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Hari Prasad Sharma and his wife Parvati come from
their village to Mumbai to visit their son, Dr. Murli, who is the head
of a charitable hospital. They also decide to get Murli married so they
meet Dr. Asthana for his daughter’s hand, but are in for a shock when
he informs them that their son is actually an underworld don known as
Munnabhai and not a qualified doctor. Crestfallen, both of them return
to their village. Munnabhai swears to avenge his parents’ humiliation
at the hands of Dr. Asthana, by enrolling in the same institution where
Dr. Asthana is the dean and obtain an M.B.B.S. degree. With the help of
his right-hand man Circuit and others, he gains admission to the
college. While Munna Bhai’s skills as a medical doctor are minimal, he
transforms those around him with a ‘Magic Hug’ — a method of comfort
taught to Munna by his mother — and the compassion he shows towards
those in need. Despite the college’s emphasis on mechanical,
impersonal, often bureaucratic relationships between doctors and
patients, Munna constantly seeks to impose a more empathetic, almost
holistic regimen. Enraged, Dr. Asthana tries several times to expel
Munna, but is often thwarted by Munna’s wit or the affection with which
the others at the school regard Munna.
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