Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Rajkumar Hirani

Writers:

Vidhu Vinod Chopra (screenplay)
Rajkumar Hirani (writer)

Release Date:

1 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | History | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

Munnabhai meets Mahatma Gandhi

Plot:

Munnabhai meets Mahatma Gandhi.

Plot Keywords:

Radio | Mahatma Gandhi | Love | Unscrupulous Builder | Satyagraha

Awards:

14 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Sanjay Dutt	...	Murliprasad 'Munna Bhai' Sharma
Arshad Warsi	...	Sarkeshwar 'Circuit'
Vidya Balan	...	Jhanvi
Boman Irani	...	Lakhbir 'Lucky' Singh
Dilip Prabhavalkar	...	Mahatma Gandhi
Diya Mirza	...	Simran L. Singh
Jimmy Shergill	...	Victor D'Souza
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	...	Kkhurana
Saurabh Shukla	...	Batuk Maharaj
Abhishek Bachchan	...	Sunny Kkhurana
Rohitash Gaud	...	Cuckoo, Lucky Singh's secretary
Parikshat Sahni	...	D'Souza
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dr. Hemu Adhikari	...	Old Pensioner
Arun Bali
Atmaram Bhende	...	Atmaram, the old father
Kurush Deboo	...	Dhansukh Bhai Patel, Gujarati Lawyer
Bomie E. Dotiwala
Ashwin Mushran	...	Hari Desai
Achyut Potdar	...	2nd Innings' resident
Anjan Srivastav	...	2nd Innings' resident

Also Known As:

Munnabhai 2nd Innings (India: Hindi title) (working title)
Munnabhai Meets Mahatma Gandhi (India: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

144 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

India:U | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

India

Company:

Vinod Chopra Productions

Trivia:

The original script for the sequel was supposed to be based on lawyers, as a follow up to the doctor story in Munnabhai 1. Raju Hirani was not happy with the script and continued working for 2 years to develop the perfect sequel. Few episodes regarding lawyers were anyway incorporated in this movie.

Quotes:

Murli Prasad Sharma - Munna Bhai: One day I woke up and saw that my father had gone.

Movie Connections:

References First Blood (1982)

Excellent!

Incredible movie! The comedy was expected, and having developed his characters so well, Rajkumar Hirani couldn't possibly not make people laugh in this movie, but the most inspiring aspect was the message which was conveyed in such a beautiful, unpreachy way, something the audience would connect to. Definitely, no documentaries or books about Mahatma Gandhi could have had such an impact on the audience, and after watching this movie, I respect him much much more.

The screenplay and direction was flawless. There was not a single moment when you wanted to take your eyes away from the screen, and the dialogues were as good as the first part, in fact better. Sanjay Dutt and Munnabhai are made for each other, and he couldn't have played the role better. But yeah, without Arshad Warsi, the movie wouldn't be half as good, and like the previous one, he's delivered. Vidya Balan really adds life to the movie, and if you really want to compare, I'd say she's done much better than Gracy Singh in the previous one. Incredibly beautiful, and she's got grace, I can only but praise her in this movie. Boman Irani, Diya Mirza and others have done there bit, and Hirani has very nicely used all these characters around the main ones. And last but not the least, Mahatma Gandhi, played by Dilip Prabhavalkar is something you will not forget. Throughout the movie, he wears this enlightened smile you fall in love with!

The movie does have technical glitches, for instance, if vidya balan works at worldspace, how did her show air on FM radio and things like that, but you don't really care much about these things when you've just been through 2 and half hrs of sheer entertainment, where you laughed, cried, and every possible emotion you can go through with a movie. The movie has an incredible feel-good factor to it.

So all said and done, the movie is a must watch, watch it asap! I doubt I'd find a single person around me who wouldn't like it.