Actor Sanjay Dutt has stated his wish that his character Munna Bhai who popularized Gandhigiri in his last movie should be used to help bridge the communal divide.

“I wish I can do it (bridge the communal divide) and I will do it but I think we should take a ‘Munna Bhai’ to deal with this problem,” Dutt said responding to a question on whether the screen character ‘Munna Bhai’ can bridge the Hindu-Muslim divide.

The actor, who has become more popular after playing ‘Munna Bhai’, the protagonist character in two films — ‘Munna Bhai MBBS‘ and ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai‘, was speaking at a session titled ‘Leadership Lessons from Munnabhai’ at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2008 last evening.

Remembering his late father, actor-politician Sunil Dutt, the actor said his father was a ‘great Gandhian’.

“Munna Bhai is me. He is straight from his heart, emotional and a fool. But I think my father was a great Gandhian. He raised us that way. As far as the film is concerned, it definitely changed my life, especially ‘Lage Raho..’. It enlightened me,” the actor said.

Revealing his heart, the ‘Munna Bhai’ of Bollywood said, “My father always taught me to be a good human being… and I always try to be that and I want to bring peace in the world.”

“There is so much violence happening everywhere. Why can’t we live in peace? After all we are all brothers and family,” he added.