Ranbir Kapoor's Sanjay Dutt Biopic Goes On Floors Today, Rajkumar Hirani Cans A Funny Shot First!
Finally, the shooting of Ranbir Kapoor starrer Sanjay Dutt biopic kick started this morning.
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oi-Madhuri
By Madhuri
Rajkumar
Hirani's
much
awaited
biopic
on
Sanjay
Dutt
hit
the
shooting
floors
today.
The
film
has
Ranbir
Kapoor
stepping
into
Sanjay's
shoes
and
the
story
will
span
over
thirty
years.
Hirani
was
quoted
saying
to
Mumbai
Mirror,
"It
goes
on
the
floors
today,
January
14,
and
Sanju
will
give
the
clap.
We
are
one
big
family.
We
hope
to
wrap
it
up
by
June
and
are
targeting
a
Christmas
2017
release."
Later
as
soon
as
the
first
shot
for
the
film
was
canned,
Hirani
took
to
his
Twitter
handle
and
wrote...
First
shot
taken
now
for
Sanjay
Dutt's
biopic.
Canning
a
very
funny
scene.
Excitement
in
cast
and
crew.
The
daily
further
had
Hirani
adding,
"It's
not
a
film
about
guns,
drugs
and
the
underworld.
It's
a
feel-good
film
about
a
father-son
relationship
with
Paresh
Rawal
playing
Sunil
Dutt
and
Ranbir
as
Sanju...
A
buddy
film
with
Sanju's
many
friends
adding
up
to
one
from
the
US,
played
by
Vicky
Kaushal."
As
per
the
report
in
the
daily,
Hirani
also
reminisced
his
first
meeting
with
Munna
Bhai
for
the
film.
When
Sanju
was
on
parole,
one
day
Hirani
went
around
5pm
and
stayed
till
3am,
listening
to
Sanjay
talk
about
his
unusual
life,
mesmerized.
This
routine
continued
for
25
days.
Reportedly,
by
the
time
Sanjay
returned
to
jail,
Raju
had
200
hours
of
recorded
conversations
with
him
and
no
intentions
of
turning
it
into
a
film.
But
Hirani
asked
his
writer-partner
Abhijat
Joshi
to
fly
down
to
Mumbai
and
after
Sanjay
had
given
him
permission
to
tell
his
story
truthfully,
without
glorifying
him,
started
working
on
the
script,
cross-checking
every
detail.
On
being
asked
why
he
chose
Ranbir
Kapoor
to
play
Sanjay
Dutt,
the
filmmaker
said
that
there's
something
about
the
34-year-old
actor,
like
his
droopy
eyes,
that
reminds
him
of
Sanjay
from
his
Rocky
days.
Apparently,
for
the
last
six
months,
Ranbir
has
been
prepping
up
for
a
role,
which
spans
from
21
to
56
years.
He
has
to
put
on
12
kgs!
Hirani
added,
"He
has
to
put
on
a
few
more
kilos
before
losing
it
all.The
first
time
I
saw
him
in
get-up,
I
thought
it
was
Sanju.
I
clicked
him
and
sent
it
across
to
Sanju
who
wondered
why
I
was
sending
him
his
own
picture."
The
director
also
revealed
that
Dutt
will
only
be
seen
in
the
end
credits
-
the
day
he
left
Yerwada
Jail
moment,
which
he
shot
last
year.
The
biopic
has
Anushka
Sharma
playing
a
scribe,
Sonam
Kapoor
summing
up
all
the
women
whom
Sanju
has
loved
and
'Neerja' actor
Jim
Sarbh.
Reportedly,
the
film
will
lock
horns
at
the
box
office
with
Salman
Khan-Katrina
Kaif's
Tiger
Zinda
Hai
on
Christmas
2017.
Did
someone
just
mention
'battle
of
the
exes'?