2004 National Film Awards where it won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film and the 2004 International Indian Film Academy Awards where it won the IIFA Best Comedian Award. Sequel In February 2004, after the success of Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., Rajkumar Hirani decided to work on his next project. He, along with his co-writer Abhijat Joshi, started to write the script of their new film. They didn't wanted that script to include Munnabhai but after they wrote it, the script eventually turned out to be of Lage Raho Munna Bhai. Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani were to reprise their roles but after the death of Sunil in May 2005, Hirani decided that the film will only have Sanjay & Warsi to reprise their characters from Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and other actors like Boman Irani and Jimmy Shergill were cast in new roles. Lage Raho Munna Bhai was released on 1 September 2006 and turned out to be a huge success. Munna Bhai part 3 is still in making. Remakes The film was remade in Tamil as Vasool Raja MBBS (2004), in Telugu as Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. (2004), in Kannada as Uppi Dada M.B.B.S. (2007) and in Sinhala as Dr. Nawariyan (2017). References External links Official Website Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. at Rediff.com 2003 films Films set in Mumbai 2000s crime comedy-drama films Indian crime comedy-drama films Hindi films remade in other languages 2000s Hindi-language films Medical-themed films Films scored by Anu Malik Indian gangster films Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment National Film Award winners Films directed by Rajkumar Hirani 2003 directorial debut films 2003 comedy films 2003 drama films