Mumbai: Since Shikara was an intense experience for Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the filmmaker said that he now wants to focus on a new Munna Bhai project just for the sake of making a "fun film."
Speaking at a promotion event for his upcoming release Shikara, Chopra said: "I really want to make Munna Bhai. It (Shikara) was a very tiring film because it was very close to my heart. I want to make some fun films now."
He further added: "I have been wanting to do Munna Bhai from a long time. Now finally, we have something that I would want to do."
The Munna Bhai franchise comprises the blockbuster hits such as Munna Bhai MBBS and Lage Raho Munna Bhai. While the first part Munna Bhai MBBS had hit big screens in 2003, the second instalment Lage Raho Munna Bhai released in 2006.
Both films were directed by Rajkumar Hirani and starred Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi as Munna Bhai and Circuit respectively.
When asked if, as a producer, he would he bring back the same cast and crew after nearly a decade and a half, he said: "It (Munna Bhai 3) will be with Sanjay (Dutt) and yes, hopefully, all of them will be there."
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Speaking about a tentative date in mind for his new Munna Bhai project, Chopra stated: "How can I say that? I am going to work on it from 10th (February). We have got the right idea but we have to work on that. I can't say how much time it will take to make but I really want to make it, because wherever I go people ask me about it."
"Even at the airport, people keep asking me, ‘when will Munna Bhai come?' (laughs). So, we have to make it before people get upset with us," he concluded.
With inputs from IANS.
