It's
goodbye
to
Sanjay
Dutt
for
now,
hello
Sunny
Deol
in
Rajkumar
Santoshi's
life.
Santoshi
has
put
the
expensive
historical
on
the
Partition,
Jis
Lahore
Nahin
Dekhia
Woh
Jamia
Hi
Nahin
with
Sanjay
Dutt
in
the
lead,
on
indefinite
hold.
Instead
Santoshi
is
going
right
ahead
with
his
film
with
Sunny
Deol.
Deol
and
Santoshi
have
been
locked
in
earnest
discussion
over
the
past
few
weeks.
They
want
to
make
sure
the
film
is
a
perfect
comeback
vehicle
for
the
exiled
star.
Says
Santoshi,
"I'd
love
to
work
with
Sanjay
Dutt.
But
the
historical
requires
a
whole
lot
more
research
and
a
huge
budget
which
we
can't
afford
at
this
time.
I'm
currently
making
a
film
with
Sunny
Deol
written
by
me
and
Sridhar
Raghavan
to
be
produced
by
me.
In
fact,
Sunny
just
left
my
office," Santoshi
said
recently.
The
estranged
hit
jodi
of
Sunny
Deol
and
Rajkumar
Santoshi
is
coming
together
again
after
13
years.
They
last
worked
together
in
Ghatak.
Confirming
this
development
at
a
time
when
Sunny's
career
has
hit
the
lowest
ebb,
Santoshi
says,
"Yes,
Sunny
and
I
are
working
together
after
so
many
years.
He
still
packs
in
the
same
punch."
Ask
Santoshi
about
the
rough
patch
that
Sunny's
career
is
going
through,
and
the
director
jumps
to
his
old
favourite's
defence.
"It's
unfortunate
that
some
of
Sunny's
recent
films
haven't
worked.
That
doesn't
mean
Sunny
didn't
work.
He's
still
our
best
action
hero.
And
we'll
prove
it.
We
gave
a
new
definition
to
action
cinema
in
Ghayal.
Again
we
hope
to
do
the
kind
of
action
that
audiences
haven't
seen
before.
Sunny
doesn't
need
to
flash
six
packs
to
be
an
action
hero.
One
look
from
him
is
enough
to
defeat
an
army
of
enemies."