'We
Needed
Empathy
For
Sanjay
Dutt'
"Because
I
wanted
to
do
a
true
story,
I
didn't
create
any
empathy
towards
him.
I
said
lets
not
create
empathy
and
show
(him)
as
he
is.
But
later
I
understood
that
he
is
our
hero,
we
need
some
empathy
for
him," the
director
added.
Hirani
Deliberately
Added
The
'Suicide
Scene' To
Create
Empathy
For
Dutt
Hirani
said
he
had
to
add
a
certain
scene
in
the
film
to
create
empathy
for
its
lead
character,
which
was
not
there
earlier.
"The
scene
where
he
tries
to
kill
himself
after
the
verdict
is
out;
which
he
had
mentioned
to
me
but
we
didn't
put
in
the
film,
I
shot
it
later.
It
was
not
in
the
original
script.
I
thought
through
this
some
empathy
will
come."
"The
initial
test
reactions
were
like
'naah
we
don't
like
this
guy...'
Every
film
is
a
journey.
Some
things
work
and
some
don't.
I
still
see
flaws
in
the
film
but
you
try
your
best
and
hope
your
best
is
good
enough."
Hirani
Also
Asserted
That
Apart
From
Him,
Anurag
Kashyap
Would
Have
Made
A
Great
Sanju
Hirani
said
Dutt's
story
was
so
vast,
anyone
could
have
picked
an
event
of
his
life
and
made
a
standalone
film.
The director feels
filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap,
for
instance,
would
have
made
a
great
Sanju.
"Everyone
view
the
story
through
their
own
perspective.
Someone
would've
made
'Sanju'
only
on
the
chapter
of
how
he
acquired
the
gun,
destroyed
it,
and
then
the
case.
It
could
have
been
a
film
of
it's
own.
But
I
thought
everyone
knew
this.
The
father-son
equation
interested
me
more."
"I
was
blown
away
by
'Black
Friday'.
If
Anurag
would
have
heard
the
story,
he
may
have
been
attracted
to
the
gun
angle
and
would
have
made
that
story.
He
would
have
made
a
great
film
with
that."
'Sanjay
Dutt
Was
Flawed
But
Didn't
Harm
Anyone'
The
3
Idiots
director
is
aware
of
the
criticism
that
the
film
never
questions
Dutt's
intentions,
as
each
time,
it
was
either
with
good
intentions
that
the
bad
choices
were
made
or
he
was
a
victim
of
certain
pressure.
But
Hirani
says
he
is
critical
of
Dutt's
actions,
though
he
believes
the actor could
be
flawed
he
was
always
harmless. "He
goes
and
sleeps
with
his
best
friend's
girlfriend
but
there
isn't
any
reason.
Their
friendship
was
almost
jeopardised."
The
other
scene
where
he
puts
the
commode
seat
on
a
girl
he
wants
to
marry,
I
am
not
defending
that!
It's
a
terrible
action.
"My
perception
of Sanju was
that
he
has
done
so
many
weird
things
but
he
is
not
a
bad
man...
I
felt
he
had
an
innocence,
he
is
naughty
but
he
doesn't
harm
anyone.
He
didn't
pick
up
the
gun,
scared
people
or
fired
a
shot.
He
made
a
mistake,"
he
added.
Rajkumar
On
Whitewashing
Sanjay
Dutt's
Image
The
director
once
again
dismissed
the
criticism
that
he
has
whitewashed
Dutt's
life.
"We
made
a
commentary
about
certain
section
of
the
media
and
the
term
'whitewashed' came
into
play.
Everywhere
I
go
people
say
I
have
whitewashed
him
but
I
haven't.
Ajournalist asked
me,
why
did
you
whitewash Sanju and
I
asked
what
was
Sanju's
crime?"
"I
am
not
defending
the
man
but
myself
and
the
film.
He
kept
a
gun,
destroyed
it
too,
lied
to
his
father
and
was
arrested.
I
showed
it
all,
his
drug
phase
and
the
way
he
treated
people.
So
where
have
I
whitewashed?"
Hirani
asked.