Veteran actor Paresh Rawal, who turned a year older recently,
is all set to play the role of the late Sunil Dutt in the movie
"Sanju", a biopic of Sanjay Dutt. He feels he was fated to essay the
role.
He tells he had once received a letter on his birthday, and
it was penned by Sunil Dutt, father of actor Sanjay Dutt on whose life the
Rajkumar Hirani directorial is based.
Paresh told in a statement: "There is a very special
connection of Sunil Dutt with me. Back in 2005 on the May 25, I was doing some
patchwork in Mumbai for 'Deewane Huye Paagal', I went to a hotel as I landed
from the US to make a call to my home when my wife Swaroop said Dutt saab had
sent me a letter. I asked 'Whose?' She said, 'Sunil Dutt saab'. I was like,
'Why would he write a letter to me?'. She said, 'For your birthday'. I said my
birthday is on May 30, why would he write a letter five days before. Straight
cut to January 2, 2017, when I was at the narration of 'Sanju' at Rajkumar
Hirani's house, I got a call from Swaroop asking me what to do of the letter of
Dutt saab in the drawer... amazing connection. I asked her if the letter was
still there? Earlier you would get birthday letters, which you would eventually
clear. However, for over 12 years, the letter stayed in my drawer. This is the
connection... I think I was destined to play Sunil Dutt."
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