Lage Raho Munna Bhai

Lage Raho Munna Bhai
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRajkumar Hirani
Written by
Story byRajkumar Hirani
Produced byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Starring
CinematographyC. K. Muraleedharan
Edited byRajkumar Hirani
Music bySongs:
Shantanu Moitra
Background Score:
Sanjay Wandrekar
Shantanu Moitra
Production
company
Distributed byEros International (Domestic)
Release date
  • 1 September 2006 (2006-09-01)[1]
Running time
145 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹190 million[3]
Box officeest.₹1.262 billion[4]

Lage Raho Munna Bhai (pronounced [ləˈɡeː rəˈɦoː mʊnːaːˈbʱaːi] ⓘ; translation: Keep Going, Munna Bro) is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language satirical comedy drama film written, edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Abhijat Joshi, and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the banner Vinod Chopra Films. A sequel to Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), the film is the second installment of the Munna Bhai series. Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi reprised their roles as Munna Bhai and Circuit, respectively. New additions to the cast include Vidya Balan, Dilip Prabhavalkar and Dia Mirza, while several actors from the original, notably Jimmy Sheirgill and Boman Irani, appear in new roles.

In this film, the eponymous lead character, a don in the Mumbai underworld, begins to see visions of Mahatma Gandhi. Through his interactions with Gandhi, he begins to practice what he refers to as "Gandhigiri" (a neologism for "Gandhism") to help ordinary people solve their problems.

Released worldwide on 1 September 2006, the film received widespread critical acclaim for its direction, story, screenplay, dialogues, performances of the cast, and its social message and themes, and proved to be a major box office success, grossing over ₹1.270 billion (equivalent to ₹4.1 billion or US$51 million in 2023) worldwide and became the third highest-grossing film of the year. At the 54th National Film Awards, Lage Raho Munna Bhai won 4 awards, including Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Best Supporting Actor (Dilip Prabhavalkar). At the 52nd Filmfare Awards, the film received 12 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Hirani) and Best Actor (Dutt), and won 4 awards, including Best Film (Critics) and Best Comedian (Warsi).[5][6] Lage Raho Munna Bhai also had a number of prominent screenings. It was the first Hindi film to be shown at the United Nations,[7][8] and was screened at the Tous Les Cinema du Monde section of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.[9][10] The film popularized the term Gandhigiri.[11][12][13] Vidhu Vinod Chopra submitted the film as an independent entry for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. It was later remade in Telugu by Prabhu Deva as Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007).[14]

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