Munna Bhai MBBS is considered a career defining film for Sanjay Dutt. The film ‘Sanju’, made on the life of Sanjay Dutt, shows how Sanjay was trying to move ahead leaving behind the bad phases like drugs and TADA in his life at the time of Munna Bhai MBBS. The film also showed how Sunil Dutt supported Sanjay to overcome the bad times. Sunil Dutt was also seen in the role of Sanjay’s reel life father in Munna Bhai MBBS.
Munna Bhai MBBS was the first film of Rajkumar Hirani, who made blockbuster films like Pk, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Sanju. During an interview, Rajkumar Hirani had told that Munna Bhai MBBS was written keeping Shahrukh Khan in mind. Shahrukh had also agreed for the film. Some changes were also made in the script on his suggestion. But due to some reasons, the shoot of Munna Bhai MBBS was postponed for some time. After this, when the makers wanted to start the shoot, Shahrukh got busy with other films. After some time Shahrukh refused to do this film.
After this Rajkumar Hirani signed Sanjay Dutt for this role. Rajkumar tells that in this film Sanjay Dutt was going to be seen in a cameo role earlier. But later he was selected for the lead role. The makers of the show not only retained the script changes made by Shah Rukh but also gave him credit for the same at the end of the film.
Sanjay plays the role of a brother in the film. Who lies to his father about being a doctor. Munna Bhai actually sets out to become an MBBS when he is caught lying.
After the release of the film, Sanjay Dutt got a lot of love from the audience. This movie helped him to make a place again in the industry. The jugalbandi of Sunil Dutt and Sanjay Dutt was also well received by the audience. The scene of ‘Jadu Ki Jhappi’ of the film made the audience as well as the actors cry.
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