Munna Bhai (film series)
| Munna Bhai series | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rajkumar Hirani |
| Produced by | Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| Screenplay by |
Vidhu Vinod Chopra (Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., Lage Raho Munna Bhai) Rajkumar Hirani (Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., Lage Raho Munna Bhai) Lajan Joseph Oommen (Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.) Abhijat Joshi (Lage Raho Munna Bhai) |
| Story by | Rajkumar Hirani |
| Starring | Sanjay Dutt |
| Music by |
Anu Malik (Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.) Shantanu Moitra (Lage Raho Munna Bhai) |
| Cinematography |
Binod Pradhan (Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.) C. K. Muraleedharan (Lage Raho Munna Bhai) |
| Edited by |
Pradeep Sarkar (Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.) Rajkumar Hirani (Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., Lage Raho Munna Bhai) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Vinod Chopra Productions |
Release dates |
1: 19 December 2003 2: 1 September 2006 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Munna Bhai is a series of Bollywood films directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vinod Chopra Productions. The first film is Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003) and the second is Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006). The third installment of the franchise will be made once Sanjay Dutt is released from jail on 25 February 2016.[1][2][3]
Overview
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
Murli Prasad Sharma, nicknamed "Munna Bhai" (literally "Brother Munna") is a crime don who decides to go to a medical college to obtain an M.B.B.S. degree. He learns to help people using unorthodox techniques, and by the end of the film he has married another doctor and founded a hospital together with her.
Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)
In the second instalment 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 on Mahatma Gandhi, and as a result, he becomes a proponent of Gandhism.
Proposed sequel
On 21 March 2013, India's Supreme Court upheld Sanjay Dutt's conviction of illegal possession of arms relating to the 1993 Mumbai blasts case and sentenced him to 5 years imprisonment. Thus, Hirani has shelved a proposed sequel to the earlier films, Munna Bhai Chale Amerika. He will instead develop a third installment to the Munna Bhai series with a different storyline, after Dutt is released from prison.[4] He said that he had 5 incomplete scripts lying with him. Ranbir Kapoor will be playing a version of Munna while he is 18 – 55 years old.
Recurring cast and characters
| Character | Film | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003) |
Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) | ||
| Murli Prasad Sharma / Munna Bhai | Sanjay Dutt | ||
| Sarkeshwar / Circuit | Arshad Warsi | ||
Release and revenue
| Film | Release date | Budget | Box office revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | 19 December 2003 | ₹100 million (US$1.5 million)[5] | ₹307.5 million (US$4.6 million)[6] |
| Lage Raho Munna Bhai | 1 September 2006 | ₹120 million (US$1.8 million)[7] | ₹1.19 billion (US$18 million)[8] |
References
- ↑ IANS, IANS (22 June 2015). "Munnabhai 3 will be made for sure, just waiting for Sanjay Dutt to come back: Arshad Warsi". Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ↑ Marapakwar, Prafulla (22 December 2015). "Sanjay Dutt may walk out of Yerawada jail on Feb 25". TNN. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ↑ "Munnabhai will return once Sanjay comes out: Raju Hirani". November 17, 2013. The Times of India. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ↑ Sanjay Dutt Has Lived an Unbelievable Life, Says Rajkumar Hirani
- ↑ Budget
- ↑ Box Office India. "Top Earners 2003". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
- ↑ "Lage Raho Munnabhai". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
- ↑ "Top Lifetime Grossers Worldwide (IND Rs)". BoxOffice India. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
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