Sanjay
Dutt
is
all
set
to
star
in
Ashutosh
Gowarikar's
epic
period
drama,
Panipat.
The
film
has
a
big
cast
which
also
includes
Kriti
Sanon
and
Arjun
Kapoor.
When
Sanjay,
Kriti
and
Arjun
made
an
appearance
on
The
Kapil
Sharma
Show,
Sanjay
humorously
said
that
he
is
ready
to
make
Kriti
his
309th
girlfriend
after
watching
her
performance
in
the
film!
According
to
a
Mumbai
Mirror
report,
an
unaired
episode
of
The
Kapil
Sharma
Show
had
Sanjay,
Kriti
and
Arjun
as
its
visitors,
promoting
Panipat.
At
one
point,
Kapil
pulled
Sanjay's
leg
about
having
had
308
girlfriends
in
his
lifetime,
as
depicted
in
his
biopic,
'Sanju'.
Sanjay
Dutt,
the
cool
and
witty
person
that
he
is,
replied
that
he
is
continuing
to
keep
a
count
of
his
girlfriends,
and
that
he
wouldn't
mind
making
Kriti
his
309th
girlfriend,
as
he
was
blown
away
by
her
performance
in
Panipat.
While
this
statement
was
made
by
Sanjay
Dutt
in
humour,
we
wonder
how
his
wife
Maanayata
Dutt
will
feel
if
she
hears
this!
Sanjay
plays
the
role
of
Ahmed
Shah
Abdali,
the
Afghani
invader,
whereas
Kriti
plays
the
role
of
Parvati
Bai,
wife
of
Sadashiv
Rao,
the
Senapati
of
the
Marathi
army,
which
is
played
by
Arjun.
In
an
interview
to
IANS,
Kriti
had
described
how
proud
she
felt
playing
the
role
of
Parvati
because
of
the
strong
woman
that
she
was.
She
also
praised
director
Ashutosh
Gowariker
for
making
her
character
contemporary,
even
though
the
story
is
based
in
a
historical
setting.
Panipat
is
based
on
the
third-battle
of
Panipat,
which
was
fought
between
the
Marathas
and
Abdali's
Afghani
army.
Apart
from
Arjun,
Kriti
and
Sanjay,
the
film
also
stars
Suhasini
Mulay,
Zeenat
Aman,
Suresh
Oberoi,
Padmini
Kolhapure,
Mohnish
Bahl
and
others.
The
film
is
scheduled
to
hit
theares
on
December
6.