Arshad Warsi was told to charge Rs 1 crore after Munna Bhai’s success, thought this would be his last role: ‘Would have rejected it if…’ | Bollywood News
3 min readMumbaiFeb 21, 2026 11:23 AM IST Arshad Warsi is best known for his iconic role as Circuit in Munna Bhai MBBS, directed by Rajkumar Hirani. In fact, it was such a memorable character, and such a tongue-in-cheek performance by Arshad, that it garnered far more attention than even Sanjay Dutt did for playing the titular character. The chemistry between the two became the heart of the film, and even today, audiences keep returning to it. The film also proved to be a turning point in Arshad’s career, as he recently revealed that, before it, he wasn’t making much money in the industry. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO Vipul Shah told Arshad Warsi to charge Rs 1 crore after Munna Bhai Speaking to Pinkvilla, he said, “Before Munna Bhai, I hardly earned any money, very little, almost nothing. I wasn’t making anything; I would take whatever came my way and would be okay, never fighting too much about how much I would get.” He recalled an incident which happened around the time of Munna Bhai …









