been brain-dead for the last 12 years, comes back to life. Asthana, finally moved, is forced to change his opinion of Munna. Munna does not end up becoming a doctor, but news of his 'miraculous' treatments reaches his parents. They return to the city and forgive him. Munna ends up marrying Suman after learning of her true identity, and together, they open a real hospital in Munna's family village. Cast The cast is listed below (according to credits):- Sunil Dutt as Shri Hariprasad Sharma, Munna's father Sanjay Dutt as Murliprasad "Munna Bhai" Sharma, a gangster and medical student in Mumbai Gracy Singh as Dr. Suman "Chinki" Asthana, Dr. Asthana's daughter and a doctor who works alongside her father in the same hospital Jimmy Shergill as Zaheer Ali, Suman's hospital patient & Munna's friend Arshad Warsi as Sarkeshwar "Circuit" Mishra, Munna's sidekick Rohini Hattangadi as Parvati Sharma, Munna's mother Boman Irani as Dr. Jagdish "J." (J dot) Asthana, Chinki's father and the college dean Kurush Deboo as Dr. Rustam Pawri Yatin Karyekar as Anand Banerjee, hospital patient Nawazuddin Siddiqui as a pickpocket who tried to steal Hari's wallet (special appearance) Rohitash Gaud as the Tender Coconut Seller at Park Neha Dubey as fake Chinki, Suman's friend Mumaith Khan as Nandini 'Reena', the dancer in the song 'Dekh Le' (special appearance) Priya Bapat as Meenal, 1st Year Medical Student Pushkar Shrotri as a Professor in the college Sundeep Suthar as Chaiwallah Vishal Thakkar as Karan, the suicide patient Anuradha Chandan as Vidya, Karan's mother Khurshed Lawyer as Nagrajan Swamy, Munna's roommate and friend Production In an interview, Hirani discussed how the idea for the film emerged from his interaction with some friends who were medical students. Later, he also had the opportunity to interact with a lot of medical professionals when some members of his family became sick. These experiences gave birth to the idea for the film. During the scripting stage, Hirani wanted Anil Kapoor to play the lead role. However, Shah Rukh Khan was later cast as Munna along with Sanjay Dutt as Zaheer but due to his back problems Khan was forced to turn down the film. Nevertheless, the end credits of the film thank Khan for his inputs into the script. Hirani also narrated the script to Aishwarya Rai during the time he was in talks with Shahrukh Khan. Khan and Rai were working together on Devdas at