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Ranbir Kapoor to play Sanjay Dutt in biopic directed by Rajkumar Hirani

For this biopic, the '3 Idiots' director has roped in Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor to play the convicted star.

Raju Hirani has always expresssed his desire to work with the 'Rockstar' of Bollywood. Raju Hirani has always expresssed his desire to work with the ‘Rockstar’ of Bollywood.

How do you pay back to an actor with who you have made a series of hit movies? Simple! Make a biopic on his inspiring and controversial life. And Rajkumar Hirani is just planning to do the same.

The director has teamed up with Sanjay Dutt and given hits in form of ‘Munnabhai MBBS’ and ‘Lagey Raho Munnabhai’. They have also worked together in the upcoming movie ‘PK’. So, in order to give the actor a befitting tribute, rumour has it, that Raju Hirani has decided to paint his life onscreen in a movie.

For this biopic, the ‘3 Idiots’ director has roped in Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor to play the convicted star.

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Sanjay Dutt’s life has been associated with many controversies and complications, be it the drug addiction case or his volatile affair with Madhuri Dixit. The actor is currently serving his jail term in the Yerwada jail of Pune for illegal possession of arms. Bringing out these in form of motion pictures would certainly be an uphill task for the director. But given his expertise and Ranbir Kapoor’s skills, we are sure to be put in awe and wonder of Sanjay Dutt’s life.

Also, Raju Hirani has always expresssed his desire to work with the ‘Rockstar’ of Bollywood, and by the looks of it, it seems his wish is going to get fulfilled soon as the young star has given a final nod to the project, which is expected to set off next year.

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Raju Hirani is currently busy in the post production of the upcoming movie ‘PK’, while Ranbir Kapoor is busy filming Anurag Basu’s ‘Bombay Velvet’ with Anushka Sharma and Bhushan Kumar’s ‘Roy’ with Jacqueline Fernandez.

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First uploaded on: 17-10-2014 at 13:30 IST
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