Article Updated 03 September, 2006 03:08:58 AM IST   Lage Raho Munna Bhai By Prema K. ©2006 Bollyvista.com   The lovable Munnabhai and Circuit are back in a different setup now! Credit goes to director Rajkumar Hirani for striking a fine balance between humor and emotions. Both Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi look convincing in the comic as well as emotional moments. There's also a lot of stuff that the common man will identify with which makes this film too a winner! Munna (Sanjay Dutt) is in love with a popular Radio Jockey, Jhanvi (Vidya Balan). Her high-spirited 'Good Morning Mumbai' on her daily morning radio show brightens Munna's day and he keeps dreaming of her all through the night. Circuit and his 'bhaigiri', is still on and he listens to her morning show every day. He wants to meet Jhanvi. Destiny provides him with this opportunity soon in the form of a radio quiz on Gandhiji. There's a repeat of the cheating scene that one thoroughly enjoyed in its predecessor, 'Munnabhai MBBS'. This sequence is one of best in the film. Munna manages to win the contest and is invited to the studio as a guest on the show. He manages to impress Jhanvi but there's one problem. He lies to her that he's a History Professor. Jhanvi has no reason to doubt him and even invites him to give a lecture on Gandhiji to the inmates of the '2nd innings' home. Only Sanjay Dutt could have carried off something like this in a slightly sheepish style! But in the midst of all this wooing he begins to communicate with Mahatma Gandhi. How? Watch the film! Not once will the viewers find this fake or superficial although it's such an unbelievable concept. It just goes to prove that anything done with conviction can never go wrong! All credit to the director and his team of writers. Need we add that the dialogues are hilarious. Arshad has some of the best lines and he does complete justice to it. But the film tends to slag a bit in the post-interval section when the focus shifts to the Munna-Jhanvi love story. We enjoy the Munna-Circuit bonding more. So here the film tends to get a little boring! Shantanu Moitra's music sounds good especially while watching the film. The title track, 'Bole To Bole Kaisi Hogi Hai', and 'Samjho Ho Hi Gaya' are good. Sanju, as we mentioned before, is superb. He doesn't fail to strike the emotional chord in people when he cries. He's good in the emotional as well as the comic moments. But he's put on weight, especially on his face and is looking slightly old. Arshad Warsi also is superb with great comic timing. Boman Irani just slips into the character beautifully and tackles his role with ease. Vidya Balan is very confident. Jimmy Shergill is good in a brief role. Ditto for Dia Mirza. Abhishek Bachchan, in a cameo, adds to the star value of the film. Mahatma Gandhi's makeup is not quite right but he sounds exactly like him. Overall a fun film that will surely work at the box office. **** (Four stars) *poor; **average; ***good; ****very good; *****excellent   close   Print this Article http://www.bollyvista.com   http://www.bollyvista.com/article/a/29/7007