“Bande me tha dum - vande mataram”. You must be wondering who is that guy I am talking about and if you are reading this review to find out about him then you will be disappointed because I am not going to tell that. Reason is simple I want you to go and watch this movie in big screen.

After 3 years once again Munna bhai is back with his friend circuit to give us a riot of laugh. This film is 100% entertainment and this professor Munna gets higher marks than MBBS Munna. While watching this film I never wanted this film to end.

If we leave films that were based on life of Gandhi then in the history of Indian film this must be first chance when Gandhi stepped out from his pictures hanging on walls. After “rang de basanti” I feel this movie again has a great concept. And I am sure Hollywood directors will also call this Munna.

Definitely you will miss that ‘Jadu ki jhappi’ but our Munna got his ‘Puppi’ what he deserved best. This film is about finding the Gandhi in all of us but never sounds preachy (Not sure about mene Gandhi ko nahi maara). Rather, it makes you laugh and cry through the whole 3 hours journey and in between it touches various issues like stagnation of the older generation (Film: Dhoop), corruption & evil builders (Film: Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro), bad manners, superstitions…etc.

Technically and production-wise this sequel seems a step higher than the previous film, for such sequel films the main challenge always happens to be script to match up if not go one better than the previous film, and Abhijat Joshi and Rajkumar Hirani deliver with perfection. The film is a prime example of a great script same like Rang De Basanti with perfect handled direction by Hirani.

Cast wise, it looks like munna bhai ia tailor made roll for Sanjay dutt and nothing wrong saying same for Arshad varsi. Multi-layered character of Lucky Singh played by Boman Irani, has both evil and good shades and he delivers that his best. Vidya Balan is definetly an actress to watch for, she is not only pretty but once again after Parineeta she proves that she is good artist too. The music of the film seems okay to me when one listens to the album in isolation, but watching the film the songs exactly flow with the film, pleasant and soulful. Lyrics are great work of Swanand Kirkire and it well mixup with story.

Before putting a full stop let me tell you the song vande matram once again re-visualized by Shantanu & Swanand Team. This came at exact time when nation is debating on same.

Last but not the least Film’s true hero is Rajkumar hirani for giving such a clean and wonderful film to watch for every age group. And other filmmakers should learn that Script is more important than the bag full of higher paid actors and location of New York or London.

my Rating: [rate 4.5]

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