Review : Lage Raho Munnabhai

lage raho munnabhai review


Directed by Rajkumar Hirani

Writing credits Vidhu Vinod Chopra
(screenplay)Rajkumar Hirani

Tagline: Munnabhai meets Mahatma Gandhi

Credited cast:

Sanjay Dutt - Murli Prasad Sharma - Munna Bhai
Arshad Warsi - Circuit
Vidya Balan - Jhanvi
Boman Irani - Lucky Singh
Dilip Prabhavalkar - Mahatma Gandhi
Diya Mirza - Simran
Kulbhushan Kharbanda - Kkhurana
Saurabh Shukla - Batuk Maharaj
Jimmy Shergill - Victor D'Souza


Also Known As:
Munnabhai 2nd Innings (India: Hindi title) (working title) Munnabhai Meets Mahatma Gandhi (India: English title) (working title)

Runtime: 130 min
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Color: Color
Certification: India:U

Yesterday i went and watched this great movie with my mom. I wasnt too keen to see it in the first place.

But after i came out of the theater i was wondering why dont film makers make more movies like this one around the world.

Nothing wrong with only making movies on gross entertainment, or politics, but this one really hit the mark.

Shows how entertainment can gel with giving a political/social message without offcourse the usual trappings of going overboard with either too much melodrama or too little enthusiasm.

That Gandhism is more relevant in today's world than ever before is true but to bring the message onto the front stage so beautifully and convincingly is the hallmark of this movie.

Munnabhai's "practical" applications of Gandhigiri (and this is a term we should well remember) were eye openers.

Especially in that scene wherein he turns his other cheek towards the guard showed what it really means in actual practise! Not easy this path of 'Satyagraha' is!

That it takes a lot of courage to say you are sorry (Munna saying sorry to his buddy Circuit) was also brought out effectively along with speaking the truth when you make a mistake (Jimmy Shergill's dilemma), forgiveness (Munna's lady love & Parikshit Sahni)...

Even though you may laugh loud at the comic way the story moves ahead you simply cannt miss the underline tone of the movie.

After you get in so many ways (re)introduced to the Mahatma and his teachings, one cannt help but feel even more respect for the man and disgust our shameful ways in todays world.

Simplicity is indeed best.