India Lage Raho Munna Bhai returned 17.5× its production cost, earning $31.5M against a $1.8M budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
लगे रहो मुन्ना भाई
“They're back… and they're not alone!”
Lovable goon Munna falls for a morning radio host by the name of Jahnvi, who also runs an elders' home which an unscrupulous builder seeks to attain. In order to gain Jahnvi’s attention, he cheats his way to winning a Mahatma Gandhi radio quiz. When Jahnvi consequently expresses interest in Munna, he and his best friend Circuit attempt to keep up the facade.
The 2005–2007 India Window
157 India films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Lage Raho Munna Bhai sits at position #19.
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The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Lage Raho Munna Bhai premiered. 454 total titles in this decade from India.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 24m runtime, production spent $13K per minute on screen and earned $219K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #352 of 1,983 India films indexed here (82nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Comedy productions specifically: #90 of 648 (top 14%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Production Companies | Vidhu Vinod Chopra Productions |
| Runtime | 2h 24m |
| Release Date | September 1, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0456144 |