Shah Rukh Khan was first choice for the lead role in this film. Thank God that didn't work out. This movie belongs entirely to Dutt, his loony grin, killer bod and paan-stained colloquialism. He is Mumbai at its most irreverent, trash-mouthed and irrepressible.
Munna Bhai (our man with the biceps) comes to the big city with his ma ka aashirwaad and VIP baniyaan, to become a doctor. But he finds the underworld a more lucrative playing field (of course, not all doctors would agree). So his parents are back home proud of their son who runs a charity hospital, while the truth ....