How
Hirani
Reacted
When
Maanayata
Told
Him
To
Make
A
Film
On
Sanjay
Dutt?
Speaking
about
the
origin
of
the
idea
to
make
a
film
on
Sanjay
Dutt,
Hirani
said,
"Sanju's
wife
Maanayata
Dutt
once
told
that
I
should
make
a
film
on
him.
Back
then,
even
I
asked
this
question
why
Sanju.
It's
a
dark
life
about
guns
and
underworld
which
is
not
my
territory.
This
was
my
first
reaction."
Hirani
Talks
About
Sanjay
Dutt's
'Jail
Life'
"Time
passed
by
and
Sanju
had
gone
to
jail.
He
came
on
parole
once.
I
was
curious
and
asked
about
his
daily
life
in
jail.
He
said
that
he
makes
paper
bags
and
sells
for
25
paise.
Sanjay
also
said
that
he
was
kept
in
a
separate
cell
from
others
and
used
to
be
awake
by
5.30
am.
Sanju
has
never
been
on
the
sets
during
that
time," said
Hirani.
Sanjay
Dutt's
Story
Had
Hirani
All
Fascinated
"I
was
very
fascinated
when
he
was
saying
it.
He
kept
on
sharing
it
throughout
the
night
and
then
I
came
back
home.
Next
day,
he
again
called
me
when
I
was
editing
PK
and
told
me
to
meet
him.
He
started
talking
about,
basically,
he
was
venting
out
and
wanted
someone
to
hear
him."
Hirani
Says
Sanjay
Dutt
Is
Not
His
'Closest'
Friend
"I
have
done
films
with
Sanjay
but
never
considered
him
as
my
close
friend.
We
had
a
cordial
working
relationship.
So,
I
knew
about
Sanjay
only
that
much
which
was
there
in
the
media
and
heard
from
other
people."
'Sanjay
Dutt
Accepted
His
Mistakes'
"When
he
started
telling
his
story,
I
only
found
it
to
be
true
because
he
did
not
have
an
agenda.
Moreover,
he
also
said
that
I
did
a
mistake,
I
shouldn't
have
kept
arms
with
me.
I
sat
with
him
for
about
25
days
and
kept
on
hearing."
How
'Sanju'
Came
Into
The
Picture?
"At
some
level,
we
filmmakers
are
very
greedy,
where
we
wait
for
the
right
script
and
keep
on
writing
scenes
which
should
be
entertaining
and
engaging
at
the
same
time.
And
here,
I
had
a
person
who
kept
on
giving
me
scene
by
scene
in
the
best
way."
But
Is
Hirani
Trying
To
Portray
Sanjay
Dutt
As
A
'Hero'?
To
which
Hirani
replied,
"It's
not
a
film
about
an
achiever
and
it
was
definitely
a
challenge.
We
have
taken
a
big
challenge
of
making
a
film
on
someone
who's
not
an
achiever
but
I
felt
there's
a
story
which
should
be
brought
about.
I
think
it
was
the
fascination
of
how
can
someone
have
this
kind
of
life!"