Lage Raho Munna Bhai!

Amazing......Entertaining..........Enlightening....... I am looking for other adjectives for the brilliant movie, which i watched yesterday nite.

Yesterday evening, i casually asked my wife - Renu, if she was interested in going out for the movie. She not only readily agreed but i found the dinner cooked by the time I reached home from the office. I was not surprised by this, for Renu is a movie buff too and a big Munna Bhai Fan. ( I should admit that I admire Circuit more than Munna Bhai!).

Well, we reached the Cinema Hall in time and got the tickets. It was a large crowd and it seemed that mostly the families were present. I was surprised to see a lot of patrons coming down for a second viewing. Although, i had read some of the raving reviews but i wanted to analyse the movie from my point of view.

The movie started with Circuit's antics and his trademark 'bhaigiri'. I could not have expected more to see Boman Irani as the scheming and very 'practical' sardarji. Sanjay Dutt as Munna Bhai made his impact from scene one. His relentless research on Gandhiji and how he meets the Mahatma tickeled everyone.

Vidya Balan as the RJ was cute and so were her 'children' - the oldies with whom she lives in the movie. I don't want to write a review or a plot spoiler, but i would like to share what impressed me the most and here it goes.........

1. The Concept is original, Story is breezy and Screenplay is taut
2. Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi excel in everything - the comic timing is great
3. The instances of proving Gandhism philosophy are very practical and everybody comes across these in everyday life
4. Vidya Balan as RJ is very natural
5. New words like 'Gandhigiri' and "Chemical Locha", immediately hang on the viewer
6. Only one dialogue (when both Munna and Circuit are going back to their village) has been repeated from the earlier venture otherwise nothing else (of course, the main characters)
7. Gandhism is not preachy but explained through a very practical approach
8. And finally to quote the director - "You will laugh with moist eyes"

I would definitely like to see the movie again.

Note:

The New Delhi Government has declared it as TAX FREE but the Cinema Hall (Liberty) was not aware of this and I have to buy the ticket in full price but not regrets.