As Lage Raho Munna Bhai completes 14 years, here's a look back at the lesser-known facts regarding the superhit.
Rajkumar Hirani's Lage Raho Munna Bhai was a superhit and still widely popular among fans. The film starring Sanjay Dutt, Vidya Balan, Arshad Warsi, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Boman Irani in pivotal roles, had set a trend of ‘Gandhigiri' among the audiences.
The word ‘Gandhigiri’, which was used in the film to non-violently fight injustice, was also incorporated in real life. As the film completes 14 years, here's a look back at the lesser-known facts regarding the superhit.
1. Anushka Sharma was a part of Lage Raho Munna Bhai
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Anushka Sharma's first film with Rajkumar Hirani was PK, however, she had an appearance in Lage Raho Munna Bhai. The Dil Dhadakne Do actress was seen in a sequence where Sanjay Dutt walks past a wall that has a poster of an actress on it.
2. Sunil Dutt's incomplete cameo appearance
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Yesteryear actor Sunil Dutt, who did a cameo in Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., wished to be in the sequel too. Unfortunately, he passed away before the film went on the floors.
3. Vidya Balan took training for role of a radio jockey
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Vidya Balan portrayed the role of a radio jockey in the film and her style of delivering her opening line, "Good morning, Mumbai," caught everyone's attention. However, Vidya worked on her character and had to sit with real-life radio jockeys to get the character right. Reportedly, she took help from RJ Malishka in Mumbai.
4. Lage Raho Munna Bhai was to be based on lawyers
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The original script of the sequel Lage Raho Munna Bhai was supposed to be based on lawyers, however, director Rajkumar Hirani was not happy with the script and continued working on it for two years to develop the perfect sequel.
5. Film’s original title was different
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The film’s original title was supposed to be Munna Bhai MMG — Meets Mahatma Gandhi but Rajkumar Hirani decided otherwise.
