The fact that the Mahatma and his ideologies have been paid little more than lip - service in recent years is common knowledge to most Indians. As is shown in the movie, currency notes, roads n one - sided history lessons have become the only way to remember Bapu, that too momentarily. This is where this 'Lage raho..' scores heavily. Like 'Rang de basanti' earlier, it draws parallels to our freedom struggle by invoking Gandhiji. Mixing 'Gandhigiri' with a contemporary phenomenon like Munnabhai is a master stroke. The movie has its fair share of laughs(maybe a li'l less than the 1st one), but the overall feel is better and the innocence has been retained. All the leads are in great form, right from Sanjay Dutt to Jimmy Shergill. Vidya Balan looks very pretty n innocent, as suited to the role. The performance, tho, I really liked was Boman Irani - damn good. He's repulsive n likable in equal measure. And finally, the actor playing Gandhiji, is so astutely tongue-in-cheek, u cannot but love him. There are a few stretched sequences-a couple of the drunk scenes, the songs, but not too many. Patriotic comedy, I read somewhere. Gandhian humor is what I'd call it.