Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)

Director:

Rajkumar Hirani

Writers:

Vidhu Vinod Chopra (screenplay)
Rajkumar Hirani (writer)
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Release Date:

1 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

Munnabhai meets Mahatma Gandhi

Plot:

Munnabhai meets Mahatma Gandhi.

Plot Keywords:

Radio | Radio Jockey | India | Press Conference | Gandhi

Awards:

6 wins & 7 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

Directed by
Rajkumar Hirani

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Vidhu Vinod Chopra		screenplay associate
Rajkumar Hirani		writer
Abhijit Joshi		screenplay

Produced by
Vidhu Vinod Chopra	....	producer
Vir Chopra	....	creative producer
Anil Davda	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Shantanu Moitra

Cinematography by
C.K. Muraleedharan		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Rajkumar Hirani

Production Design by
Nitin Chandrakant Desai

Art Direction by
Nitin Chandrakant Desai

Costume Design by
Subarna Ray Chaudhuri
Sheena Parikh

Makeup Department
Vidyadhar Bhatte	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mitesh Bhuvad	....	assistant director
Ajay Kumar	....	assistant director
Karan Narvekar	....	assistant director
Sheena Parikh	....	first assistant director
Avijit Sen	....	assistant director
Suma	....	assistant director
Sachin Utekar	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Bishwadeep Chatterjee	....	sound designer
Jitendra Chaudhary	....	dialogue recordist
Leslie Fernandes	....	sound mixing engineer
Sachin K. Sanghvi	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Pankaj Kalbende	....	digital compositor
Sumant Rao	....	additional effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Piyush Acharya	....	crane operator
Piyush Acharya	....	remote head technician
Ramani Ranjan Das	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Rameshwar S. Bhagat	....	associate editor
Rajib Biswas	....	technical editor
Gautam Parvi	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Pranab Biswas	....	playback singer
Sanjay Dutt	....	playback singer
Shreya Ghoshal	....	playback singer
Shantanu Mukherjee	....	playback singer
Sonu Nigam	....	playback singer
Vinod Rathod	....	playback singer
Arshad Warsi	....	playback singer

Other crew
Thomas T. George	....	marketing and promotions
Vijay Iyer	....	assistant: Vinod Chopra
Supriya Kelkar	....	co-subtitler
Supriya Kelkar	....	writing contributions
Rajesh Mapuskar	....	associate director
Snehal Patel	....	assistant: Vinod Chopra
Snehal Patel	....	marketing
K.S. Ravindran	....	production controller
Bhavin Thakkar	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Vinod Chopra Productions

Distributors

• Bharat Entertainment International (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Bharat Entertainment International (200?) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Eros Entertainment (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Yash Raj Films (2006) (India) (all media)

Special Effects

• Animagic Special Effects

Other Companies

• Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)  soundtrack

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:

Dolby Digital EX | DTS

Certification:

India:U | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

India

Company:

Vinod Chopra Productions

Trivia:

The radio jockey in the movie was modeled after real-life radio jockey Mallishka. The lead actress Vidya Balan spent time with Mallishka, who gained popularity with the now defunct Win 94.3 FM channel in Mumbai, in order to get the right inflection and attitude of a radio jockey.

Quotes:

Jhanvi: Do you walk on the path shown by Mahatma Gandhi?
Murli Prasad Sharma - Munna Bhai: Of course! I walk 3 miles everyday on Mahatma gandhi Street

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Titanic (1997)

One of the best Hindi movies that I have seen.

I saw Lage Raho Munnabhai last night and it's still in my head today. I always go to watch sequels with a bit of trepidation but Mr. Hirani soon eased my fears with a wonderfully thought out comedy that is funny and has a message which he puts across without being preachy. Most of the same cast back again with only Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi reprising their roles and playing the same characters again. This movie cannot be considered as a sequel as it is more of an episode in Munnabhai's life not unlike James Bond films or Charlie Chaplin's tramp.

Sanjay Dutt is just perfect as Munnabhai... i cannot imagine anyone else playing this role. It was said that Munnabhai was first offered to Shahrukh Khan, while i do like the King Khan i feel he would have gone overboard with this role. Sanju baba plays with a lot of conviction and i believe his true character and honesty shine throughout the film. He handles the comedic and emotional scenes with ease.... so naturally. Good rapport with the Bapu character.Arshad Warsi a.k.a Sarkeshwar a.k.a Circuit was also brilliant ...excellent chemistry with sanju and had some nice sequences. I liked him since the time he appeared in Tere Mere Sapne... and is coming into his own as a Bollywood star in his own right.

Vidya Balan was bright and chirpy... great teeth! Only disappointment was that Boman Irani did not have the same impact as he did with Dr. Astana but still a great performance. He makes the audience like and empathise with him even though he could be considered the villain of the piece.

Direction was excellent, song sequences were handled beautifully with most of the songs being situational all well shot especially 'Samjho ho hi gaya' & 'Pal Pal Har pal'. This movie just proves that Bollywood movies can be just as good and entertaining as Hollywood while still giving us all the masala.

We should all follow "Gandhigiri" but first let's support this great movie by praising it and WATCH IT IN THE CINEMA!!!!!!!!!!!!

10/10.