“We have always desired to make the third film nevertheless it is getting delayed as it shouldn’t seem like we're making it only to encash it,” said Hirani.
The third instalment was named “Munna Bhai Chale Amerika”, but it surely was shelved. Now the brand new movie within the franchise is claimed to be called “Munna Bhai Ki Aatma Katha”.
“We want the third to be better than the former two. So, it's getting delayed because script-wise it still must be strong…but we can definitely make the third film,” the 49-year-old said.
He spoke at the sidelines of a festival to celebrate producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s three decades within the film industry.
Hirani confirms that actors Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi, who played Munna and Circuit within the earlier two films respectively, will continue playing the principle characters.
“Sanju is Munnabhai, I can’t imagine anybody else as Munnabhai. Sanju and Arshad as Munna, Circuit,” he said.
Sanjay says being part of “Munna Bhai” changed his life for good.
“From my career, my everyday life to my image, everything has changed on account of ‘Munna Bhai’, it’s so important,” the 52-year-old said here on the event.
“It is a memorable film, a memorable role. Actors very rarely get a possibility to do this kind of role and that i think I'M lucky,” he added.
In the 2003 film “Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.”, Sanjay played a fake medical student, who has a different, endearing way of treating people.
In the second one film “Lage Raho Munna Bhai”, he played a fake professor, and the movie became popular for Sanjay’s ‘Gandhigiri’ — his practice of using non-violent the best way to solve people’s personal problems.
Sanjay is currently shooting for “Race 2″, “Zilla Ghaziabad”, “S.O.S.- Son of Sardar” and “Department.” – IANS
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