Rajkumar Hirani finds his Reel Maanayata!

Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani's untitled Sanjay Dutt's biopic has already generated a lot of buzz- thanks to Ranbir Kapoor's drastic physical transformation for the role and his strange resemblance to Dutt. 

Now, as per a report in a famous tabloid, Raju who was continuously in hunt for an actor to play Sanjay's wife Maanayata Dutt has finally found someone. But, she is apparently not an A-lister but an unknown actress who is Maanayata's look alike. 

"She is an unknown actress, but she looks exactly like Maana, so Hirani decided to go ahead with her,” a source was quoted telling. 

Speaking about Ranbir's look for the film, Dutt's spokesperson disclosed to a famous tabloid that Sanjay was taken aback when he saw the pictures that were doing the rounds on the Internet. "The resemblance is uncanny and Sanjay couldn’t stop staring at them,” he told.

Talking to a famous tabloid, a source close to the actor had told, “Sanjay got to know from someone how Ranbir’s look was circulated on various websites and everyone loved it. That’s when the actor learnt about the photos. On seeing them, he was stunned at the similarities that filmmaker Raju Hirani and Ranbir Kapoor had worked upon. He has absolutely loved it."

Whereas Ranbir while talking about his Dutt look had told, "As you can see, I’m in the look of Sanjay Dutt and we have shot for more than half of the film. It feels proud that I’m part of his biopic and I’m very thankful to Vinod Sir (Vidhu Vinod Chopra) and Sanjay (Dutt) sir specially for it."

Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, the movie also features Sonam Kapoor , Anushka Sharma , Dia Mirza, Manisha Koirala, Karishma Tanna, Paresh Rawal in pivotal roles. The movie is expected to release Christmas this year.