rukh-khan-was-the-first-choice-for-munnabhai/244771-8-102.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 February 2014 |title=Shah Rukh was the first choice for 'Munnabhai' – IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=1 April 2012 |access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/films/bollywood/2003/11/mbbs_preview.shtml |title=Shropshire – Bollywood – Munnabhai MBBS Preview |work=BBC.co.uk |date=19 December 2003 |access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref> Nevertheless, the end credits of the film thank Khan for his inputs into the script.<ref name="auto"/> Hirani also narrated the script to [[Aishwarya Rai]] during the time he was in talks with Shahrukh Khan.<ref name="auto"/> Khan and Rai were working together on [[Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas]] at the time. [[Vivek Oberoi]] was considered for the role but in the end Sanjay Dutt took the role as Munna, which ultimately gave him an image make over and helped change the public perception of the controversial superstar; his real-life father [[Sunil Dutt]] returned to | During the scripting stage, Hirani wanted [[Anil Kapoor]] to play the lead role.<ref name="auto" /> However, [[Shah Rukh Khan]] was later cast as Munna along with [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Zaheer but due to his back problems Khan was forced to turn down the film.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sharma |first=Gaurav |url=http://www.bollywoodmantra.com/news/shahrukh-khan-was-the-original-munnabhai/79/ |title=Shahrukh Khan was the original Munnabhai | Shahrukh Khan | Munnabhai Mbbs |publisher=Bollywoodmantra.com |date=8 December 2003 |access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/did-you-know-/Shah-Rukh-Khan-as-Munnabhai/articleshow/9430485.cms?referral=PM |title=Shah Rukh Khan as Munnabhai? - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=1 October 2012 |access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-why-shah-rukh-khan-backed-out-of-munnabhai-1670129 |title=Why Shah Rukh Khan backed out of 'Munnabhai' | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=1 April 2012 |access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Sanjay-Dutt-replaces-Shah-Rukh-in-new-movie/articleshow/13988236.cms?referral=PM |title=Sanjay Dutt replaces Shah Rukh in new movie – The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=24 June 2002 |access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/shah-rukh-khan-was-the-first-choice-for-munnabhai/244771-8-102.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225180642/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/shah-rukh-khan-was-the-first-choice-for-munnabhai/244771-8-102.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 February 2014 |title=Shah Rukh was the first choice for 'Munnabhai' – IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=1 April 2012 |access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/films/bollywood/2003/11/mbbs_preview.shtml |title=Shropshire – Bollywood – Munnabhai MBBS Preview |work=BBC.co.uk |date=19 December 2003 |access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref> Nevertheless, the end credits of the film thank Khan for his inputs into the script.<ref name="auto" /> Hirani also narrated the script to [[Aishwarya Rai]] during the time he was in talks with Shahrukh Khan.<ref name="auto" /> Khan and Rai were working together on [[Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas]] at the time. [[Vivek Oberoi]] was considered for the role, but in the end Sanjay Dutt took the role as Munna, which ultimately gave him an image make over and helped change the public perception of the controversial superstar; his real-life father [[Sunil Dutt]] returned to the silver screen after 10 years to play Munna's father. This is the first and only film in which real-life father and son Sunil and Sanjay appear together, although they both appeared in ''[[Reshma Aur Shera]]'' (1971), ''Rocky'' (1981) and ''Kshatriya'' (1993) but not in any scenes together. | ||
The original choice for Circuit's role was [[Makarand Deshpande]]. [[Arshad Warsi]] took over the role which proved to be a turning point for his career. | The original choice for Circuit's role was [[Makarand Deshpande]]. [[Arshad Warsi]] took over the role which proved to be a turning point for his career. | ||
The scenes of the Medical College were shot at the Agriculture College of [[Pune]] and [[Grant Medical College]] [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/nitesh-rane-bails-out-marathi-filmmaker_797385.html | title=Nitesh Rane bails out Marathi filmmaker | publisher=Money Control | date=19 December 2012 | access-date=5 April 2013}}</ref> | The scenes of the Medical College were shot at the Agriculture College of [[Pune]] and [[Grant Medical College]] [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/nitesh-rane-bails-out-marathi-filmmaker_797385.html | title=Nitesh Rane bails out Marathi filmmaker | publisher=Money Control | date=19 December 2012 | access-date=5 April 2013}}</ref> | ||
The film has a similar premise to the 1998 American film ''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]'', starring [[Robin Williams]]. The producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, however, denies there being a resemblance, and says that he had not watched the film before the release of ''Munna Bhai''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Robin Williams: The man Bollywood thanks profusely for 'Mrs Doubtfire' and 'Patch Adams' that influenced two beloved Hindi films|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/robin-williams-the-man-bollywood-thanks-profusely-for-mrs-doubtfire-and-patch-adams-that-influenced-two-beloved-hindi-films-707414.html|work=[[ | The film has a similar premise to the 1998 American film ''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]'', starring [[Robin Williams]]. The producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, however, denies there being a resemblance, and says that he had not watched the film before the release of ''Munna Bhai''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Robin Williams: The man Bollywood thanks profusely for 'Mrs Doubtfire' and 'Patch Adams' that influenced two beloved Hindi films|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/robin-williams-the-man-bollywood-thanks-profusely-for-mrs-doubtfire-and-patch-adams-that-influenced-two-beloved-hindi-films-707414.html|work=[[News18]]|date=12 August 2014}}</ref> | ||
Hirani did not have a big budget to shoot the film. As a result, he had to change the way certain scenes were shot. For example, the film ends with stills of Munna Bhai's wedding. Hirani was told that setting up a wedding stage and making a wedding outfit for Gracie Singh would cost him several thousand rupees. To save on some of that money, Hirani arranged to have the stills shot on an actual wedding stage set up for a real wedding near the sets. The production team reached an agreement with the wedding hall management and used their stage after a wedding ended.<ref name="auto"/> | Hirani did not have a big budget to shoot the film. As a result, he had to change the way certain scenes were shot. For example, the film ends with stills of Munna Bhai's wedding. Hirani was told that setting up a wedding stage and making a wedding outfit for Gracie Singh would cost him several thousand rupees. To save on some of that money, Hirani arranged to have the stills shot on an actual wedding stage set up for a real wedding near the sets. The production team reached an agreement with the wedding hall management and used their stage after a wedding ended.<ref name="auto" /> | ||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Infobox album | {{Infobox album | ||
| name | | name = Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | ||
| type | | type = Soundtrack | ||
| artist | | artist = [[Anu Malik]] | ||
| cover | | cover = | ||
| alt | | alt = | ||
| released | | released = 2003 | ||
| recorded | | recorded = 2003 | ||
| venue | | venue = | ||
| studio | | studio = | ||
| genre | | genre = [[Soundtrack]] | ||
| length | | length = 33:39 | ||
| label | | label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] | ||
| producer | | producer = [[Anu Malik]] | ||
| prev_title = [[LOC: Kargil]] | | prev_title = [[LOC: Kargil]] | ||
| prev_year | | prev_year = 2003 | ||
| next_title = [[Murder (2004 film)|Murder]] | | next_title = [[Murder (2004 film)|Murder]] | ||
| next_year | | next_year = 2004 | ||
}} | }} | ||
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==Accolades== | == Accolades == | ||
''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.'' was the recipient of a number of awards. At the | ''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.'' was the recipient of a number of awards. At the [[50th Filmfare Awards]], it received the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film (Critics)]], [[Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]], the [[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]], and [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Comedian]] (for Warsi) in addition to four other nominations. It won a number of awards at the 2004 [[Zee Cine Awards]] including Best Debuting Director, [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role|Best Actor in a Comic Role]] (for Warsi), Best Cinematography, and Best Dialogue. | ||
Other ceremonies include the 2004 [[National Film Awards]] where it won the [[National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment|National Film Award for Best Popular Film]] and the 2004 [[International Indian Film Academy Awards]] where it won the [[IIFA Best Comedian Award]]. | Other ceremonies include the 2004 [[National Film Awards]] where it won the [[National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment|National Film Award for Best Popular Film]] and the 2004 [[International Indian Film Academy Awards]] where it won the [[IIFA Best Comedian Award]]. | ||
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|[[IIFA Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] | |[[IIFA Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] | ||
|[[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]], [[Rajkumar Hirani]], Lajan Joseph | |[[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]], [[Rajkumar Hirani]], Lajan Joseph | ||
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|[[IIFA Award for Best | |[[IIFA Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyrics]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Rahat Indori]] <small>(for the song "Dekhle Aankhon Mein Aankhen Daal")</small> | ||
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|[[IIFA Award for Best | |[[IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]] | ||
|[[ | |[[Sunidhi Chauhan]] <small>(for the song "Dekhle Aankhon Mein Aankhen Daal")</small> | ||
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| rowspan="8" |[[Producers | | rowspan="8" |[[Producers Guild Film Awards]] | ||
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== Sequel == | |||
''{{Main|Lage Raho Munna Bhai}}'' | |||
In February 2004, after the success of ''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.'', [[Rajkumar Hirani]] decided to work on his next project. He, along with his co-writer [[Abhijat Joshi]], started to write the script of their new film. They didn't wanted that script to include Munnabhai but after they wrote it, the script eventually turned out to be of ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]''. [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Sunil Dutt]], [[Arshad Warsi]] and [[Boman Irani]] were to reprise their roles but after the death of Sunil in May 2005, Hirani decided that the film will only have Sanjay & Warsi to reprise their characters from ''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.'' and other actors like [[Boman Irani]] and [[Jimmy Shergill]] were cast in new roles. ''Lage Raho Munna Bhai'' was released on 1 September 2006 and turned out to be a huge success. | |||
Munna Bhai part 3 is still in making. | |||
== Remakes == | == Remakes == | ||
The film was remade in Tamil as ''[[Vasool Raja MBBS]]'' (2004), in Telugu as ''[[Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.]]'' (2004), in Kannada as ''[[Uppi Dada M.B.B.S.]]'' (2007) and in Sinhala as ''[[Dr. Nawariyan]]'' (2017). | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 18:26, 21 June 2022
| Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Rajkumar Hirani |
| Produced by | Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| Written by |
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| Story by | Rajkumar Hirani |
| Starring | |
| Music by |
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| Cinematography | Binod Pradhan |
| Edited by |
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Production company | |
| Distributed by | AA Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹100 million[1] |
| Box office | est. ₹410 million[1] |
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (transl. Munna Brother M.B.B.S.) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Rajkumar Hirani (in his directorial debut) and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It loosely resembles the 1998 American biographical comedy Patch Adams. Released in India on 19 December 2003, it features Sunil Dutt in his final film role as the father to his real-life son, Sanjay Dutt, who stars as the titular character. The cast also includes Gracy Singh, Jimmy Sheirgill, Arshad Warsi, Rohini Hattangadi, and Boman Irani.
Based in Mumbai, the films follows Munna Bhai (Sanjay Dutt), a goon who tries to please his father (Sunil Dutt) by pretending to be a doctor. When a doctor, Asthana (Irani), exposes Munna's lies and tarnishes his father's honor, Munna enrols in a medical college. Hijinks ensue when Munna, upon finding that Asthana is the college's dean, vows revenge, while also sparking a romance with a house doctor, Suman (Singh), unaware that she is Asthana's daughter.
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. was a major critical and commercial success, and was later followed by a second film Lage Raho Munna Bhai, thus becoming the first installment of the Munna Bhai film series. Hirani revealed in an interview in September 2019 that production on the third Munna Bhai film starring Dutt in the title role will begin in towards the end of 2020.[2] The film went on to win the 2004 National Film Award for Best Popular Film, and several Filmfare awards, including the Best Film (Critics) and Best Screenplay. At the box office, it achieved a silver jubilee status (25-week run) being one of only eight films to have achieved this status since the year 2000. In its 26th week of release, the film could still be found playing on 300 screens throughout India.[3]
Plot
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Murliprasad Sharma (nicknamed Munnabhai) is a goon in Mumbai. His father, Hariprasad Sharma, had wished him to be a medical doctor, so he creates the faux "Shri Hariprasad Sharma Charitable Hospital", named after his father, and pretends to live in accordance with this wish whenever his father and mother Parvati visit him in Mumbai. One fateful day, however, Munna's plan goes awry when Hari meets an old acquaintance, Dr. Jagdish Chandra Asthana, and the two older men decide to betroth Munna to Asthana's daughter, "Chinki". At this point, Munna's cover is blown, and Asthana insults Munna's parents for being ignorant of Munna's real life. Hari and Parvati, aghast and later heartbroken, leave for their village.
Munna, in grief and despair, decides that the only way to redeem himself and take revenge against the spiteful Asthana is to become a doctor. With the help of his right-hand man Circuit and others, Munna gains admission to a medical college in order to obtain an MBBS degree by using Dr. Rustam Pawri, a faculty member of "Imperial Institute of Medical Studies" as a prop to write the pre-medical examinations. He again encounters Dr. Asthana in the same college, who is the dean. His success there becomes dependent upon the (coerced) help of Rustam, which includes situations such as cheating in the sessionals.
Although he has no medical skills, Munna transforms those around him with the "Jadoo Ki Jhappi" ("magical hug") – a method of comfort taught to Munna by his mother – and the compassion he shows towards those in need. Despite the school's emphasis on mechanical, Cartesian, impersonal and often bureaucratic relationships between doctors and patients, Munna constantly seeks to impose a more empathetic and almost holistic regimen around himself. Attempting to treat a brain-dead patient, Anand Banerjee, in his own empathetic and compassionate style, he defies all convention by interacting on familiar but autocratic terms with patients, humiliating school bullies, effusively thanking a hitherto underappreciated janitor, and encouraging the patients themselves to make changes in their lives, so that they do not need drugs or surgery.
Asthana, who perceives all this as symptoms of chaos, is unable to prevent it from expanding and gaining ground at his college. He begins laughing in a way that implies that he has gone insanely mad, as an attempt to practice "laughter therapy", which serves more to convey his anger than diffuse it. Meanwhile, the carefree Munna finds himself unreservedly infatuated with Dr. Suman, who, it turns out, is Asthana's daughter. Unaware that Dr. Suman and his childhood friend "Chinki" are one and the same; an ignorance that Suman hilariously exploits to a point where he is bluffed into believing "Chinki" is not his type anymore, Munna decides to confess his feelings for Suman and abandon his personal vendetta against "Chinki" and Asthana.
Meanwhile, as he tries to fulfill the last wishes of a cancer patient, Zaheer, who is relieved by a gesture from Munna's side that Asthana deems controversial for the college's discipline, Munna cures Rustam's dying father by his own methods, which earns him Rustam's respect and leads Zaheer to consider Munna an almost "divine" man. Asthana tries several times to expel Munna but is often thwarted by Munna's wit or the affection with which the others at the college, including, to some extent, Suman herself, regard Munna, having gained superior self-esteem by his methods. Asthana keeps a challenge that Munna can stay in college only if he passes the exam under his supervision. Everyone accepts the challenge. During the preparation, Zaheer collapses to a worsening health and calls for Munna, asking him to save his life, but unfortunately, he dies in Munna's arms.
The next morning, Munna starts answering the questions well, but Asthana stops the staff and says he will ask all the forthcoming questions, shocking everyone. Munna is unable to answer and is shamed into leaving the college. He confesses the truth to everyone and breaks down about his guilt to Zaheer, his parents, and everyone he cared for. Everyone except Asthana is moved to tears by his speech. In the moments immediately following Munna's departure, Anand miraculously awakens from his vegetative state. Suman, at this point, realizes Munna as the miracle behind Anand's recovery and gives a heartfelt speech criticizing her father for having banished Munna, saying that to do so is to banish hope, compassion, love, and happiness from the college. Asthana eventually realises his folly.
Hari and Parvati reconcile with Munna that night, asking him to meet "Chinki"; when he goes to meet "Chinki" atop the terrace, he finds out that "Chinki" is in fact Suman herself. The medical college – under Rustam Pavri's management since Asthana's retirement – begins to imitate Munna's radical methods of treatment. Following their marriage, Munna and Suman open a hospital in Munna's home village, where they implement Munna's ideas daily, while Asthana is revealed to have picked up Munna's lingo there as the head doctor, while also implementing the fun-oriented methods used by Munna earlier. This, in addition to the birth of their children, earns Munna the nickname "Munnabhai – M.B.B.S. – Miya Biwi Bachhon Samet" (literally "Husband Wife with Children") even though he does not become a doctor. His sidekick Circuit also marries and has a son, who is nicknamed "Short Circuit". As the film concludes, Anand, restored to normal mental health, narrates the story to a few children as he is about to leave for Kolkata.
Cast
The cast is listed below (according to credits):-
- Sunil Dutt as Shri Hariprasad Sharma, Munna's father
- Sanjay Dutt as Murliprasad "Munna Bhai" Sharma, a gangster and medical student in Mumbai
- Gracy Singh as Dr. Suman "Chinki" Asthana, Dr. Asthana's daughter and a doctor who works alongside her father in the same hospital
- Jimmy Shergill as Zaheer Ali, Suman's hospital patient & Munna's friend
- Arshad Warsi as Sarkeshwar "Circuit" Sharma, Munna's sidekick
- Rohini Hattangadi as Parvati Sharma, Munna's mother
- Boman Irani as Dr. Jagdish Chandra "J.C." Asthana, Chinki's father and the college's dean
- Kurush Deboo as Dr. Rustam Pawri
- Yatin Karyekar as Anand Banerji, hospital patient
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as a pickpocket who tried to steal Hari's wallet (special appearance)
- Rohitash Gaud as the Tender Coconut Seller at Park
- Neha Dubey as fake Chinki, Suman's friend
- Mumaith Khan as Nandini 'Reena', the dancer in the song 'Dekh Le' (special appearance)
- Priya Bapat as 1st Year Medical Student
- Pushkar Shrotri as a Professor in the college
- Sundeep Suthar as Chaiwallah
- Vishal Thakkar as Karan Singh, the suicide patient
- Khurshed Lawyer as Nagrajan Swamy, Munna's roommate and friend
Production
In an interview, Hirani discussed how the idea for the film emerged from his interaction with some friends who were medical students.[4] Later, he also had the opportunity to interact with a lot of medical professionals when some members of his family became sick. These experiences gave birth to the idea for the film.
During the scripting stage, Hirani wanted Anil Kapoor to play the lead role.[4] However, Shah Rukh Khan was later cast as Munna along with Sanjay Dutt as Zaheer but due to his back problems Khan was forced to turn down the film.[5][6][7][8][9][10] Nevertheless, the end credits of the film thank Khan for his inputs into the script.[4] Hirani also narrated the script to Aishwarya Rai during the time he was in talks with Shahrukh Khan.[4] Khan and Rai were working together on Devdas at the time. Vivek Oberoi was considered for the role, but in the end Sanjay Dutt took the role as Munna, which ultimately gave him an image make over and helped change the public perception of the controversial superstar; his real-life father Sunil Dutt returned to the silver screen after 10 years to play Munna's father. This is the first and only film in which real-life father and son Sunil and Sanjay appear together, although they both appeared in Reshma Aur Shera (1971), Rocky (1981) and Kshatriya (1993) but not in any scenes together.
The original choice for Circuit's role was Makarand Deshpande. Arshad Warsi took over the role which proved to be a turning point for his career. The scenes of the Medical College were shot at the Agriculture College of Pune and Grant Medical College Mumbai.[11]
The film has a similar premise to the 1998 American film Patch Adams, starring Robin Williams. The producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, however, denies there being a resemblance, and says that he had not watched the film before the release of Munna Bhai.[12]
Hirani did not have a big budget to shoot the film. As a result, he had to change the way certain scenes were shot. For example, the film ends with stills of Munna Bhai's wedding. Hirani was told that setting up a wedding stage and making a wedding outfit for Gracie Singh would cost him several thousand rupees. To save on some of that money, Hirani arranged to have the stills shot on an actual wedding stage set up for a real wedding near the sets. The production team reached an agreement with the wedding hall management and used their stage after a wedding ended.[4]
Music
| Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 33:39 | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
| Producer | Anu Malik | |||
| Anu Malik chronology | ||||
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The music is composed by Anu Malik. Lyrics for the songs are penned by Abbas Tyrewala and Rahat Indori. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 1,000,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's one of the highest-selling.[13]
| Track list | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Chan Chan" | Vinod Rathod, Shreya Ghoshal | 7:00 | ||||||
| 2. | "Dekhle Aankhon Mein Aankhien Daal" | Sunidhi Chauhan, Anu Malik | 3:24 | ||||||
| 3. | "M Bole To" | Sanjay Dutt, Vinod Rathod, Prachi, Priya Mayekar | 8:20 | ||||||
| 4. | "Subha Ho Gayee Mamu" | Shaan | 4:01 | ||||||
| 5. | "Apun Jaise Tapori" | Vinod Rathod, Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi | 5:32 | ||||||
| 6. | "Dekhle Aankhon Mein Aankhien Daal (Remix)" | Sunidhi Chauhan, Joi Barua | 5:22 | ||||||
Total length: |
33:39 | ||||||||
Accolades
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. was the recipient of a number of awards. At the 50th Filmfare Awards, it received the Best Film (Critics), Best Screenplay, the Best Dialogue, and Best Comedian (for Warsi) in addition to four other nominations. It won a number of awards at the 2004 Zee Cine Awards including Best Debuting Director, Best Actor in a Comic Role (for Warsi), Best Cinematography, and Best Dialogue.
Other ceremonies include the 2004 National Film Awards where it won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film and the 2004 International Indian Film Academy Awards where it won the IIFA Best Comedian Award.
| Date of Ceremony | Awards | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 3 February 2005 | 51st National Film Awards | Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | Won | |
| 20 February 2004 | 49th Filmfare Awards | Best Film (Critics) | Won | ||
| Best Film | Nominated | ||||
| Best Screenplay | Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani, Lajan Joseph | Won | |||
| Best Director | Rajkumar Hirani | Nominated | |||
| Best Comedian | Sanjay Dutt | Won | |||
| Boman Irani | Nominated | ||||
| Best Dialogues | Abbas Tyrewala | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Arshad Warsi | Nominated | |||
| 22 May 2004 | International Indian Film Academy Awards | Best Screenplay | Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani, Lajan Joseph | Won | |
| Best Actor in a Comic Role | Boman Irani | Won | |||
| Best Dialogues | Abbas Tyrewala | Won | |||
| Best Film | Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing | Rajkumar Hirani | Won | |||
| Best Director | Nominated | ||||
| Best Story | Nominated | ||||
| Best Actor | Sanjay Dutt | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Arshad Warsi | Nominated | |||
| Best Music Director | Anu Malik | Nominated | |||
| Best Lyrics | Rahat Indori (for the song "Dekhle Aankhon Mein Aankhen Daal") | Nominated | |||
| Best Female Playback Singer | Sunidhi Chauhan (for the song "Dekhle Aankhon Mein Aankhen Daal") | Nominated | |||
| 28 May 2004 | Producers Guild Film Awards | Best Debut Director | Rajkumar Hirani | Won | |
| Best Editing | Won | ||||
| Best Director | Nominated | ||||
| Best Film | Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor | Sanjay Dutt | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Arshad Warsi | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani, Lajan Joseph | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Binod Pradhan | Nominated | |||
| 26 February 2004 | Zee Cine Awards | Best Actor in a Comic Role | Arshad Warsi | Won | |
| Boman Irani | Nominated | ||||
| Best Debut Director | Rajkumar Hirani | Won | |||
| Best Cinematography | Binod Pradhan | Won | |||
| Best Film | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Nominated | |||
| 2004 | Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards | Best Film (Hindi) | Won | [14] | |
| Best Actor (Hindi) | Sanjay Dutt | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor (Hindi) | Arshad Warsi | Won | |||
| Bollywood Movie Awards | Best Director | Rajkumar Hirani | Won | ||
| Most Sensational Actor | Sanjay Dutt | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Arshad Warsi | Won | |||
| 21 December 2010 | BIG Entertainment Awards | Best Film of the Decade | Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | Nominated |
Sequel
In February 2004, after the success of Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., Rajkumar Hirani decided to work on his next project. He, along with his co-writer Abhijat Joshi, started to write the script of their new film. They didn't wanted that script to include Munnabhai but after they wrote it, the script eventually turned out to be of Lage Raho Munna Bhai. Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani were to reprise their roles but after the death of Sunil in May 2005, Hirani decided that the film will only have Sanjay & Warsi to reprise their characters from Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and other actors like Boman Irani and Jimmy Shergill were cast in new roles. Lage Raho Munna Bhai was released on 1 September 2006 and turned out to be a huge success. Munna Bhai part 3 is still in making.
Remakes
The film was remade in Tamil as Vasool Raja MBBS (2004), in Telugu as Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. (2004), in Kannada as Uppi Dada M.B.B.S. (2007) and in Sinhala as Dr. Nawariyan (2017).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Munnabhai M.B.B.S." Box Office India. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ↑ "Work on Munnabhai 3 to begin next year: Vidhu Vinod Chopra". India Today.
- ↑ "Top Earners 2003". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "My First Film Rajkumar Hirani Munna Bhai MBBS Anupama Chopra". YouTube. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ↑ Sharma, Gaurav (8 December 2003). "Shahrukh Khan was the original Munnabhai | Shahrukh Khan | Munnabhai Mbbs". Bollywoodmantra.com. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Shah Rukh Khan as Munnabhai? - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Why Shah Rukh Khan backed out of 'Munnabhai' | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". Dnaindia.com. 1 April 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Sanjay Dutt replaces Shah Rukh in new movie – The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 24 June 2002. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Shah Rukh was the first choice for 'Munnabhai' – IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. 1 April 2012. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Shropshire – Bollywood – Munnabhai MBBS Preview". BBC.co.uk. 19 December 2003. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ↑ "Nitesh Rane bails out Marathi filmmaker". Money Control. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ↑ "Robin Williams: The man Bollywood thanks profusely for 'Mrs Doubtfire' and 'Patch Adams' that influenced two beloved Hindi films". News18. 12 August 2014.
- ↑ "Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008.
- ↑ "69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007". 8 January 2010. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2019.