NEW DELHI – Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt’s biopic ‘Sanju’ hit the screenson June 29 and received rave views. The role of Dutt is played by RanbirKapoor who has received heaps of praises for his act in the film. TheRajkumar Hirani directorial shows the tumultuous life of Dutt, in mainlythree stages.
In an interview with WIONlink,Dutt said that he does not want to go through all what he has faced in lifeagain. The actor also commented on the film being an attempt to whitewashhis image, as pointed out by the critics.
The actor told WION, “Who will invest Rs 50 crore for a whitewash job? Itold everything to the filmmakers and they decided to use what they wanted,”
“The idea of a biopic came from Manyata. She spoke to the director when Iwas in jail,” he added.
Talking about the events of his life, the same report quotes Sanjay assaying that a gun ‘destroyed his life’. “I have paid a huge price forkeeping a gun at my place,”, he says.
‘Sanju’ throws light on Sanjay Dutt’s struggle with the tag of a’terrorist’. Major portion of the film shows how Dutt faced legal troublesand was labelled a ‘terrorist’ .Commenting on that, Dutt said,”I am not aterrorist, please read the confession. I was sentenced under Arms Act. ButI did not run away. I came back like a man and faced arrest,”.
Veteran actor Paresh Rawal plays the role of Sanjay’s father, Sunil Dutt inthe film. The father-son bonding has also been explored in the film andDutt also spoke about his equation with his parents. WION quotes the actor,“ I wanted to settle abroad and sell steak. But my father came to US andasked me to return,”. He further said that his mother Nargis had a’profound impact’ on his life.
Another aspect that the film covers is the women in Dutt’s life. However,his first wife Richa Sharma and second wife Rhea Pillai have not beenincluded in the film. Dia Mirza plays the part of Sanjay’s third wife,Maanayata in the film. On this, the actor told WION, “The number of women Ihad been was shared with the filmmakers. I did not tell the filmmakers whatto keep and what not to keep. I did not ask them to not include my lifewith Rhea, Richa or other women. The filmmakers selected the most importantparts. Maybe some characters were left out because of the duration of thefilm,”.