After Sanju, Rajkumar Hirani to Direct Sanjay Dutt's Munnabhai 3?
Hirani broke into the Bollywood scene with an impactful debut, directing Sanjay Dutt in Munnabhai MBBS.
We are not sure why Rajkumar Hirani keeps on giving us hopes about this, but we love the franchise so much that we are willing to wait a little more. Hirani broke into the Bollywood scene with an impactful debut, directing Sanjay Dutt in Munnabhai MBBS. The social comedy entertainer was a big hit with both the critics and the public, the success of which gave a fresh lease to Sanjay Dutt's career. Hirani and Sanjay Dutt later followed it up with the sequel, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, which turned out to be an even better movie and a more significant hit.And then as we waited for the third movie, Rajkumar Hirani took a break to work with Aamir Khan in 3 Idiots.
While it is okay to take a break and work on other projects (and deliver bigger hits), but that break took quite long. We mean, more than a decade-long. While Sanjay Dutt was eager for the third Munnabhai movie to start, they were not able to pencil in the right script. However, there looks to be some good news on that front.
When Hirani launched the teaser of his much-awaited movie, Sanju, the biopic on Sanjay Dutt, he hinted that his next project could be Munnabhai 3. As per a report in DNA, he confirmed this, as he said, "I have to work on that now." Well, we can hardly wait to see Sanjay Dutt as the lovable goon Munna and his obedient goofy sidekick, Circuit, played by Arshad Warsi, back on the big screen again.
It is not that Hirani and Dutt never tried to launch the third part of the Munnabhai series. They had officially announced the project, Munnabhai Chale Amreeka, and Dutt and Warsi even shot a teaser for the same. However, the project had to be shelved since it was too similar to the premise of Shah Rukh Khan's My Name is Khan. Sanjay Dutt later played a small role in Hirani's PK, starring Aamir Khan in the lead, before he has to complete his jail sentence.
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