 Screened on 10 November 2006 in the United Nations auditorium , Lage Raho Munna Bhai was the first Hindi film to be shown at the UN . The film was introduced by Shashi Tharoor , UN Under @-@ Secretary General for Communications and Public Information . Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama observed that , " there was thunderous clapping at the high points of the film , like the pensioner shedding his clothes . The applause at the end of the screening was unending . A vibrant question and answer session followed with director Rajkumar Hirani , writer Abhijat Joshi and actor Boman Irani , who flew to the U.S. for the screening . " The Indo @-@ Asian News Service ( IANS ) noted that , " an evening that had started with massive security arrangements in the sombre UN setting , concluded in a festive atmosphere in the lounge of the UN with diplomats from other tables joining in raising a toast for the film . " The United Nations General Assembly announced on 15 June 2007 that 2 October , the day of Gandhi 's birth ( Gandhi Jayanti ) , was to be " the International Day of Non @-@ Violence . " 
