Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rajkumar Hirani
Produced by	Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Screenplay by	Vidhu Vinod Chopra Rajkumar Hirani Lajan Joseph Oommen
Story by	Vidhu Vinod Chopra Rajkumar Hirani
Starring	Sanjay Dutt Arshad Warsi Jimmy Shergill Sunil Dutt Gracy Singh Boman Irani
Music by	Anu Malik
Cinematography	Binod Pradhan
Editing by	Pradeep Sarkar Rajkumar Hirani
Distributed by	Vinod Chopra Productions Entertainment One
Release date(s)	19 December 2003 (2003-12-19)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	Rs. 21.25 crore[1]

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. is a 2003 Indian comedy directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The story involves protagonist Munna Bhai (Sanjay Dutt), a goon, going to medical school. He is helped by his sidekick, Circuit (Arshad Warsi). It is the first film in the popular Munna Bhai series. It stars Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Jimmy Shergill, Sunil Dutt, Gracy Singh and Boman Irani.

It went on to win the 2004 National Film Award for Best Popular Film, several Filmfare awards, including the Critics Award for Best Movie, Best Screenplay, and it became the fifth highest grossing Hindi film of the year.^[1]

Plot

Murli Prasad Sharma, nicknamed "Munna Bhai" (literally "Brother Munna") is a bhai or gunda: a crime don in the Mumbai underworld. Given that his father had wished him to be a medical doctor, he creates the faux Sri Hari Prasad Sharma Charitable Hospital (named after his father) and pretends to live in accordance with this wish whenever his father (Sunil Dutt) and mother (Rohini Hattangadi) visit him in Mumbai.

One year, however, Munna's plan goes awry when his father meets an old acquaintance, Dr. Asthana (Boman Irani) and the two older men decide to marry Munna to Asthana's daughter, Dr. Suman "Chinki" (Gracy Singh). At this point the truth about Munna is revealed. Asthana insults Munna's parents and calls them "fools" for being ignorant of Munna's real life. Munna's father and mother, aghast and later heartbroken, leave for their village.

Munna, in grief and despair, decides that the only way to redeem himself and to gain revenge for the humiliation suffered by his father at the hands of the spiteful Ashthana is to become a doctor. He decides to go to a medical college to obtain an M.B.B.S. degree, the graduate medical degree in South Asia.

With the help of his right-hand man Circuit and others, Munna "gains admission" to the Imperial Institute of Medical Sciences, where he again encounters Dr. Asthana, who is the dean. His success there becomes dependent upon the (coerced) help of faculty member Dr. Rustam Pavri (Kurush Deboo). While Munna Bhai's skills as a medical doctor are minimal, he transforms those around him with the "Jadoo Ki Jhappi" ("magical hug") — a method of comfort taught to Munna by his mother — and the compassion he shows towards those in need. Despite the school's emphasis on mechanical, Cartesian, impersonal, often bureaucratic relationships between doctors and patients, Munna constantly seeks to impose a more empathetic, almost holistic, regimen. To this end, he defies all convention by treating a brain-dead man called "Anand bhai" as if the man were able to perceive and understand normally; interacts on familiar but autocratic terms with patients; humiliates school bullies; effusively thanks a hitherto-underappreciated janitor; and encourages the patients themselves to make changes in their lives, so that they do not need drugs or surgery.

Dr. Asthana, who perceives all this as symptoms of chaos, is unable to prevent it from expanding and gaining ground at his college. He becomes increasingly irrational, almost to the point of insanity. Repeatedly, this near-dementia is shown when he receives unwelcome tidings and he begins laughing in a way that implies that he has gone mad. This behavior is explained early on as an attempt to practice laughter therapy, an attempt that seems to have backfired — Asthana's laughing serves more to convey his anger than diffuse it. Meanwhile, his daughter becomes increasingly fond of Munna, who in his turn becomes unreservedly infatuated with her. Some comedy appears here, because Munna is unaware that Dr. Suman and his childhood friend "Chinki" are one and the same; an ignorance that Suman hilariously exploits. Asthana tries several times to expel Munna but is often thwarted by Munna's wit or the affection with which the others at the college regard Munna, having gained superior self-esteem by his methods.

Eventually, Munna is shamed into leaving the college: His guilt for not being able to help a dying friend gets the better of him. In the moments immediately following Munna's departure, Anand miraculously awakens from his vegetative state; at this point Suman gives a heartfelt speech wherein she criticizes her father for having banished Munna, saying that to do so is to banish hope, compassion, love, and happiness, etc. from the college.

Asthana eventually realizes his folly. Munna later marries Dr. Suman, learning for the first time that she is "Chinki". The medical college — under Rustam Pavri's management since Asthana's retirement — begins to imitate Munna's radical methods of treatment. Munna and Suman open a hospital in Munna's home village, where they implement Munna's ideas daily. This, in addition to the birth of their offspring, earns Munna the nickname "Munnabhai – M.B.B.S. - Miya Biwi Bachhon Samet" (literally "Husband Wife with Children"). Munna's parents reconcile with him. His sidekick Circuit marries and has a son, who is nicknamed "Short Circuit". As the film concludes, Anand, restored to normal mental health, narrates the story to children.

Cast

Actor/Actress	Role
Sanjay Dutt	Murli Prasad Sharma aka Munna Bhai
Sunil Dutt	Shri Hari Prasad Sharma (Munna's father)
Arshad Warsi	Sarkeshwar aka Circuit
Gracy Singh	Dr. Suman Asthana (Chinki)
Rohini Hattangadi	Parvati Sharma (Munna's mother)
Boman Irani	Dr. J. C. Asthana (Chinki's father)
Jimmy Shergill	Zaheer (cancer patient)
Kurush Deboo	Dr. Rustam Pavri
Yatin Karyekar	Anand Banerjee (wheelchair patient)
Neha Dubey	Girl in club (Chinki's friend)
Mumaith Khan	Reena / Hospital dancer

Music

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S
Soundtrack album by Anu Malik
Released	2003 (India)
Genre	Film soundtrack
Label	Venus
Producer	Anu Malik
Anu Malik chronology
LOC: Kargil 2003 Munna Bhai M.B.B.S 2003 Murder 2004

The music is composed by Anu Malik. Lyrics are penned by Abbas Tyrewala and Rahat Indori.

Song	Artist(s)	Duration
Chan Chan	Vinod Rathod, Shreya Ghoshal	07:00
Dekhle Aankhon Mein Aankhien Daal	Sunidhi Chauhan, Anu Malik	03:24
M Bole To	Vinod Rathod, Sanjay Dutt, Prachi, Priya Mayekar	08:20
Subha Ho Gayee Mamu	Shaan	04:01
Apun Jaisa Tapori	Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi	05:32
Dekhle Aankhon Mein Aankhien Daal(Remix)	Sunidhi Chauhan	05:22

Awards

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.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Box Office India. "Top Earners 2003". boxofficeindia.com. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw==. Retrieved July 10, 2008. 

*A runaway success: The box-office triumph of "Munnabhai MBBS" seems to have turned it into a cult classic The Hindu.

External links

• Official Site
• Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. at the Internet Movie Database
• Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. at Rediff.com