Priya Dutt says Sanjay Dutt’s biopic ‘Sanju’ did not do justice to him: ‘I loved Ranbir Kapoor in it, but…’
Indian politician and social worker Priya Dutt recently shared the struggles she faced during the time her mother, the late actress Nargis Dutt, battled cancer, and how her brother, actor Sanjay Dutt, became addicted to drugs and substances.
While recalling those haunting days, Priya called Sanjay’s biopic ‘Sanju‘ by Rajkumar Hirani “unfair”, as she felt it did not do complete justice to his real-life tragedies.
In an interview with Vickey Lalwani on his YouTube channel, Priya opened up about the biopic. When asked why the film did not focus much on Sanjay’s mother Nargis or his family, and instead concentrated mainly on one friend, Priya said: “I also felt that the movie didn’t do justice to, I think, even my mum in the film, or my father. There is a lot that could have been explored. There was a lot. Even the relationship between the father and son, the way it was—I think a lot more could have been shown. I agree with you on that.”
When asked whether she ever wanted to convey this to Rajkumar Hirani or felt like calling him, she nodded in agreement. “But I think they had a different concept in mind. Their focus was just Sanju, of course, which I understand—and his life. It became a bit of a caricature. Maybe they had to amalgamate too many characters,” she pointed out.
Priya also mentioned that she called Sanjay after watching the film and said it did not live up to expectations. “I don’t know. It’s not what I expected it to be. I think it was more entertainment,” she said, adding that he responded rather coldly with a simple, “Let it be.”
She also expressed that the film did not portray every phase of Sanjay’s life. “I loved Ranbir Kapoor in it. He played Sanju very well. But yeah, I feel it wasn’t really a biopic. It was a film, very entertaining, and included only certain aspects of his life. The intensity was missing,” she further added.
Priya also shared her favourite films from her brother Sanjay Dutt’s career. She picked Vaastav and Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. as her top choices.
