Munna Bhai (film series)
Munna Bhai series
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| 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 release in 2018.[1][2][3][4]
Films 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.
Munna Bhai 3 (sequel)
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 will begin in 2017.[5]
TV commercial
A television commercial named Munna Bhai fight against Dengue was made by Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India) in 2016, featuring Munna Bhai and Circuit. It was made to create awareness of Dengue.[6]
Recurring cast and characters
| Character | Film | TV commercial | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003) |
Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) |
Untitled third Munna Bhai film (2018) |
Munna Bhai fight against Dengue[6] (2016) | |||
| Murli Prasad Sharma / Munna Bhai | Sanjay Dutt | Unknown | ||||
| Sarkeshwar / Circuit | Arshad Warsi | Unknown | ||||
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)[7] | ₹307.5 million (US$4.6 million)[8] |
| Lage Raho Munna Bhai | 1 September 2006 | ₹120 million (US$1.8 million)[9] | ₹1.19 billion (US$18 million)[10] |
| Total | ₹220 million (US$3.3 million) | ₹1.50 billion (US$22 million) | |
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]
References
- ↑ IANS (30 July 2016). "Sanjay Dutt says Munnabhai 3 to release in 2018". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Work on Munnabhai 3 to begin next year: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- 1 2 http://muviza.io/video/munna-bhai-fight-against-dengue/YVq8wgtPToU.html
- ↑ "A runaway success". The Hindu. 6 August 2004. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Adarsh, Taran (1 November 2006). "Munna's tryst with Oscars begins". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2006-11-01.
- ↑ Saxena, Kashika (25 September 2012). "India's Oscar race: Losers weepers?". The Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2012-12-06.