The Biopic with Ranbir Kapoor as Sanju, he has done his brilliant, while it was not just tracking the turbulent life of actor Sanjay Dutt but also celebrate his multilayered portrayal of a controversial star. 


Directed by Rajkumar Hirani the biographical drama completed 8 years since its release in 2018 June. To mark the occasion, the film makers and fans took to social media to celebrate the critically and the much-acclaimed film that created a key milestone and a legacy. 


Kapoor’s transformation is widely celebrated as he went beyond just mimicking but dedicated immensely to capture Dutt’s signature build across separate decades of his life. 


The film Sanju produced on a budget of Rs. 100 crores grossed over Rs. 586 crore worldwide. This made it one of the highest grossing Hindi films in 2018. While Ranbir Kapoor was widely celebrated and it won him the Filmfare for the Best Actor, Vicky Kaushal also had his breakout performance and gained massive public attention that won him the Filmfare Award for the role of Sanjay Dutt’s loyal friend Kamli. The other star cast are Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, Anushka Sharma and Dia Mirza.




A Story Beyond Stardom for Ranbir Kapoor


Ranbir Kapoor’s transformation step by step far beyond just mimicking the star, it required immense physical dedication to capture the signature build of Sanjay Dutt. The extreme physical transformation that Kapoor consumed with eight meals a day, woke up at 3 am every night just to drink the prescribed protein shakes.


Despite the fact, Ranbir Kapoor detests the gym work out, he committed to rigorous routines to recreate Sanjay Dutt’s iconic body building physique. He specialized with his makeup team to flawlessly age across different life stages. 


The narrative of Sanju resonated with the audience. 


As seamlessly and balanced the film may look, the narrative is what the audience resonated with especially in some parts of the emotional chapters , rather than looking at the picture as celebrity highlights.


Ranbir Kapoor pulled it off well with the balance he handled between Sanjay Dutt’s turbulent times to him rebuilding his life from a carefree youngster to a drug addict to a prisoner and then ageing gracefully to acceptance to media and legal controversies. His deep roots with his parents and siblings, his sisters and with deep bonding he had with Sunil Dutt and Nargis.


Backed by acclaimed star cast with Paresh Rawal as Sunil Dutt, Manisha Koirala as Nargis Dutt, Vicky Kaushal in the award-winning role as Sanju’s loyal friend Kamli.


Eight years later Ranbir Kapoor’s legacy as a true actor, a master of the character he played as Sanjay Dutt will revisit on Netflix. The cinematic journey of Sanju baba.