In 2003, filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani introduced iconic characters of Munna Bhai (Sanjay Dutt) and Circuit (Arshad Warsi) with his comedy film ‘Munna Bhai M.B.B.S’. Till date, the film is one of the most loved projects, thanks to Sanjay and Arshad’s camaraderie, Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s collaboration and the well-etched out storyline.
After that, the makers worked on another comedy film as they came up with a sequel of ‘Munna Bhai M.B.B.S’. The film, titled ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’, saw Sanjay and Arshad reprising their roles of Munna and Circuit, and they made the audience laugh with a touch of Gandhigiri. With both the films, the characters earned a cult fan following. Since then, fans have been waiting for the OG duo to return for ‘Munna Bhai 3’.
And now it seems, that might soon be a possibility, as Rajkumar Hirani has the same in mind post his latest release, the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Dunki’.
The filmmaker told ANI, “Munna Bhai ke sath humesha mera struggle yehi raha hai ki pichli do films itni achi ban gayi hai ki mere paas 5 aadhi likhi scripts abhi tak padi hui hai (The struggle with this film is that the first two films were blockbuster hits and I have five half-written scripts. I feel that if I don’t reach the level of those two films, I won’t be able to make the third one. I have one story that can be made but some stories get outdated so only time will tell.)”
He further mentioned how he and Sanjay Dutt often talk about it, Hirani added, “Meri aksar baat hoti rehti hai Sanju (Sanjay Dutt) se. Woh kehta hai ki ek banani chahiye. Abhi ye ‘Dunki’ khatam hui hai toh ab main kholunga pitara purani kahanio ka. Man toh hai ki ek Munna Bhai aur banani hai par kab woh mujhe abhi nahin pata (Sanju and I often discuss about Munna Bhai 3. He also tells me to make it. Dunki just finished…now I will go through the collection of the old stories that I have. I really want to make Munna Bhai 3 but I don’t know when).”
Now we all can just wait till Rajkumar Hirani comes up with ‘Munna Bhai 3’.
Meanwhile, Hirani is currently getting praise for his latest directorial ‘Dunki’, which is headlined by SRK. The film also stars Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal, Boman Irani, Anil Grover and Vikram Kochchar. It focuses on the issue of immigration, thereby, highlighting the idea of “donkey route”, which refers to dangerous routes that people across the world take to reach countries they want to immigrate to. It released on December 21.
