While Munnabhai fans awaiting the release of Lage Raho Munna Bhai have their fingers crossed, Sanjay Dutt is confident that the sequel will be better than the original.

In an interview, Sanjay Dutt talked about the forthcoming film and revealed his passion for the character of Munnabhai and Circuit!

Dismissing the notion that the Munnabhai sequel must have put immense pressure on his ability to deliver the second time round Dutt revealed that the pressure was more on the Director Rajkumar Hirani, who had to work on many scripts before he was finally convinced that he had crafted yet another winner. And a winner it is, the 'Munnabhai fraternity' maintains.

Munnabhai fans, and that is just about the entire country, understand well that underlying the box office success of the film was the special chemistry between Sanjay Dutt (Munnabhia) and Arshad Warsi (Circuit). Dutt and Warsi are friends in reel as well as real life.

Talking about their onscreen relationship Sanjay said, "I mean it's so obvious when we see it and so rare to find this kind of bonding in cinema. According to me nobody can play Circuit except for Arshad".

Sanjay also has a special bond with the producer of Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who is also a close family friend.

Recalling how Chopra had been the first to turn up after the demise of his father Sunil Dutt, Sanjay said, "I mean what I should have done to give a bath to my father, I couldn't do it. He had to do it. I mean that's how close he is to this family.

And he loved Munnabhai more than anybody else. If he doesn't like you, he will tell you so. He's so passionate about his work".

Touched by Vinod's faith in him and his work, Dutt disclosed that distributors were initially not willing to touch the film Munnabhai but Vinod just went on filming it. Ultimately, Vinod's never say die spirit paid off and Munnabhai went on to become a huge box office success and even acquire an iconic stature. Dutt, who admits to having seen Munnabhai 50 times, talked passionately about his character in the film, "He is honest, he's humble, he's not pretentious, he's unbelievable. I mean like there's one scene in Lage Raho where Jhanvi (Vidya Balan) says ke kal Gandhi jayanti hai.

He doesn't even know who Gandhi is. He's so simple. It's such an honest scene where I am asking Arshad ke Gandhi kaun hain, that scene on the bike. So these are unbelievable qualities of Munnabhai".

Well, the launch date of September 1 is close at hand and whether the sequel will weave its magic once again and spell success for Sanjay and his comical band remains a moot point.