Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)

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

Director:

Rajkumar Hirani

Writers:

Vidhu Vinod Chopra (screenplay), Rajkumar Hirani (screenplay)

Stars:

Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Gracy Singh

Top Rated Indian Movies #54 | 18 wins & 31 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sanjay Dutt	...	Murli Prasad 'Munna Bhai' Sharma
Arshad Warsi	...	Circuit
Gracy Singh	...	Dr. Suman Asthana (Chinki)
Sunil Dutt	...	Shri Hari Prasad Sharma
Boman Irani	...	Dr. J. C. Asthana
Rohini Hattangadi	...	Parvati Sharma
Kurush Deboo	...	Dr. Rustam Pavri
Jimmy Sheirgill	...	Zaheer (as Jimmy Shergill)
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:
Priya Bapat	...	Medical student
Anuradha Chandan	...	Young lover's mother
Chirkut	...	Student

Storyline

In India gangsters are called Bhai (brothers). One such Bhai is Munna, who is feared by everyone in Mumbai, a big city in India. He cons his village-based parents into believing that he is a doctor. He gets a shock when he finds out that they are coming to verify for themselves. So he transforms a rooming shanty house into a makeshift hospital, populated by patients, people he beats up. His parents arrive, are pleased, and happy that their son is well settled. They would like him to get married to a doctor's daughter. The marriage is arranged, but before the engagement, the bride's father finds out the truth about Munna, and cancels the marriage. Munna's humiliated parents see the truth for themselves, and hurt, they return home, leaving Munna with a strong desire to hurt the doctor - and force him to let his daughter get married to him - even if it means getting admitted in the medical college - with forged documents!!!

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Plot Keywords:

doctor | hospital | medical school | whistleblower | parsi | 

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Taglines:

His prescription is ... love

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Musical

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

19 December 2003 (India)

Also Known As:

Don Bombay

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vinod Chopra Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

156 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

There are several pigeons in the film. This is a reference to the classic gangster film Parinda (1989), which was directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

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Goofs

During the cadaver dissection scene, the professor notes that the outer layer of skin is the epidermis and asks what the inner layer of skin is, and one student enthusiastically responds, "Hypodermis!" and the professor nods to indicate that he is correct. The hypodermis is not a layer of skin at all; it is by definition that tissue that is underneath the skin. The two layers of skin are the epidermis and the *dermis*. (The prefix "hypo-" means "below," so the "hypodermis" is that layer of tissue that is "below the dermis.")

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Quotes

Circuit: [Answering the phone] Who is this?
Murli Prasad Sharma: Its your dadm who do you think?
Circuit: Bro, How are you Bro?
Murli Prasad Sharma: i need a body
Circuit: Body? who's body Bro?
Murli Prasad Sharma: you know, the one they use for dissection, one of those bodies.
Circuit: Bro, how am i going to find one of those bodies?
Murli Prasad Sharma: how would i know? just find one!
Circuit: Dump the tension bro, you concentrate on your studies, i'll organize a body
[he looks out onto the street and see's a chinese tourist taking pictures of some of the other gang members posing for the camera]
[...]

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Connections

Referenced in No Smoking (2007)

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Soundtracks

Apun Jaise Tapori
Written by Abbas Tyrewala
Composed by Anu Malik
Performed by Sanjay Dutt, Vinod Rathod and Arshad Warsi
Courtesy of Universal Music India

User Reviews

One of the best movies ever made in Indian Film Industry.

Well, watched it past-night once again(nth time, I guess!). Just came to IMDb to see the response of our desis! Disappointed!!! Just 381 people have voted for it and the rating is going below 9! This movie deserves to be in top-250 of IMDb! This type of movies are made once every 2-3 decades. Munnabhai M.B.B.S. is a class.

I remember very well, when I first saw the promos of this movie on TV, I was considering it as yet another timepass-govinda-sanju-type-comedy- movie. The night next to its release, there was a party in Mumbai having guests like Nasiruddin Shah and Om Puri! Mr. Shah stated "This movie will go ahead of Vaastav." I was surprised like hell! Vaastav!!! Went to theatre the same week and watched it. GREAT MOVIE! I can't mention a point against it. Everything was simply superb. If we talk about acting! Even the sweeper or peon acted far better than the lead-actors of other Indian movies.

Don't go on anything, watch it and decide yourselves. You will love the movie, I swear!