Sanjay Dutt’s biopic is the most awaited movie of the year and everyone’s eyes are on Ranbir Kapoor. But do you know that Ranbir was not the first choice of Vidhu Vinod Chopra? In a recent interview, Rajkumar Hirani has revealed that Ranbir was always his first choice as she thought that no one can pull off the role of Sanjay Dutt other than Ranbir Kapoor. He said that he wouldn’t have made the biopic if Ranbir said ‘no’ to it.
But producer’s Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s choice was not Ranbir but Ranveer Singh. In an interview, he said that when Rajkumar Hirani told him about casting Ranbir, he was not sure about it. Chopra thought that Ranbir won’t be able to fit in the role of Sanjay Dutt and Ranveer Singh will get into the skin of the Sanjay’s character as he can play roles that have emotional depth. But Rajkumar Hirani always wanted Ranbir and when Vidhu saw Ranbir during the shoot he realised that he was wrong.
Vidhu now says that Ranbir has given heart and soul to the role. Raju said that when he was writing the script of Sanju, he had only Ranbir in his mind. He said that Ranbir’s ‘Saawariya’ look matches with Sanjay Dutt’s ‘Rocky’. The reason behind making the biopic is that it has a great story and people should know about it.
The movie is releasing on 29th June and it has Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, Dia Mirza, Anushka Sharma, Sonam Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal in pivotal roles.
