Sanju,
Rajkumar
Hirani's
ambitious
biopic
on
one
of
Bollywood's
most
controversial
stars
--
Sanjay
Dutt,
is
a
warts
and
all
tale,
according
to
Paresh
Rawal.
Rawal,
who
is
in
the
role
of
Dutt's
father,
actor-politician
Sunil
Dutt,
says
the
movie
is
not
a
sympathetic
look
at
the
actor's
tumultuous
life.
"Raju
doesn't
do
any
whitewashing," he
told
PTI.
"Why
sell
lies
when
you
are
making
a
biopic?
A
person
should
be
presented
as
real
and
should
not
be
glorified...
You
can
make
a
biopic
on
any
interesting
person
but
if
it's
not
written
well,
then
it
will
not
be
effective.
It
is
very
challenging
to
show
a
real
life
character
without
fictionalising
it
and
yet
retaining
the
drama
element."
To
play
Sunil
Dutt
was
challenging
yet
alluring
for
Rawal
as
the
actor
did
not
have
a
lot
to
fall
back
upon,
having
met
the
late
actor
twice
or
thrice
briefly.
Rawal
says
he
decided
to
tap
in
on
the
human
side
of
the
elder
Dutt
as
Hirani's
film
is
a
father-son
story.
Thedirector
had
worked
with
both
the
Dutts
in
"Munna
Bhai
MBBS".
"I
was
always
fan
of
him
as
a
producer
and
as
a
human
being.
As
an
actor,
he
was
not
my
favourite
but
as
a
producer,
the
kind
of
socially
relevant
films
he
made,
like
'Mujhe
Jeene
Do',
'Reshma
Aur
Shera',
they
were
amazing," he
says.
"Unlike
Sanjay
Dutt,
he
didn't
have
any
typical
mannerism.
He
was
a
normal
human
being,
his
core
thing
was
his
honesty,
his
niceness,
he
was
person
of
principles
and
believed
in
truth.
As
an
artiste
we
had
to
get
that
truthfulness
right
onscreen."
While
Hirani
and
Abhijat
Joshi's
"brilliant"
screenplay
helped
him
a
lot,
Rawal
had
to
connect
with
the
emotional
side
of
the
actor.
"It
is
a
father-son
story.
It
is
about
a
father's
trauma,
his
wife
is
ill,
his
son
is
into
drugs,
he
has
to
take
care
of
his
political
career
and
has
to
get
his
two
daughters
married.
"Also,
he
had
to
make
sure
to
not
let
the
family
name
get
affected
as
both
Dutt
sahab
and
Nargisji
had
done
a
lot
for
the
country
for
years
and
now
their
son
was
being
called
a
terrorist.
He
was
heart-broken
but
he
chose
to
fight.
He
knew
he
(son)
can
make
mistakes
but
he
is
not
a
terrorist,"
the
actor
adds.
Though
Rawal
never
worked
with
Sunil
Dutt,
he
has
collaborated
with
Sanjay
and
says
he
has
only
grown
as
an
actor
with
time.
"I
have
seen
him
go
through
the
trauma
in
1994
because
we
were
shooting
together
inMauritius
for
'Mahaanta'.
He
is
a
lovely
guy,
all
heart,
has
no
malice.
He
is
a
friendly,
carefree
guy
but
sometimes
we
do
make
mistakes
and
get
trapped."
"Sanju"
also
features
Manisha
Koirala
as
Sanjay's
mother
Nargis,
Sonam
Kapoor
as
one
of
his
girlfriends,
Dia
Mirza
as
his
wife
Manyata,
and
Vicky
Kaushal
as
his
friend.
The
film
is
scheduled
to
release
on
June
29.