Sanju: Not Ranbir Kapoor but producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra wanted to cast this star in Rajkumar Hirani's Sanjay Dutt biopic

Pinkvilla quoted Vidhu Vinod Chopra by saying, “It was Raju’s idea to cast Ranbir. When he told me about Ranbir, I wasn’t happy at all. I thought someone else, like Ranveer Singh, could play this role much better. I thought Ranveer had the flamboyance, the emotional depth as well as the ability to change himself completely to play Sanjay Dutt. But Raju was adamant that Ranbir would be perfect. And when we started shooting and Ranbir became Sanjay Dutt, I had to kind of eat my words. I think I can best sum this up by saying that Ranbir has become Sanjay Dutt both in swagger and soul.”

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Even 3 Idiots producer told that first, he was not ready to allow Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi to make this film. He thought that both are mad who are coming up with this subject but one he read the script he was blown away with it.

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