Story of unreleased 'Munnabhai Chale America'

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If you have relished on Munnabhai MBBS and Lage Raho Munnabhai, I bet you would have gone through the wave of disappointment with the news of 'Munnabhai Chale America' being shelved. Another masterpiece which was about to come out from Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi’s brilliant writing, couldn’t see the light of the day as the writer duo couldn’t crack the second half that would beat their earlier iconic films and also that the film bore slight resemblance to 'My Name is Khan' which already got released before the scripting of the 'Munnabhai Chale America' could finish. However, the story of the 3^rd film in the Munnabhai Franchise was nothing sort of another gem. The teaser ( Link below ) itself gives a glimpse of the offering. This time around, it was Circuit ( Arshad Warsi ) who falls in love with a woman. On the day of the marriage, Circuit’s biological parents who were not in the picture till now, shows up on the wedding day. And to everyone’s amazement, they happen to be Muslim which in - turn makes Circuit a Muslim Boy. Not ready to get their daughter get married into a Muslim family, the bride’s parents decide to call off the wedding. Unable to understand the change in situation just because of the Religion factor, Munna ( Sanjay Dutt) questions the problem. To which the Bride’s family says the most cliché and untrue thought that ‘ Muslims are terrorist’. On asking the source of the information, the girl’s family says that it’s a general understanding and even ‘ George Bush’ says the same. Innocent and ignorant that Munna is promises that George Bush will come and say sorry & take back his words. Girl’s family very well aware of the impossibility of the situation, agrees to the condition. Munna’s shock leaves no boundaries when he comes to know that George Bush is no local Mumbai guy or even an Indian, he is the President of America. However, being Munnabhai who has earlier achieved the impossible from being a Doctor to an RJ, decides to stay true to his words and embark on the journey to America with Circuit which would ultimately culminate into a funny ride of both of them exploring America and their ways to reach George Bush to make him change his perception. Though the film would have been different in terms of treatment from 'My Name is Khan' with the former being a serious take while 'Munnabhai Chale America' was on lighter note, it was that the makers couldn’t give justice to the second half of the film and ultimately decided it to let it remain only on paper. While I am sure, we would love to watch the film even if it releases today, but as of now we can only wait to watch the biopic of our dear Munnabhai i.e Sanjay Dutt scheduled to release next year starring the super talented Ranbir Kapoor.

Source: ETC Bollywood Business: Interview of Rajkumar Hirani & Abhijat Joshi by Komal Nahta

Teaser of the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxQfFHs0rNU