We all know how the Rajkumar Hirani directorial, Munna Bhai MBBS is one of the lighthearted comedy-drama movies that has made all of us laugh with its humorous dialogues. The film received so much love that it has won many awards. The most noteworthy performers of this movie include actors Sanjay Dutt who played the role of Munna Bhai and Arshad Warsi who played the role of Circuit. This duo made us laugh like crazy with their performance in the movie. Sanjay Dutt is one of the most loved actors in Bollywood who has done a number of films and has managed to win everyone’s hearts with his power-packed performances.
The actor did not fail to do justice to the role of Munna Bhai and did a great job at entertaining us with his performance. However, did you know that Munna Bhai’s first choice wasn’t really Sanjay Dutt? Yess! You read that right! The director of the film Rajkumar Hirani had approached actor Vivek Oberoi initially to play this classic role of Munna in the film series. According to the reports of Times of India, Vivek Oberoi had also confirmed in one of his interviews that director Hirani had approached him and for the role as Rajkumar Hirani was highly impressed with Vivek Oberoi’s work in the movie ‘Company’. The actor revealed that he had also confirmed and given his nod to be a part of the movie because of some issues with the shooting dates, the role of Munna was then bagged by Sanjay and the rest is history!