Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Rajkumar Hirani

Writers:

Vidhu Vinod Chopra (screenplay)
Rajkumar Hirani (writer)
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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

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
Rajesh Mapuskar	....	associate director
Rohan Mapuskar	....	trainee assistant director
Karan Narvekar	....	assistant director
Sheena Parikh	....	first assistant director
Avijit Sen	....	assistant director
Suma	....	assistant director
Sachin Utekar	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Amit Ahire	....	adr assistant
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
Anand Nayak	....	digital effects artist
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
Manan Sagar	....	assistant editor: post-production

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
Himanshu Powdwal	....	production assistant
K.S. Ravindran	....	production controller
Bhavin Thakkar	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Vinod Chopra Productions

Distributors

• Bharat Entertainment International (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Eros Entertainment (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Bharat Entertainment International (200?) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• 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:

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 The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Munna Bhai back!!!

To start of with i didn't had much of expectation on this movie since I assumed that a second series to Munna Bhai might not be good as the original based on my previous experiences. But this movie 'ROCKS' with a different story line all together, still keeping the characters of MunnaBhai(Sanjay Dutt)in place. The crew is pretty much the same from the original except for the heroine Vidya Balan and she does her part in style with others. The chemistry between Munna Bhai and Circuit, whether its comedy or sentiments was handled with beauty by Sanjay Dutt and especially Arshad Warsi. Boman Irani again proves that he can the best for the character given to him. Go watch this movie with less expectations and you will enjoy this weekend comedy treat.. This movie is sure shot a box office hit and movie for every Indian to watch!! Don't miss it because I bet u will come out with the satisfaction of watching an excellent movie with flawless script!! - Mobs