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Munna Bhai film series
Munna Bhai film series
Created by	Rajkumar Hirani
Original work	Munna Bhai MBBS (2003)
Owner	Vinod Chopra Films
Films and television
Film(s)	Munna Bhai MBBS (2003); Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006);
Miscellaneous
Portrayers	Sanjay Dutt; Arshad Warsi; Boman Irani;

Munna Bhai is an Indian Hindi-language film series created, written and directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the Vinod Chopra Productions banner. It consists of Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., released in 2003, and its 2006 sequel, Lage Raho Munna Bhai. The films share the same characters of Sanjay Dutt as Munna Bhai and Arshad Warsi as Circuit, with different plot elements and settings. Boman Irani features in each film as different characters. Both of the films received widespread critical acclaim and became huge commercial successes.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Films

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)

Murli Prasad Sharma, nicknamed "Munna Bhai," is a good-hearted local gangster who engages in criminal activities. Munna Bhai pretends to be a doctor in order to impress his father, but after being revealed as a gangster to his father, who feels insulted, he decides to go to a medical college to obtain an M.B.B.S. degree to prove he can become a real doctor. The film follows Munna's extremely well-played struggle as he learns about the medical system and makes his way through the renowned medical college run by dean Dr. Asthana, the very man who insulted his father. He continues to cheat his way through college but changes over time while also instilling a more heartfelt and sensitive approach to patient care in the hospital.

Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)

In the second installment of the series, Munna Bhai poses as a professor of history in order to meet with a radio jockey whose voice he has fallen in love with. She asks him to give a lecture and questions on Mahatma Gandhi, and as a result, he becomes a proponent of Gandhism and uses it to solve modern-life problems of the people.

Cancelled films

On 25 February 2016, Sanjay Dutt was released from Yerwada Central Jail after completing his sentence (2013–2016) for illegal possession of firearms in 1993. Vidhu Vinod Chopra announced on 29 September 2016 that production on the third Munna Bhai film starring Dutt in the title role may begin in 2017.^[5] In 2023, The Times of India reported that the script was finalized with a working title of Munna Bhai Chale America. After pre-production, the film was shelved.^[6]

Cast and characters

Actor	Film
Actor	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)	Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)
Sanjay Dutt	Murliprasad Sharma aka Munna Bhai
Arshad Warsi	Sarkeshwar Sharma aka Circuit
Boman Irani	Dr. J. C. Asthana	Lakhbir Singh aka Lucky
Sunil Dutt	Hariprasad Sharma
Rohini Hattangadi	Parvati Sharma
Gracy Singh	Dr. Suman Asthana
Vidya Balan		Janvi Sahni
Dilip Prabhavalkar		Mahatma Gandhi
Dia Mirza		Simran Singh
Jimmy Shergill	Zaheer Ali	Victor D'Souza

Release and revenue

Film	Release date	Budget	Box office revenue
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.	19 December 2003	₹100 million (US$1.2 million)^[7]	₹346 million (US$4.0 million)^[8]
Lage Raho Munna Bhai	1 September 2006	₹120 million (US$1.4 million)^[9]	₹1.27 billion (US$15 million)^[10]

Awards

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. was the recipient of a number of awards. At the 2004 Filmfare awards, it received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie, the Filmfare Best Screenplay Award, the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award, and the Filmfare Best Comedian Award in addition to four other nominations. It won a number of awards at the 2004 Zee Cine Awards including Best Debuting Director, Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role, Best Cinematography, and Best Dialogue.

Other ceremonies include the 2004 National Film Awards, where it won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film, and the 2004 International Indian Film Academy Awards, where it won the IIFA Best Comedian Award.

Lage Raho Munna Bhai

Lage Raho Munna Bhai is the recipient of four National Film Awards in addition to other awards. Some speculated that it would represent India as an entry for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.^[11] Although ultimately losing to Rang De Basanti as India's official submission, the producers submitted it as an independent entry. However, neither film received an Oscar nomination.^[12]