Sanjay Dutt wanted to play Sunil Dutt's role in his biopic?

Sanjay Dutt who's biopic is going to roll this year wanted to play character of his father Sunil Dutt.

Raj Kumar Hirani's next film based on Sanjay Dutt is one of the biggest biopics of this year featuring Ranbir Kapoor in the lead and Paresh Rawal stepping into Sanjay's late actor-politician father Sunil Dutt's shoes. 

With films like 'Neerja', 'Sultan', 'M.S Dhoni: The untold story' or 'Dangal', 2016 has been a year full of biopics.

Bollywood's trend of biopics is getting a good response and Raj Kumar Hirani's next film based on Sanjay Dutt is one of the most awaited films of 2017.

Sanjay Dutt who was very close to his dad wanted to play the most iconic character of the film.

Sanjay who gave 200 hours of recording as a basic matter for the biopic, didn't want the attention to be divided between the real and the reel Dutt.

The film also features Sonam Kapoor as Sanjay's earlier love interest, Vicky Kaushal as his friend from the US, Anushka Sharma as a journalist and Paresh Rawal as Sunil Dutt. Manisha joins the cast as Nargis, Sanjay's mother, whose death in 1981 from pancreatic cancer, affected him deeply.