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[flute202020]

This is cool. This is one of thoserare original movies in Hindi. one of my fav movies. Great to know it is being made in Hollywood.

http://www.samachar.com/showurl.htm?rurl=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1709325,001100030009.htm?headline=Munnabhai~MBBS~to~undergo~Hollwood~makeover

Bollywood has a fine tradition of remaking Hollywood hits, but the tables are being turned now and an Indian comedy, Munnabhai MBBS, is set to be remade in the United States.

Munnabhai MBBS, starring Sanjay Dutt, a flick about a gangster who pretends to be a doctor whenever his parents turn up, will be shot as Gangster MD. It will be directed by Mira Nair, best known for Monsoon Wedding in 2001.

Nair said Chris Tucker, the Hollywood action star who came to focus as the wise-cracking cop in Rush Hour movies, would play the lead in Gangster MD.

Filming is expected to begin after Tucker finishes shooting Rush Hour 3 with Jackie Chan in Paris this summer.

Munnabhai MBBS is one of Bollywood's success stories. It tells of a gangster's decision to redeem himself by trying to become a doctor - which he hopes will also prove himself to the woman he loves and her father, superintendent and principal of a medical college and hospital.

Nair said she might cast some actors from the Bollywood original and is on the lookout for Indian stars.
 
 

[LosingNow]

They need an Arshad Warsi to make this work. He was the best character in that movie

[flute202020]

They need an Arshad Warsi to make this work. He was the best character in that movie

Yep. As the end of the movie, I kept wondering if Circuit's character should have had more role. But, I trust Mira Nair to come up with a good cast, she is very good, remember Monsoon Wedding?

[LosingNow]

They need an Arshad Warsi to make this work. He was the best character in that movie

Yep. As the end of the movie, I kept wondering if Circuit's character should have had more role. But, I trust Mira Nair to come up with a good cast, she is very good, remember Monsoon Wedding?

yea.. but what would be the Hollywood equivalent of Bambaiya Hindi .. somehow I am sceptical that this movie will translate well or exactly into Hollywood. Maybe the story of a Gangster becoming a doctor ..yes...but the whole fun and games around the language and characters, willl have to be "localized" for Hollywood

[flute202020]

They need an Arshad Warsi to make this work. He was the best character in that movie

Yep. As the end of the movie, I kept wondering if Circuit's character should have had more role. But, I trust Mira Nair to come up with a good cast, she is very good, remember Monsoon Wedding?

yea.. but what would be the Hollywood equivalent of Bambaiya Hindi .. somehow I am sceptical that this movie will translate well or exactly into Hollywood. Maybe the story of a Gangster becoming a doctor ..yes...but the whole fun and games around the language and characters, willl have to be "localized" for Hollywood

true, language was one of the main things funny about this movie. We will have to see how it translates..somethings like circuit finding a Jap and asking Munna if foreign will do etc. needs to be translated into LA or NY or Philly setting. Since Chris Tucker is involved, may be Philly setting with a local gangster with a sidekick etc. Whatever they do, its not going to be easy. My hope is on Mira Nair though

[keep-it-cool]

They need an Arshad Warsi to make this work. He was the best character in that movie

and a boman irani .. esp when he starts laughing in anger!! that was a brilliant concept ...

[Aloo Kashmiri Ul Haq]

i read that the movie was to be based in brooklyn

[dhruvdeepak]

the movie's called Gangsta MD:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0438049/

[kingcool1432]

I thought MunnaBhai was a loose remake of patchadams and anger management ?