Sanju is a 2018 Bollywood biographical film based on the life of Sanjay Dutt directed by Rajkumar Hirani renowned for directing one of the highest grosser films like Munna Bhai M.B.B.S ( 2003 ), 3 Idiots ( 2009 ) and P.K. ( 2014 ) . Sanju is produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani under their production banner Vinod Chopra Films and Rajkumar Hirani Films respectively . Sanju filming began on began on 12 January 2017 and wrapped on 21 January 2018 . At the wrap party, the cast and crew were seen wearing personalised T-shirts with the hashtag “#duttstheway” in order to promote the film .

Sanju was released on 29 June 2018 in 4000 screens in India , second highest screen count for a Bollywood movie in 2018 after Race3 and 1300 screens overseas in 65 countries . Sanju earned around 35 crore nett in India on the first day and finished with 342 . 53 crores which was the highest collection for a Bollywood movie in 2018 and second highest for a Bollywood movie after Dangal ( 2016 ) . Sanju received many awards and nominations in Filmfare and other award ceremonies .
Ranbir Kapoor who has played the role of Sanjay Dutt in the movie requested and was given a month’s break between every phase to complete his transformation into Dutt . Speaking about it at the teaser launch of the film, he stated that it was hard for him to look like the muscular Dutt as Kapoor has a thinner frame . “…there was a lot of team effort behind this . In regards to Kapoor’s transformation, father Rishi Kapoor revealed that Ranbir “took 6–7 weeks to get each of his different looks” . Ranbir was initially reluctant to portray Sanjay Dutt. However, he agreed once he saw the plot of the story which was not accurate or glorifying but instead told an entertaining story .
Vicky Kaushal who has portrayed the role of Sanju’s best friend who was like a brother to Sanju in the movie, his “character’s name was Kamlesh “Kamli” Kanhaiyalal Kapasi which was actually a mixture of three or four other friends” of Dutt and is thus “fictionalized . He went to Surat to study the body language and mannerism of Gujarati people and went through a huge physical transformation by losing weight to look like a lean young Gujarati . He was praised for his performance in the movie and he won many awards .

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