Without any doubt, Rajkumar Hirani is the most successful filmmaker in India now. His craftsmanship is beyond exceptional and I was often bewildered on his ability to deliver masterpieces on a continuous streak. All his movies hit the right pulse of the audience, the intricate detailing in scripting the story-line, editing of sequences, selection of actors to play the characters, Raju Hirani stands tall and apart from any other film-maker in the country. And all this was repeated for Sanju as well.
We all know how well Sanjay Dutt and Rajkumar Hirani are bonded together. Being one of the most perplexed personas in Bollywood, Sanjay Dutt’s biography always had the cinematic charisma on it. As the movie dialogue goes “Bad choices often make good stories”. Rather than telling the story from a plain biographical perspective, Rajkumar Hirani opted to tell the story through relationships, the relationship between Sanjay and his father, Sunil Dutt, the friendship between Kamalesh and Sanjay Dutt.
Selection of Ranbir Kapoor to play Sanjay Dutt on the reel was sharp shot. Ranbir nailed it all the way. The hard work he has put for the character was evident. In some of the sequences, Ranbir was Sanjay Dutt. The swag he worked out for this character deserves a stand-up ovation. If no wonder happens, he got a national award on the way. Paresh Rawal was excellent in the role of Sunil Dutt. Maybe the ‘hug’ scene in Munnabhai between Sanjay Dutt and Sunil Dutt seeded the idea of this movie on Hirani. Paresh Rawal handled the role with an exceptional ease. Another character with a lauding performance was Kamalesh, best friend of Sanju. This was another character from Hirani which reminded me of Chathur from 3 idiots. So emotional and lovable.
Hirani left out many sequences of the real life but what have chosen the best to convey what he intended to and that is where ‘Sanju’ becomes a spectacular movie. Sanju sticks phenomenally closer to Sanjay Dutt as a person and reveals what we have never known about the muscle man of Bollywood.
One complaint : Ranbir Kapoor is still stuck with “Searching for Identity” roles … 🙂 … But this one is his career best without any second thought.
Sanju is highly recommended……
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