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The Sanjay Dutt biopic Sanju has released today worldwide on over 4000 screen, being the second biggest film to release after Salman Khan’s Race 3. The film helmed by Rajkumar Hirani is based on the life of Sanjay Dutt and the controversies surrounding him. It stars many Bollywood actors including Sonam Kapoor, Dia Mirza, Paresh Rawal, Vicky Kaushal, Anushka Sharma and others. It is one of the most anticipated films of the year and is expected to break the opening day records of the other previous hits of 2018 including Baaghi 2, Padmaavat, Race 3 and Raid. As per the trade analysts, Sanju opening day collection should be around 30 crore and if that happens, it will launch Ranbir Kapoor’s Bollywood career to pinnacle. While the trailer and songs are making much of the noise on the social media, let’s see if Sanju manages to live up the magic or not.
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5:45 pm: Maanayata Dutt posts an adorable message for husband Sanjay Dutt.
2:25 pm: Just hours after release, Sanju leaked online. It becomes the latest victim to online piracy. Before this, Rajinikanth's Kaala was leaked online by a piracy website.
WTF!
#SanjuLeaked i can't believe that too in full HD — Salman Abdi (@SalmanAabdi) June 28, 2018
Sad to hear that Sanju is leaked that too in HD #sanjuleaked #Sanju — dєví 🅻🅰🅻 ѕιngн✨ (@being_ayush_) June 28, 2018
India TV's film journalist Shalu Singh watched the first day, first show of Sanju today. Stay tuned with us for LIVE updates on the film.
12:33 pm: And the film ends on a happy note! But wait for the credits. Don't leave the halls already! You might miss on to something really special.
12:18 pm: Sanju is all about Sunil Dutt and Sanjay Dutt's imperfectly perfect relationships. The moments between the father-son duo will leave you with teary eyes.
12:07 pm: Arshad Warsi and Mahesh Manjrekar's appearances will warm your heart!
12:01 pm: Sanju has been Bollywood-ised, with scenes having an evident touch of a typical B-wood movie.
11:51 am: And there's Sanju taking jibes at the media! Interesting, though.
11:49 am: Ranbir and Paresh Rawal showcase Sanjay Dutt and Sunil Dutt's differences with a touch of reality.
11:30 am: Vicky Kaushal and Ranbir Kapoor's bromance is one of the highlights of Sanju.
11:27 am: Sanju doesn't attempt to hide Sanjay Dutt's flaws.
11:21 am: After the interval, films opens with Babri Masjid demolition scene.
11:06 am: And there's an interval. Stay tuned to know another phase of Sanjay Dutt's controversial life !
11:03 am: Story goes back and forth unveiling one chapter after another of Sanjay Dutt's life.
10:56 am: Manisha Koirala wins heart everytime she comes on screen... the relationship between Nargis Dutt and Sanjay Dutt is heart melting
10:36 am: Sonam Kapoor looks appealing however fails to reflect emotions required for the role.
10:30 am: Anushka Sharma on Instagram:
10:19 am: Vicky Kaushal steals the show with his realistic acting. It's won't be an overstatement to say that the boy will steal the thunder from Ranbir Kapoor himself.
10:07 am: Sonam Kapoor, Boman Irani, Ranbir and Jim Sarb in one frame...what a scene!
10:03 am: Ranbir looks naive and veritable as young Sanjay Dutt. The movie begins with Dutt's entry into the murky world of drug addiction.
10:00 am: Paresh Rawal comes to the scene as director of his first movie
09:59 am: You will also get to hear old songs..it will make you nostalgic
09:56 am: Sanju has 1 month to surrender and he decides to chose a biographer to tell his story
09:53 am: Anushka Sharma plays a London-based choreographer Vinnie Dias.
09:49 am: Piyush Mishra leaves the audience in splits as he plays the biographer.
Sanju Audience Review
Fans are gathering at the theatres in large numbers to watch Sanju. Here's what they're posting on social media with hashtag #Sanju
#Sanju First day first show
First 30 mins.... What a start, amazing performances — crazy4bollywood (@crazy4bolly) June 29, 2018
Master class biography...That scene Ranbir got arrested & court scene dance is hilarious...#RajkumarHiraniFilms with usual detailing & non stop engaging screenplay...Worth watch...But but patience test..✌️✌️#Sanju — PB (@Bharathwajspb) June 29, 2018
Itssss #Sanju day,, Probably one of the biggest days in Ranbir's Career. Looking at pre-release buzz and advance one thing is for sure that it's going to create havoc all around. Have full faith in @RajkumarHirani sir's direction,He can do no wrong. There's no stopping this one — Shubham_SRK'sKnight (@IamSRKnight) June 29, 2018
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Many Bollywood celebrities including Ranbir Kapoor's alleged girlfriend watched Sanju on Thursday. Here's how their reviews are:
Go and watch #Sanju to experience real Sanjay Dutt on screen superbly performed by my favourite actor #Ranbir kapoor bringing real character alive: A heart touching film brilliantly narrated n directed by raju Congratulations @rajuhirani @abhijatj904 @ChopraVidur 4 superhit 🎥 — Subhash Ghai (@SubhashGhai1) June 29, 2018
#Sanju a story that teaches you to face your hardships with courage and be unapologetic for who you are! Amazingly picturized by @RajkumarHirani sir & Ranbir bhaiya, you’ve OUTDONE yourself! 👏 pic.twitter.com/vEuQUVRHC7 — Aadar Jain (@AadarJain) June 28, 2018
Saw the most awaited film #Sanju last night. What a film. It takes you to a journey of laughter,tears, joy,melody,human relations. @RajkumarHirani excels once again. #RanbirKapoor s performance is outstanding & so are all other actors. SUPER HIT. pic.twitter.com/t8j4QHaxWD — RAJ BANSAL (@rajbansal9) June 28, 2018
(Also Read: In pics: Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor and others arrived for Sanju movie screening at Yashraj Studio)
Sir you have proved that you are the best student time and again. You tell stories with so much flair and truth passion and hardwork that no examiner can judge your films. Watched #Sanju twice already and it's incredible moving with its emotions and fimess. Love https://t.co/ykKQxuaWZW — Swanand Kirkire (@swanandkirkire) June 29, 2018
Sanju movie review and release highlights: The Ranbir Kapoor is expected to give tough competition to Race 3. Sanju movie review and release highlights: The Ranbir Kapoor is expected to give tough competition to Race 3.
Sanju movie review and release live updates: Much awaited Sanjay Dutt biopic Sanju has hit the screens. The film will see Ranbir Kapoor playing Dutt Jr. Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, the movie also stars Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, Dia Mirza, Sonam Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Anushka Sharma and Karishma Tanna among others. Sanju will also feature special appearances by Sanjay Dutt, Tabu, Boman Irani, Sayaji Shinde, Mahesh Manjrekar and Arshad Warsi.
In her movie review, Indian Express film critic Shubhra Gupta wrote, “Ranbir Kapoor is absolutely believable as Sanjay-Sanju, channeling not just his (Dutt’s) distinctive body language and ‘lehja’, but his internal confusion. Paresh Rawal, playing Sunil Dutt with exemplary restraint, matches Kapoor step for step, even striding ahead in places. Manisha Koirala, as Nargis, makes you wish there was more of her. Jim Sarbh, as the guy-with-the-bad-influence, is very fine and dandy, and Vicky Kaushal as Sanju’s faithful New York-based Gujju friend who teaches him life lessons, is terrific. And Hirani is in top form, getting all his reel characters to riff off the real characters, in the pursuit of a solid, entertaining tale.”
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Talking about Sanju, Ranbir Kapoor had said earlier, “In this film, you see him suffer. You see what drugs can do to you or what keeping unlicensed guns can result in. You see the price he had to pay for being irresponsible — towards his life, his relationships. This film is not propaganda; there is merit in the story and a lot to learn from Sanjay Dutt’s mistakes. The film doesn’t shy away from that. It just shows an unknown aspect of him, his vulnerabilities.”
Rishi Kapoor tweeted this photo on Sanju day (courtesy chintskap)
Highlights Rishi Kapoor tweeted a throwback pic of Salman and others It is from when they were supporting Sanjay Dutt in 1993 "These people been promoting the film ever since!" wrote Rishi Kapoor
The very outspoken Rishi Kapoor has an unique style of going about things, a glimpse of which we got once again on Sanju day. As Ranbir Kapoor's Sanju hit screens on Friday, his father Rishi jumped to promotional duties of the movie and dug out an old photograph featuring Sanjay Dutt's colleagues Ajay Devgn, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar. In the photo, three out of four of them can be seen posing with posters which bear a photo of Sanjay Dutt and reads: "Sanju, we're with you." The piece of throwback gold appears to be from when Sanjay Dutt was arrested under TADA in 1993 in connection with the Bombay blasts and Bollywood stood strong by the actor's side through his ups and downs.
Rishi Kapoor added a twist to the caption of the photo and wrote: "Thank you! "These people been promoting the film ever since!"
Thank you! These people been promoting the film ever since! pic.twitter.com/Ot2iDM9Hk7 — Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) June 29, 2018
After Sanjay Dutt's initial arrest, he was out on bail in October 1995 but was re-confined in December of the same year. He stepped out on bail, yet again, in April 1997, nine years after which the case came to court. Sanjay Dutt spent 18 months in jail during the trial and he was finally convicted for the illegal possession of weapons by the Supreme Court in 2013, when he was sentenced to five years in Pune's Yerwada Jail. Sanjay Dutt walked out a free man after serving a five-year jail sentence in 2016. Details of Sanjay Dutt's jail-term has been included in his biopic Sanju - glimpses of which are there in plenty in the trailer.
Rishi Kapoor also thanked Shabana Azmi, who recently watched Sanju, for a good review of Ranbir as an actor:
Thank you my dear. You have always encouraged all of us every time but this time it feels better when you talk about Ranbir. I haven't seen the film as yet -will,as soon as I am back https://t.co/bBMSTPL7ad — Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) June 29, 2018
Meanwhile, Rishi Kapoor is really impressed to watch his son bring alive the controversial life of the superstar on screen. After watching the trailer, this is what he had to say about it: "Rajkumar Hirani has presented Ranbir is the biggest superb thing. The boy has really done well. I am so proud of him. I swear on Neetu and Ranbir, I did not think it was Ranbir, I thought it was Sanjay Dutt."
Sanju Movie Review: Ranbir Kapoor as Sanjay Dutt (courtesy hirani.rajkumar )
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Sonam Kapoor, Dia Mirza, Vicky Kaushal, Manisha Koirala, Paresh Rawal
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Rating: 4 Stars out of 5
Exasperated with the constant media badgering that he is subjected to, the real-life protagonist in Sanjudecides the only way he can hope to shed the tag of a 'terrorist' is by narrating his side of the story to a fictional biographer (Anushka Sharma). The latter isn't too keen to take up the offer. The hero's wife, Maanyata (Dia Mirza), steps in and throws her a bait: bad choices make good stories. Sanjay Dutt, on his part, promises to reveal the "total sach". But whether or not you take Sanju to be an account of the whole truth, it offers a thoroughly engaging probe into the life of a flawed individual who, grappling with the shadow of a towering figure of a father, believes "it is okay to be ordinary".
Director and co-writer Rajkumar Hirani takes liberties with true events for the purpose of bolstering the film's emotional appeal, but he does not let Sanju turn into a mere cinematic apologia for a temperamental movie star's many indiscretions. Together with screenwriter Abhijat Joshi, he crafts an intelligent script that highlights the upheavals unleashed in Dutt's life by drugs, alcohol, girls, guns and goons. The film is marked by both empathy and surprising bluntness.
A still from Sanju (Courtesy Instagram)
It is but natural that a showbiz life less ordinary would yield high drama when it is placed at the heart of a Mumbai movie cast in the popular mould. But when the rollercoaster story in question is that of the life of an actor who has seen more than his fair share of personal and professional struggles in the course of a tumultuous career, it is bound to pack in moments of extraordinary power.
In this scenario, the risk of becoming a pulpy panegyric like MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, a brazenly falsified yarn like Bhaag Milkha Bhaag or a hurried whitewash job like Azhar is high. Grasp over pace, pitch and purpose is, therefore, of the essence. Sanju does not, for the most part, fall short on that count. Even in its more melodramatic scenes, where just a hint of manipulation creeps in, the film does not sputter out of control.
A poster of Sanju
In his fifth film in a decade and a half, Rajkumar Hirani brings all his proven storytelling skills to bear upon his fictionalised but completely believable exploration of the real-life adventures of Sanjay Dutt, who became a drug addict even before his first film hit the screen in the early 1980s and, a decade and a bit later, dug a big legal hole for himself and his family owing to his ill-advised links with underworld elements in the period after the 1992-1993 Mumbai riots and subsequent Mumbai serial bomb blasts.
Ranbir Kapoor, slipping into the skin of the troubled Bollywood star , pulls out the stops in astonishingly effective ways, subsuming his own personality completely into that of the protagonist. The director is on the top of his game and the actor frequently soars to dizzying heights., as a result, is an entertainer that delivers more than just the superficial goods that one expects from a mass entertainer. It sets a new benchmark for Bollywood biopics. It will be a hard act to follow.
A poster of Sanju (Courtesy Instagram)
The 160-minute film, which is essentially a touching father-son drama that also pays tribute to some of Hindi cinema's greatest lyricists, glides through its busy, pulsating narrative without ever suffering anything akin to an ungainly wobble. Kapoor shines bright. That is actually an understatement. He dazzles us; he catches us unawares; and he sweeps us off our feet. In one word, he is luminous.
The other members of the principal cast are left scrambling to keep pace. Especially out of place is Paresh Rawal, bafflingly cast in the role of Sunil Dutt, an actor, director and politician who stood firm all his life in championing the cause of communal harmony. The veteran character actor's presence introduces a false note. His exhortations to his wayward son would have rung truer had they been delivered by an actor less openly identified with a worldview that is at variance with that Sunil Dutt espoused in his political stint.
A poster of Sanju (Courtesy Instagram)
The pacifist father, committed to multiculturalism, is presented as the unwavering voice of reason and sanity and pitted against the unsavoury battles that the protagonist fights to ward off his inner demons and wriggle out of his serious brushes with the law. The old man cites songs penned by his favourite lyricists - he calls each of them his ustad - during his frequent pep talks to his son.
Sunil Dutt's return to the big screen after a 12-year hiatus - in the role of the titular character's father in Munnabhai M.B.B.S. - is woven into the Sanju metanarrative in which fiction and fact mingle seamlessly, the jadoo ki jhappi in Hirani's first film, which was also a crucial turning point for a Sanjay Dutt on the mend, becoming a 'real' expression of unconditional love, paternal on the one hand, filial on the other.
Anushka Sharma as the writer to whom Dutt narrates his story, Jim Sarbh as the man who pushes him into drugs and Vicky Kaushal as the diehard movie fan that the hero befriends in NYC are allowed their moments in the sun.
Sanju is the film that it is because of the infectious energy Ranbir Kapoor injects into the film. An absolute must-watch.
