MUMBAI: As Rajkumar Hirani is busy with the Aamir Khan starrer PK, producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra has assigned the direction of the third part of Munnabhai series to Subhash Kapoor who made a name after he helmed Phas Gaye Re Obama.

Kapoor is currently busy with the post production of his film Jolly LLB that stars Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani and Amrita Rao. "I will start working on it once I finish work on Jolly LLB," Kapoor said.

The first two installments, Munnabhai MBBS‘ (2003) and Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006), are both directed by Rajkumar Hirani.

Elaborating on the matter, Vidhu Vinod Chopra Films‘ CEO Sameer Rao said, "Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi will continue as Munna and Circuit respectively."