Akshay Khanna to Play Sunil Dutt in Hirani's Dutt Biopic

For the last few weeks speculations have been rife about who would play Sunil Dutt in the Rajkumar Hirani-directed Sanjay Dutt biopic top- lined by Ranbir Kapoor. While many names have been doing the rounds, Mirror has learnt that the ball has stopped in Akshaye Khanna's court.
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The 41-year-old actor, who is looking fit and fab, is the top contender for the role of the late actor-politician.
Akshaye returned from a four year hiatus earlier this year as the antagonist in Rohit Dhawan's 'Dishoom', also featuring John Abraham and Varun Dhawan. He was last seen in Rumi Jaffery's 2012 comedy 'Gali Gali Chor Hai' and has been shooting for Boney Kapoor's next production, the tentatively titled 'Mom' with Sridevi and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

Speaking to Mirror (July 22) earlier about his self-imposed hiatus, Akshaye had admitting to feeling suffocated--creatively stifled--as acting is the only thing he knows or wants to do.
"Once I was in front of the camera, I felt like I was able to breathe again, there was a sense of belonging," he asserted, adding that once he was ready to get back, it took him a while to zero in on the right project because he was worried he might have got a little rusty in the interim. And so he has decided that the first couple of films should not rest on his shoulders alone.
"I wanted to test the waters before taking on bigger roles. I had to earn my stripes again, after being away for four years. I had to start from scratch like any newcomer," he had reasoned, going on to praise today's newcomers, from Arjun Kapoor and Varun Dhawan to Tiger Shroff, Ranveer Singh and Ranbir Kapoor who were all prepped up and polished in their first film itself and know how to handle the press and connect with the audience. "They are amazing!" he had raved.
Ranbir will begin shooting for the film in 2017 and is currently prepping up for the part. Sonam Kapoor and Anushka Sharma are also a part of the project.
Sunil Dutt rose to stardom with Mehboob Khan's 1957 epic drama, 'Mother India', playing Nargis's rebel son Birju. He saved the actress from a fire on the sets and later married her on March 11, 1958. He went on to do many more successful films like 'Sadhna', 'Sujata', 'Mujhe Jeene Do', 'Khandan' and 'Padosan'. Later, he turned to politics but returned to films shortly before his death, in Raju Hirani's 'Munna Bhai MBBS' in 2003, in which he shared the screen with his son Sanjay who played the titular role.

But it still doesn't confirm that he is playing SD?

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