'Munnabhai MBBS' to be remade in Hollywood 31st May 2006
09.01 IST
By Agencies
We told you in May last year that the Sanjay Dutt starrer Munnabhai MBBS is being made in Hollywood. Here are some more details.
‘Munnabhai MBBS’, a flick about a gangster who pretends to be a doctor whenever his parents turn up, will be shot as ‘Gangster MD’.
The film will be directed by Mira Nair , best known for Monsoon Wedding in 2001.
Nair said Chris Tucker, the Hollywood action star who came to focus as the wisecracking cop in Rush Hour movies, would play the lead in ‘Gangster MD’.
Filming is expected to begin after Tucker finishes shooting ‘Rush Hour 3’ with Jackie Chan in Paris this summer.
‘Munnabhai MBBS’ is one of Bollywood's success stories. It tells the story of a gangster's decision to redeem himself by trying to become a doctor - which he hopes will also prove himself to the woman he loves and her father, superintendent and principal of a medical college and hospital.
Nair said she might cast some actors from the Bollywood original and is on the lookout for Indian stars.
Bollywood has a fine tradition of remaking Hollywood hits, but the tables are being turned now.
'Munnabhai MBBS' to be remade in Hollywood
