Recently, filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani disclosed the actual
reason behind megastar Aamir Khan not playing the character of Sunil Dutt in
the movie.
Rajkumar Hirani was intermingling with media at the trailer
launch of 'Sanju' along with Ranbir Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala,
Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Sonam Kapoor, Dia Mirza and Vicky Kaushal
on Wednesday in Mumbai.
Aamir Khan lately told that he was offered the role of Sunil
Dutt in the biopic, but he was more keen to play the lead role, which was
already with Ranbir Kapoor.
Rajkumar Hirani was questioned what his reaction was when
Aamir Khan said no, filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani revealed, "Aamir is a
friend. Whenever I write a script, I just go to him and narrate it to get a
reaction from him. So I narrated this script also. Not with the intention of asking him to play
any role. He reacted interestingly to the script and liked it. Then just out of
greed, I asked Aamir if he would play Dutt saab's role? He took it seriously
and gave it a thought. He said let's meet after a while. So I met him the next
week again, then he showed me Dangal and said" 'look I'm already playing
an older man's role. And if after Dangal, my next film has me play an older man
again, then people will stop giving me a young man's role!' That was a valid
argument. Finally, we had Pareshji (Rawal) playing Dutt Saab."
'Sanju' is a biographical film based on the life of actor
Sanjay Dutt, directed and written by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu
Vinod Chopra. The film is set to be released on June 29.
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