Wow! Munna-Circuit in Comic books

By Subhash K Jha

If you thought Raj Kumar Hirani and his co-writer Abhijat Joshi's two endearing creations Munna and Circuit in the two Munnabhai comedies were going to be restricted to the large screen, you've another thought coming.

Soon they'll be seen as part of a comic-book series.

"And why just comic books? We've a large number of offers to turn Munna and Circuit's adventures into animation films, cartoon strips, you name it," reveals director Raj Kumar Hirani with bridled pride.

In fact the blue -print for the comic strips have already been made. "We've drawn some sketches for Munna and Curcuit which would hopefully serve as illustrations in a series of adventures , and we like what we see. If things go well we'll soon be putting out Circuit-Munna comicbooks for public consumption," reveals Hirani.

The comic books and the proposed animation films will be marketed by Vinod Chopra Productions.

Arshad Warsi is delighted by the idea. "Wow! To actually feature in comic books, like Superman or Spiderman. Imagine what my son Zeke will have to tell his friends in school. 'My father the super-hero'. But seriously, I've worked very hard on making my character of Circuit Munna's funny yet poignant right-hand man . So yes, I'd love to be part of the comic books."

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