Lagey Raho Munnabhai:review

All those who thought philosophy is limited to books, and those, who discard Mahatma Gandhi out of fashion, here is the clarion call. Rajkumar Hirani carves out a completely new genre for his movie- a patriotic comedy. Wake up to the new face of Indian Cinema, a movie so refreshingly different, so profoundly important and so enthrallingly humorous, that it is almost to good to be true.
The guts to take the father of the nation, into the middle of road urchins, and still retain his aura; making people laugh with him, and learn form him, is what this movie does, and in the most acceptable way ever.
Oof course there is Munnabhai, and his dependable aide circuit, and there is the refreshingly beautiful Vidya Balan and the impeccable Boman Irani. Hilarity ensues when Munnabahi, in love with a RJ, poses falsely as a professor. In the process he learns about Gandhian philosophy and sets out to implement it, with the Mahatma right on his side. The movie takes you through all emotions, right form the most poignant moments to the most hilarious ones. And all those with the premonition that this is a heavy movie, well take it form me, it is not! The characteristic circuit dialogues are there, and so are the Boman Irnai laughs; it is in the true sense a sequel, and still not one.
The direction is impeccable, the satire subtle but profound. Unlike other movies where songs nowadays are jarring overtones, in this movie, the songs occur out of a logical movement of the story. The jokes are clean, no sleaze, no double ended one liners; only pure unbound laughter.
Watch it to realize that we need Gandhi more than we ever did, watch it for the beautiful direction, watch it for it’s moments of tears, and for the moments of truth. I guarantee you cannot stop yourself from singing “ Lagey Raho, Munnabahi…”