Wanted to avoid underworld topic in Sanjay Dutt biopic: Rajkumar Hirani

Director says the Ranbir Kapoor starrer will be the most entertaining film he ever did

Director Rajkumar Hirani, who is currently working on a biopic on actor and close friend Sanjay Dutt, says he was hesitant to “touch upon” the underworld space in the actor's life for the film.

"I was a little skeptical initially. I didn't want to touch upon the topic of the underworld as that's not my favourite word. However, when Abhijat Joshi (Screenwriter) and I heard the story, we met Sanjay Dutt almost every evening for the next 25 days and later found that this is a story we wanted to say because it's a human story.



This will be the most entertaining film we ever did,” Hirani said in Mumbai on the sidelines of the 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.

The PK maker stressed that he would never make a film to elevate somebody as a person.



"I will make a film which is honest. I take five years to make a movie. Spending so much time on a movie because I want a great story," he said, adding that the film is not only about the actor, but other people associated with him.

Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor will be playing the role of Sanjay Dutt in the biopic. Hirani will begin working on the biopic next year.

"It (biopic) will be a very emotional film and equally funny like most of my films. I like to tell human interest stories and I think Sanjay's is one too," he said.



The son of late actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt - Sanjay, who rose to fame in showbiz with films like Rocky, Vaastav: The Reality, Agneepath and Khalnayak, is in jail for illegal possession of arms during the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts and riots.