
When she announces a contest on the life and beliefs of Mahatma Gandhi set for 2 October- Gandhi's birthday, with an interview with her as the prize, he is determined to win. Munna Bhai, a street-wise Bombay Hindi-speaking gangster in Mumbai, is smitten with the voice of Janvi Sahni, a radio jockey. It was later remade in Telugu as Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007).

Vidhu Vinod Chopra submitted the film as an independent entry for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. The film popularized the term Gandhigiri. It was the first Hindi film to be shown at the United Nations, and was screened at the Tous Les Cinema du Monde section of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Lage Raho Munna Bhai also had a number of prominent screenings. 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). It was second highest grossing film of the year.Īt 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). The film proved to be a major box-office success, referred blockbuster grossing over ₹1.270 billion (equivalent to ₹3.5 billion or US$43 million in 2020) worldwide. Lage Raho Munna Bhai released on 1 September 2006, It received widespread critical acclaim for its direction, story, screenplay, dialogues, performances of the cast and its social message and themes. The film also features some other actors from the first film (notably Jimmy Sheirgill and Boman Irani) but in new roles.


Only Dutt and Arshad Warsi reprise their roles from the first film. 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. In Lage Raho Munna Bhai, the eponymous lead character starts to see the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi. with Sanjay Dutt reprising his role as Munna Bhai, a Mumbai underworld don.

It is the follow-up to the 2003 film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Keep going, Munna Bhai) is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language satirical comedy drama film written, edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, who co-wrote the screenplay with Abhijat Joshi and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Lage Raho Munna Bhai ( pronounced ( listen) transl.
