Sanju(2018)
Sanju explores some of the most crucial chapters from movie star Sanjay Dutt’s dramatic and controversial real life. It gives a lowdown on his tryst with drugs and his trials and tribulations in the Arms Acts case and the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Hotstar, Netflix
- OTT Release Date
- 29 June 2018
- Theatrical Release
- 29 June 2018
- Director
- Rajkumar Hirani
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 41m
- Rating
- 7.6/10
Storyline
This story follows the real-life ups and downs of Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt. It shows his struggles with drug addiction and his legal troubles. The film focuses on his connection to a major weapons case and the 1993 Mumbai bombings.
“The true story of a star's fall and fight.”
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Cast & Crew
Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Sanju
Cast reunions in this film: Paresh Rawal & Sanjay Dutt (15 films together), Manisha Koirala & Sanjay Dutt (8 films together), Arshad Warsi & Sanjay Dutt (8 films together), Boman Irani & Arshad Warsi (6 films together), Boman Irani & Sanjay Dutt (6 films together), and Paresh Rawal & Arshad Warsi (6 films together).
Trivia
- The film's script was kept secret, with only a few pages given to actors at a time.
- Ranbir Kapoor gained 13 kilograms of muscle and then lost it to match Sanjay Dutt's changing body.
- A real-life prison cell was recreated in a studio to film Sanjay Dutt's jail scenes accurately.
- The actor playing Sunil Dutt, Paresh Rawal, wore prosthetic ears to look more like him.
- Sanju became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2018 in India, earning over 340 crore rupees.
- Director Rajkumar Hirani spent over two years just researching and writing the screenplay.
- The film used special effects to make Ranbir Kapoor's nose look like Sanjay Dutt's.