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Lage Raho Munna Bhai

2006 · 144 min

A warm, funny, and heartfelt ride that blends slapstick comedy with sincere social commentary, leaving you uplifted.

Tagline
They're back... and they're not alone!
Overview
Lovable goon Munna falls for a morning radio host by the name of Jahnvi, who also runs an elders' home which an unscrupulous builder seeks to attain. In order to gain Jahnvi’s attention, he cheats his way to winning a Mahatma Gandhi radio quiz. When Jahnvi consequently expresses interest in Munna, he and his best friend Circuit attempt to keep up the facade.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • redemption
  • love
  • identity
  • family
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour8
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Rajkumar Hirani
Written by
Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi
Starring
Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan, Boman Irani, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Dia Mirza, Supriya Shukla, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Cinematography
C.K. Muraleedharan
Runtime
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Country
India
Languages
Hindi

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