Filmmaker
Omung
Kumar
is
excited
about
his
upcoming
venture
Bhoomi,
the
much-awaited
comeback
film
of
Bollywood
superstar
Sanjay
Dutt.
Initially
Omung
was
just
producing
the
film
and
later
things
changed
when
Sanjay
suggested
that
he
should
direct
the
film.
What
made
him
choose
Sanjay
for
playing
the
angry
father,
Kumar
told
IANS:
"Initially
I
went
to
Sanjay
sir
along
with
Sandeep
(Singh,
writer
and
one
of
the
producers
of
the
film)
to
narrate
few
stories
that
we
had.
"Out
of
them,
Sanjay
showed
interest
in
'Bhoomi'.
He
liked
the
script
and
he
wanted
it
to
be
his
comeback
film.
We
were
so
happy
to
know
that."
"Then,
he
asked
me
if
I
would
like
to
direct
the
film
--
who
would
say
no
to
that?
Directing
Sanjay
Dutt
is
a
dream
for
any
director.
So
I
said
yes.
It
is
an
honour
for
me
to
work
with
him," said
Omung.
Whether
National
Award
winning
film
'Mary
Kom'
or
'Sarabjit',
the
filmmaker
has
always
worked
with
big
stars
of
Bollywood,
like
Priyanka
Chopra,
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
and
now
Sanjay
Dutt.
While
using
star
power
has
always
helped
him
to
reach
out
to
a
larger
audience
with
sensitive
stories,
asked
about
what
audience
can
expect
from
'Bhoomi',
Omung
said:
"A
new
Sanjay
Dutt,
that
we
have
never
seen
before,
as
a
performer.
"He
is
playing
his
age
and
the
role
is
highly
performance
oriented.
I
offered
an
actor
a
role
that
he
has
never
done
before,
something
that
will
be
marked
as
iconic
for
the
next
10
years
of
his
journey
as
a
performer."