Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rajkumar Hirani
Produced by	Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Screenplay by	Vidhu Vinod Chopra Rajkumar Hirani Lajan Joseph Oommen
Story by	Rajkumar Hirani
Starring	Sunil Dutt Sanjay Dutt Gracy Singh Arshad Warsi Jimmy Shergill Boman Irani
Music by	Anu Malik
Cinematography	Binod Pradhan
Edited by	Pradeep Sarkar Rajkumar Hirani
Distributed by	Vinod Chopra Productions Entertainment One
Release date	19 December 2003 (2003-12-19)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	est.₹10 crore (US$1.5 million)
Box office	est.₹36.29 crore (US$5.4 million)

Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. is a 2003 Indian comedy drama film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The movie is based on English movie Patch Adams released back in 1998. The story involves protagonist Munna Bhai (Sanjay Dutt), a goon, going to medical school. He is helped by his sidekick, Circuit (Arshad Warsi). It stars Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Jimmy Shergill, Gracy Singh, Boman Irani and Sunil Dutt and was later followed by a second film Lage Raho Munna Bhai, and became the first installment of the Munna Bhai film series. On 25 February 2016, Sanjay Dutt was released from Yerwada Central Jail after completing his sentence (2013-2016) for illegal possession of firearms in 1993. Vidhu Vinod Chopra announced on 29 September 2016 that production on the third Munna Bhai film starring Dutt in the title role will begin in 2017.

It went on to win the 2004 National Film Award for Best Popular Film, and several Filmfare awards, including the Critics Award for Best Movie and Best Screenplay. At the box office, it achieved a silver jubilee status (25 week run) being one of only eight films to have achieved this status since the year 2000. In its 26th week of release the film could still be found playing on 257 screens throughout India.