 Each film in the Munna Bhai series features Munna and Circuit in a story that is comprehensive unto itself and is not continued or referred to in another in the series . Director Hirani has compared this format to the films of Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy , as well as to the James Bond series . Others have also likened the series to the work of Laurel and Hardy . Some , however , have negated this comparison , stating that the series is more akin to the Road to ... " buddy films " of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby . Hirani stated that his work was deeply inspired by the films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee . 
