In "LAGAY RAHO MUNNA BHAI", was Ghandi shown as real Soul or not?

Question

(Disclaimer: One who hasn't seen the movie don't read below as it may reveal the suspense of "LAGAY RAHO MUNNA BHAI)


If it was disorder of lead character "Munna Bhai" then how that imaginary Ghandi told him the secret of his childhood to Munna , as Munna never know that Ghandi had stolen something in his childhood?
Why Ghandi turned on to Lucky Singh (Bhoman Irani) in the end? please tell me what do u think?

Answer 1

lage raho munna nai (barber)

Answer 2

For practically all the movie, Gandhiji was, as is revealed in the end, actually Munna's inner soul in the form of Gandhiji. As I see it, both films had shown that Munnabhai was basically an ethical well meaning simple and loveable person with a heart of gold. Despite his gunda exterior, deep inside he knew right from wrong. When he read up on Gandhiji, this connected with his subconscious self - and helped him have an excuse to do all the good deeds he probably would have done had his inner self ruled his public self. It is unlikely Munna did not know about Gandhiji having stolen when he was a child because that must be a published fact somewhere (eitherwise the filmmakers would not dared to say it like that...) and Munna woudl have read about it. Alternatively, yet again Munna subconcious ethical self was using Gandhiji's form and name to tell munna something which actually he himself may have done in his childhood but didnt recall as such.
As for the boman irani bit, I think the producers were aiming through this movie to encourage peopel to try and practice the Gandhian way of life in their daily actions. However, the fact that Gandhiji actually addresses the audience in the end is what I call a form of cinematic licence - the filmmaker breaking his won rules but getting away with it..

Answer 3

Munna bhai had imagined and could answer anything he had read and learnt about Gandhi.

He did not know what was rare and not told. So it was disorder.