Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi had a conversation with Komal Nahta about their memorable films. Rajkumar Hirani revealed how Abhijat Joshi came on board as one of the writers for the 2006 cult film Lage Raho Munna Bhai, starring Sanjay Dutt and Vidya Balan. He revealed that he wrote a sequence which was very interesting and novel and that motivated him to have Abhijat as the film’s writer.
Did you know? Lage Raho Munna Bhai originally had a SHOCKING scene involving Mahatma Gandhi’s three bullet marks; Rajkumar Hirani reveals why it was dropped
Rajkumar Hirani said, “That scene didn’t make it to the final cut but the thought behind the scene remained. In Lage Raho Munna Bhai, the residents of old age home are protesting against Lucky Singh (Boman Irani). Abhijat wrote a scene that the security guards attack the old men and one of them gets so badly hit that he dies.”
Rajkumar Hirani continued, “At the funeral, Munna (Sanjay Dutt) and Circuit (Arshad Warsi) are sad that ek aadmi marr gaya. Munna is angry and wants to kill Lucky. We then see Munna hallucinaties that Bapu (Dilip Prabhawalkar) is standing at a distance. He tells Bapu that he would kill Lucky. Bapu replies, ‘Tu mat maar. Violence is not the solution’. Suddenly, there’s a strong gust of wind, due to which Bapu’s shawl flies in the air. This is when viewers see three bullet marks on Bapu’s chest.”
Rajkumar Hirani continued, “At this, Munna says, ‘Aapko bhi toh maar diya’. Bapu said, ‘Teen goli se mujhe maar toh diya lekin mere vichaaron ko nahin maar paaye‘. The scene was there for the longest time in the script. But I didn’t want to walk that path and show that one old age home resident dies. Hence, we sacrificed the scene but the thought remained in the film.”
Ultimately, Bapu said the dialogue while addressing the audience in the climax.
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