A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
80K
YOUR RATING
- Director
- Writers
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra(screenplay)
- Rajkumar Hirani(screenplay)
- Lajan Joseph(screenplay)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra(screenplay)
- Rajkumar Hirani(screenplay)
- Lajan Joseph(screenplay)
- Stars
- Awards
- 26 wins & 33 nominations
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Bomie E. Dotiwala
- Papaas Papa
- (as Bomie Dotiwala)
- Director
- Writers
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra(screenplay)
- Rajkumar Hirani(screenplay)
- Lajan Joseph(screenplay)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
In India gangsters are called Bhai (brothers). One such Bhai is Munna, who is feared by everyone in Mumbai, a big city in India. He cons his village-based parents into believing that he is a doctor. He gets a shock when he finds out that they are coming to verify for themselves. So he transforms a rooming shanty house into a makeshift hospital, populated by patients, people he beats up. His parents arrive, are pleased, and happy that their son is well settled. They would like him to get married to a doctor's daughter. The marriage is arranged, but before the engagement, the bride's father finds out the truth about Munna, and cancels the marriage. Munna's humiliated parents see the truth for themselves, and hurt, they return home, leaving Munna with a strong desire to hurt the doctor - and force him to let his daughter get married to him - even if it means getting admitted in the medical college - with forged documents!!! —Sumitra (corrected by Carrie)
- Taglines
- He might just cure you.
- Genres
- Certificate
- Not Rated
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaRajkumar Hirani was afraid on how doctors would treat him after watching the film since he made so many jabs and jokes at Indian doctors.
- GoofsDuring the cadaver dissection scene, the professor notes that the outer layer of skin is the epidermis and asks what the inner layer of skin is, and one student enthusiastically responds, "Hypodermis!" and the professor nods to indicate that he is correct. The hypodermis is not a layer of skin at all; it is by definition that tissue that is underneath the skin. The two layers of skin are the epidermis and the *dermis*. (The prefix "hypo-" means "below," so the "hypodermis" is that layer of tissue that is "below the dermis.")
- Quotes
Dr. J. Asthana: May I ask what is happening here?
Murli Prasad Sharma: No!
- ConnectionsEdited into Sanju (2018)
- SoundtracksSubhah Ho Gaye Mamu
Written by Abbas Tyrewala
Composed by Anu Malik
Performed by Anu Malik
Courtesy of Universal Music India
Top review
Real nice comedy
I saw Munnabhai MBBS primarily because of Sunjay Dutt. He has always been good in comedy, and his movies make you laugh without having to take help of double meaning dialogues or crossing the line into bitchiness. Ofcourse, Sunjay Dutt has to have a gangster connection, only then the movie can sell. He is the eternal gangster and those roles fit him well, no body can deny that. But where you really have to give director the full points is that he saw the comedic talents of the junior Dutt and put them into a simplistic, well made movie.
All the characters, be it "Circuit" (Arshad Warsi) or the "Dean", or Sunil Dutt, have been portrayed well enough in the movie.
Some of the scenes, like the one where Sanjay Dutt "rags" the seniors make you laugh out from the heart, because this is something which every fresher in the college dreams of.
I think, the movie deserves full points for direction, story, acting, nice title.... This movie was a real treat to watch when most of the other Hindi movies (especially the over-hyped stuff) turn out to be below average.
10 out of 10.
All the characters, be it "Circuit" (Arshad Warsi) or the "Dean", or Sunil Dutt, have been portrayed well enough in the movie.
Some of the scenes, like the one where Sanjay Dutt "rags" the seniors make you laugh out from the heart, because this is something which every fresher in the college dreams of.
I think, the movie deserves full points for direction, story, acting, nice title.... This movie was a real treat to watch when most of the other Hindi movies (especially the over-hyped stuff) turn out to be below average.
10 out of 10.
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- Odsingh
- Dec 30, 2003
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Братан Мунна: Продавець щастя
- Filming locations
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $48,772
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $48,772
- Dec 21, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $3,137,716
- Runtime2 hours 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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