Ranbir Kapoor as Sanjay Dutt in Sanju. (Image courtesy: YouTube)
Highlights
- Sanju should have played the last bit: Salman Khan
- Ranbir Kapoor plays Sanjay Dutt in the Rajkumar Hirani-directed film
- Sanju releases on June 29
Ranbir Kapoor plays Sanjay Dutt (aged 20 to the present day) in upcoming biopic
Sanju but in actor Salman Khan's opinion Sanjay Dutt could have played the later years of his life in the Rajkumar Hirani-directed film. At an event to promote his upcoming film
Race 3, Salman Khan said in a group interview: "For
Sanju, I was thinking why is somebody else playing this bit? The last 8-10 years. You cannot do justice to that. Sanju should have played the last bit," reports news agency PTI. Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt have co-starred in film such as
Saajan and
Chal Mere Bhai and
have been close friends. There were reports of a rift between them a few years ago, however, Sanjay told PTI last year: "
There's no problem between me and Salman."
Sanju maps Sanjay Dutt's rise to stardom and fall after his involvement in the 1993 Bombay blast case. The film will also encompasses Sanjay Dutt's drug addiction and recovery, his relationship with his parents Sunil and Nargis Dutt, life in jail and his subsequent return to the silver screen. In several sequences seen in the film's trailer,
Ranbir Kapoor bears a striking resemblance to Sanjay Dutt.The trailer of
Sanju released in May and the Internet, critics and
film industry was mighty impressed. For days
Sanju occupied top spots on the trends' list. "I have seen the trailer. Raju Hirani is a very sensible filmmaker so he has made a film," said Salman Khan of the trailer of
Sanju.
Salman Khan also trashed all hopes of a biopic on him. He told reporters: "No. I anyway say things openly... But I don't want to do it."
Salman Khan is awaiting the release of
Race 3 on June 15.
(With inputs from PTI)