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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
| name          = Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
| image          = Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. poster.jpg
| image          =  
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| caption        =  
| director      = [[Rajkumar Hirani]]
| director      = [[Rajkumar Hirani]]
| writer        = {{unbulleted list|'''Screenplay:''' Rajkumar Hirani,<br />[[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]|'''Dialogues:''' [[Abbas Tyrewala]]}}
| 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      = {{unbulleted list|[[Sunil Dutt]]|[[Sanjay Dutt]]|[[Gracy Singh]]|[[Jimmy Sheirgill]]|[[Arshad Warsi]]|[[Rohini Hattangadi]]|[[Boman Irani]]}}
| starring      = {{unbulleted list|[[Sunil Dutt]]|[[Sanjay Dutt]]|[[Gracy Singh]]|[[Arshad Warsi]]|[[Boman Irani]]|[[Rohini Hattangadi]]|[[Jimmy Sheirgill]]}}
| cinematography = [[Binod Pradhan]]
| cinematography = [[Binod Pradhan]]
| editing        = {{unbulleted list|[[Pradeep Sarkar]]|Rajkumar Hirani}}
| editing        = {{unbulleted list|[[Pradeep Sarkar]]|Rajkumar Hirani}}
| music          = {{unbulleted list|'''Score:''' Sanjay Wandrekar|'''Songs:''' [[Anu Malik]]}}
| music          = {{unbulleted list|'''Score:''' Sanjay Wandrekar|'''Songs:''' [[Anu Malik]]}}
| studio        = {{unbulleted list|[[Vinod Chopra Films|Vinod Chopra Productions]]|[[Manmohan Shetty|Entertainment One]]}}
| studio        = {{unbulleted list|[[Vinod Chopra Films]]|Entertainment One}}
| distributors  = [[AA Films]]
| distributors  = [[AA Films]]
| released      = {{film date|df=yes|2003|12|19|[[India]]}}
| 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|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>
| budget        = [[Indian rupee|₹]]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          = {{estimation}} {{INR|410 million}}<ref name="boi" />
| gross          = {{estimation}} {{INR|410 million}}<ref name="boi" />
}}
}}


'''''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]].
'''''Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.''''' (translation: ''Munna Bro M.B.B.S.'') is a [[List of Hindi films of 2003|2003]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language satirical [[Comedy film|comedy]] drama film written and directed by [[Rajkumar Hirani]] in his directorial debut and produced by [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]] under the production banner of [[Vinod Chopra Films]]. The film was released in [[India]] on 19 December 2003, and is the first installment of the [[Munna Bhai (film series)|''Munna Bhai'' film series]] before its sequel, ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'' (2006). Considered to be a [[cult film]] in the [[Hindi cinema]] and loosely inspired from the 1998 American film ''Patch Adams'', the film stars [[Sunil Dutt]] in his final film role as the father to his real-life son, [[Sanjay Dutt]], who stars as the titular character of [[Munna Bhai]], a gangster in the [[Organised crime in India|Mumbai underworld]]. [[Gracy Singh]] portrays the female lead, being replaced by [[Vidya Balan]] in the sequel, and [[Arshad Warsi]] portrays the role of Munna's sidekick, Circuit, while [[Boman Irani]], [[Rohini Hattangadi]] and [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] also appear in the film. Based in [[Mumbai]], the film follows Munna trying to please his father by pretending to be a doctor, but when a doctor, Asthana (Irani), exposes Munna's lies and tarnishes his father's honour, Munna enrols in an Indian medical college with the help of Circuit. Chaos ensue when Munna, on finding that Asthana is the dean of the college, vows revenge, while also sparking a romance with a house doctor, Suman (Singh), unaware that she is Asthana's daughter and his childhood friend, "Chinki".


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 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 Award for Best Screenplay|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>
 
''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 ==