Last appearance Munnabhai Chale Delhi Nickname(s) Munna Bhai Species Human Portrayed by Sanjay Dutt | Created by Rajkumar Hirani Aliases Murli Prasad Sharma Gender Male First appearance Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | |
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Characters Circuit, Jhanvi, Batuk Maharaj, Kkhurana Cast Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Aamir Khan, Vidya Balan Directors Rajkumar Hirani, Subhash Kapoor Movies Munna Bhai MBBS, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Munnabhai Chale Delhi Similar Chatur 'Silencer' Ramalingam, Viru Sahastrabudhhe, Kancha Cheena, Raghunath Namdev Shivalkar | ||
Munna Bhai is an Indian fictional character who appears in the Munna Bhai film series. The character is created by Rajkumar Hirani and portrayed by Sanjay Dutt.
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Films overview
Murli Prasad Sharma (Munna Bhai) is portrayed by Sanjay Dutt. He is a "Bhai" - a leader in the Mumbai underworld. His nickname, Munna Bhai has a double meaning. It could refer to the form of "Bhai" as an honorific, as the word traditionally translates as "brother"; however, within the context of Mumbai slang, "Bhai" has also come to refer to a hoodlum. His sidekick is Circuit (portrayed by Arshad Warsi). They both speak in Bambaiya Hindi, a dialect specific to Mumbai, India.
Munnabhai M.B.B.S
Munna Bhai was first introduced in the 2003 film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. which involves his adventures as a faux-medical student, who finally tells the truth about himself and learns to help people along the way.
Lage Raho Munnabhai
In the second movie, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Munna Bhai becomes a faux-professor. He begins, thereafter to see the image of Mahatma Gandhi who persuades him to stop pretending he is a professor and who teaches him to help other people solve their problems through Gandhism, which Munna Bhai terms Gandhigiri.
Munna Bhai 3
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.
TV commercial
A television commercial named Munna Bhai fight against Dengue has been made by Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India) on 2016, features Munna Bhai and Circuit. It was made to create awareness of Dengue.
Popularity
The character Munna Bhai was counted as one of top 20 fictional characters in Bollywood The film Lage Raho Munna Bhai popularized the term Gandhigiri (Gandhism in English).