What more to say about Munnabhai M.B.B.S, which has been already reviewed & praised. However, my review would like to give a different opinion on this movie.
Starring
Sanjay Dutt: Munnabhai (Murli Prasad Sharma)
Sunil Dutt: Mr. Prasad Sharma
Rohini Hattangadi: Mrs. Parvati Sharma
Arshad Warsi: Circuit
Boman Irani: Dr. Asthana
Gracy Singh: Dr. Suman / Chinki
Storyline
The story is about Munnabhai, a local Mumbai goon who is only concerned with anti ? social activities but creates a false hospital to fool his parents whenever they come to Mumbai. Munnabhai?s helper is Circuit, who holds the same type of knife that Sanjay Dutt had in Musafir.
Munna?s parents arrive in Mumbai, wherein they are happy to see their Quack Son treating patients. However, when they meet Dr. Asthana, the truth is revealed & they go back to their village. Munna now decides to become a Doctor & create Vaat for Dr. Asthana.
As the story proceeds, there are other events & finally, Munna marries Chinki / Dr. Suman & they lived happily ever after.
Fun Fillers:
Form filling
This is something that even I?m against. Though I?m myself a medical student & I know the Medicolegal aspects of filling a form before admitting a patient, I object against this, especially when the patient?s life is at stake.
Munna did a right thing in this scene, when he had to compulsorily force the doctor to save the patient?s life.
Senior ragging
Another interesting aspect shown in the movie that Munna rags his seniors. It was a good thing since seniors have always been ragging juniors & hence, the incidence of students committing suicides as a result of ragging, have increased a lot.
Healing Parsi bawa
This was equally noteworthy especially when the doctors had given all hopes that the patient would fully recover.
Also this event contradicts Dr. Asthana?s talk that for a doctor, patient is just a diseased body, though in reality, its not so.
A doctor has to treat the patient not just medicinally but emotionally & psychologically, as what was shown when Munna was playing carrom in the hospital ward, since he was well ? aware that the bawa had immense affinity for getting the queen.
Also, the skill with which the old man manages to acquire the cover, is remarkable.
I consider this as the best scene of the film.
Chinese dead body
This was a hilarious scene wherein Circuit gets an Alive Chinese man into the Dissection room, claiming to be a dead body.
Chinky?s replacement, Laughter therapy, Recovery of Anand Banerjee & Jaadu ki jhappi are some of the other events, worth watching in the film.
Minus points & My Opinion
Lies
Munna lying to his parents, was the Worst thing in the movie. When Circuit asks Munna that why he does not tell the truth, Munna tells that his father will not be able to tolerate the truth. He never realises that how his father will be able to tolerate the same truth from someone else?s mouth. And then Munna decides to create hell for Dr. Asthana.
The beginning of the movie wherein Munna?s parents arrive in the hospital, was simply indicative that Munna can create such a big lie.
Munna?s language
This was another irksome thing in the movie. The way, he talks to people in the college premises was funny but at times rude & offensive.
I don?t understand why it is always considered that whatever the hero does, is correct & the same thing is seen in this movie.
Dancer
This truly got on my nerves when I saw the semi ? clad dancer dancing in the ward. It was extremely shameful to see that a hospital ward has been converted into a Dancing bar, merely to give the patient some entertainment.
Instead if the patient had been taken to the discotheque, that would have been more convincing.
It was worse to find that even the hospital authorities are supporting Munna for something like this.
Goof ups
Bollywood without Blunders is like a Diet without Salt. Somewhere some blunder has to occur to make the story possible.
Photos on ID card
The scene depicted that the Dr. Rustam gives the CET exam & signs as Murli Prasad Sharma.
In reality, the I ? card carried for the exam, always bears the photo of the person who is giving the exam.
Seems as if the story writers had tampered with the I ? card to get Munna admitted in the medical college.
Jimmy Shergill?s disease diagnosis
Gracy Singh tells Jimmy that he has a very short life left but what disease he was suffering, was never mentioned in the movie.
Cheating in exams
This also showed that Munna is incapable of doing anything by correct means.
I do agree that if Munna had done his studies properly, then he would have become a true doctor, the story would have had to take at least a minimum of 4 to 5 year leap (Reminds you of K serials, doesn?t it?)
Another aspect is that in medical colleges, Practicals & Viva are also taken, along with theory exams to test the capability of the students. Needless to say, this was never shown in the movie, except towards the climax wherein Munna is asked medical questions.
Asthana?s challenge
Dr. Asthana said that if Munna answers even 1 question related to medicine, he can stay in the college. If this is so, then why was Munna asked the second question. Any answers?
Performances
Sanjay Dutt as Munna gave a fine performance as far as the comedy scenes were concerned. Arshad Warsi was worth watching but the Best performance was by Boman Irani, the doctor who tries to control his anger by Laughter Therapy.
The remaining starcast performed well.
Overall, the movie was Interesting but unlike other comedies like Golmaal & Andaz Apna Apna, I didn?t feel like watching the movie again & again.
As such, Munna didn?t become a Doctor, yet he is termed M.B.B.S.: Miyan Biwi Bachchon Samet.