Lage Raho Munnabhai

I know it’s a little late to write something about ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’. But it was only yesterday that I could manage getting tickets for this movie, that too for a late night show. I went with a mindset that this movie would be a continuation of ‘Munnabhai MBBS’ with Munna solving people’s grievances with Circuit’s help. However, I saw a vast difference between ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ and ‘Munnabhai MBBS’. I would surely not call ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ a sequel to ‘Munnabhai MBBS’. Though the story revolves around the idea of helping people and being compassionate, the plot and narration is laid in a completely different style. In ‘Munnabhai MBBS’, the hero uses his own wit to handle issues. While in ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’, he uses ideologies of a third person, Mahatma Gandhi. And the formula works!

The concept, scenes, screenplay are excellent and deserve full marks. Thoughh there might be some minor flaws but I choose to ignore them as I would rather concentrate on the wonderful masterpiece of narration. Most of the cast and crew remain same in ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’, but Arshad Warsi (Circuit) steals the show most of the time. I am not going to narrate the story or incidents, as I definitely can’t put it in words. You must actually go and watch the movie to understand the message it wants to convey. ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ makes you laugh, cry and above all makes you think over certain points that have eroded off our mind. It teaches you about a different perspective of looking at things and handling issues.

The ease with which the writer/director and entire team has put across ‘Gandhism’ is really commendable. I have read about it but I might have never been able to put across the thought with such simplicity and impact. The greatness of Mahatma Gandhi (who most of us think was wrong or stupid) has been excellently portrayed in the film. Marathi ace actor, Dilip Prabhavalkar does a good job in the movie, enacting Mahatma Gandhi aka ‘Bapu’.

‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ is a must watch movie and it is the best movie I have seen this year. I seriously wish that each one of us go and watch this movie. Enjoy the movie, laugh, and cry but also learn something from it and get inspired. Even if few people who watch the movie are able to truly understand its message, we can have a better society around and a wonderful place to live in.

Don’t stop yourself if that movie makes you think something positive, churn yourself in those thoughts and see if you can produce something constructive.