Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Rajkumar Hirani

Writers:

Vidhu Vinod Chopra (writer)
Rajkumar Hirani (writer)

Release Date:

19 December 2003 (India)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

He might just cure you.

Plot:

A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Hospital | Mumbai | Medical School | Trust

Awards:

11 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

Sunil Dutt	...	Shri Hari Prasad Sharma
Sanjay Dutt	...	Murli Prasad 'Munna Bhai' Sharma
Arshad Warsi	...	Circuit
Gracy Singh	...	Dr. Suman Asthana (Chinki)
Boman Irani	...	Dr. J. C. Asthana
Rohini Hattangadi	...	Parvati Sharma
Kurush Deboo	...	Dr. Rustam Pavri
Jimmy Shergill	...	Zaheer
Yatin Karyekar	...	Anand Banerjee
Suresh Chatwal	...	Manilal
Neha Dubey	...	Girl in Club
Mumait Khan	...	Nandini / Hospital dancer - Song: Dekh le
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chirkut	...	Student
Rohitash Gaud	...	Tender Coconut Seller

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hungary:14 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Vinod Chopra Productions

Trivia:

Rani Mukherjee was very keen on this film and had signed on for the role of Chinky, but she couldn't do the film due to date problems. Then Tabu was brought in, but she soon dropped out. Finally, the role went to Gracy Singh.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where a surgeon is demonstrating the dissection of a cadaver and Munna tries to look over his shoulder there is a difference in position of actors in the frontal and side-on shots. Swamy who is seen immediately next to the surgeon on the surgeon's right in the frontal shot, is seen trying to pop his head over the crowd directly behind (and at some distance from) the surgeon in the side-on shot alternatively.

Quotes:

Murli Prasad Sharma: Circuit, I've decided I'm going to be a doctor...
Circuit: Uh... bro, why don't you go to sleep, and we'll talk about it in the morning...
Murli Prasad Sharma: I knew you'd say that - you think I'm sloshed, don't you? I'm serious!
Circuit: But, bro, what's the point?
Murli Prasad Sharma: The point? Circuit, the point is that my father will be proud of me! You should've been there - that baldy stood there insulting my father, and I just kept quiet! I'll show him! I'll become a doctor like him and marry his daughter! Circuit, find me the best medical college in Mumbai...!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Rang De Basanti (2006)

Soundtrack:

M Bole To

Real nice comedy

I saw Munnabhai MBBS primarily because of Sunjay Dutt. He has always been good in comedy, and his movies make you laugh without having to take help of double meaning dialogues or crossing the line into bitchiness. Ofcourse, Sunjay Dutt has to have a gangster connection, only then the movie can sell. He is the eternal gangster and those roles fit him well, no body can deny that. But where you really have to give director the full points is that he saw the comedic talents of the junior Dutt and put them into a simplistic, well made movie.

All the characters, be it "Circuit" (Arshad Warsi) or the "Dean", or Sunil Dutt, have been portrayed well enough in the movie.

Some of the scenes, like the one where Sanjay Dutt "rags" the seniors make you laugh out from the heart, because this is something which every fresher in the college dreams of.

I think, the movie deserves full points for direction, story, acting, nice title.... This movie was a real treat to watch when most of the other Hindi movies (especially the over-hyped stuff) turn out to be below average.

10 out of 10.