The
Thought
Of
Casting
Sanjay
Dutt
Did
Cross
Hirani's
Mind
The
'Sanju'
director
told
us,
"The
thought
of
Sanjay
as
his
older
self
in
the
film's
final
portions
had
crossed
my
mind
for
a
moment,
but
then
I
let
it
go
as
I
felt
it
would
be
too
abrupt
and
weird."
There
Would
Have
Been
A
Disconnect
"For
one,
you
are
seeing
Ranbir
as
Sanju
throughout
most
of
the
film,
and
then
suddenly,
you
see
Sanjay
playing
his
older
self,
which
would
have
automatically
disconnected
the
public's
link
with
the
film."
Sanju
Would
Have
Looked
Untrue
If
They
Had
Done
This
Hirani
added,
"Also,
it's
not
possible
to
play
yourself
in
the
biopic
as
people
will
not
buy
it
and
the
film
will
look
untrue."
Hirani
Had
Initially
Thought
Of
Casting
Sanjay
Dutt
As
Sunil
Dutt
"Another
thought
that
had
come
to
Abhijat
and
me
was
of
casting
Sanjay
as
Dutt
saab,
but
we
soon
did
away
with
that
idea,
too,
as
we
felt
that
we'd
be
expecting
too
much
of
the
audience
to
accept
Sanjay
as
his
dad,
particularly
in
the
scenes
where
Ranbir
and
him
interact
as
father
and
son.
It
Would
Have
Been
Weird
"For
instance,
it
would
have
looked
absurd
to
see
Sanjay
as
Sunil
Dutt
in
the
Munna
Bhai
portions
when
he
has
already
played
Munna
Bhai,"
Hirani
went
on
to
explain
us.
Ranbir
Kapoor's
Take
On
Salman's
Comment
On
the
other
hand,
recently
when
Ranbir
was
asked
to
react
on
Salman's
comment,
he
had
said,
"It
has
never
happened
that
a
person
played
himself
in
his
own
biopic.
This
destroys
the
effect
of
a
character.
I
knew
that
I
will
be
compared
to
Sanjay
Dutt
and
that
is
why
I
have
tried
my
best
to
do
justice
to
his
role.
Whether
people
see
me
in
40-year
old
Sanjay
Dutt's
avatar
or
20-year
old,
they
should
feel
that
they
are
watching
an
artist
who
is
playing
Sanjay
Dutt.
It
is
correct
that
I
cannot
become
a
second
Sanjay
Dutt."