YouTube Originals ‘Off The Page’ to debut on Gandhi Jayanti

Original cast of the iconic movie, Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)— Sanjay Dutt (Munna Bhai), Arshad Warsi (Circuit), Vidya Balan (Jhanvi), Boman Irani (Lucky Singh) and Dilip Prabhavalkar (Mahatma Gandhi)— is reuniting to launch the new YouTube Originals, Off The Page, as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.

Off The Page is a dramatic interpretation of an iconic Bollywood film in a table read format. The star-cast will narrate the most compelling scenes from the movie, highlighting Gandhian principles such as Satya, Ahimsa and Satyagraha. The episodes will also feature a discussion between the cast and noted film critic Anupama Chopra, about the ideas, events and stories that went into the making of the film. Viewers will also get to see how the script, performance and direction translated into the filmed scene.

Off The Page is curated by Chopra. It will have 17 episodes of 7-10 minutes each, and will be released on the Film Companion channel on YouTube, starting October 2. 

Talking about her first table read Anupama Chopra said, “Off The Page was a first for me! It was so exciting to work with this new format and recreate scenes from a film I love— Lage Raho Munnabhai.  It was fascinating to revisit the making of the film - the stories were gold! I hope people who watch Off The Page enjoy it as much as I did.” 

Sanjay Dutt added, “Munnabhai is a franchise which is supremely close to my heart. Till date I meet Raju and get after him to get ready with the third film. This reunion is extremely special as it is done on Gandhiji’s birthday who was the whole crux of the film, it was actually the ‘Gandhigiri’ concept that made the film what it is today and getting to relive that is just magical.”