Sanjay Dutt in a still from PK, which is directed by Rajkumar Hirani.
After working with actor Sanjay Dutt in two
Munna Bhai films, director Rajkumar Hirani is keen to make a biopic on him that will depict the actor "with all his flaws".
Actor Ranbir Kapoor will reportedly play Sanjay's role in the movie, which the director is writing with Abhijat Joshi. Sanjay Dutt, 55, is currently serving a jail term for illegal possession of weapons before the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
The director said the suggestion to make a film on the
Vastav actor, who is the son of late Bollywood stars Nargis and Sunil Dutt, came from the actor's wife Maanyata.
"His wife once told me 'why don't you make a film on him' but I did not think there was a story till one day Sanju started telling me about himself. I was like 'My God! What a life'. Every time we would step out of his house after hearing his stories, I would tell Abhijat, 'We are primary school kids who have not lived at all'," he told PTI.
"Sanju has lived a life which is unbelievable. We don't want to glorify him or anything. I want to tell the story with all his flaws," The
PK director said. Sanjay will be seen in a special role in Rajkumar Hirani's
PK, starring actors Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma.
PK is releasing on December 19.
The director also promised
Munna Bhai series' fans that he will come up with the third instalment though he has shelved
Munna Bhai Chale Amerika.
"We are writing the next
Munna Bhai and it should be ready by the time Sanju completes his sentence. We shelved the earlier movie as we could not crack the second half. The series has set a standard and I did not want to make a mediocre film for the sake of it," he said.
Revealing his inspiration behind
Munna Bhai films, Rajukmar Hirani said that the story came from his college days. "During my college days most of my friends were in medical colleges. I was a commerce student so I had all the time in the world and would just hang out with them. I found their world very fascinating. I would write down things that I found interesting. When I went to film institute, I planned to do a film on how medical students function but it was very anecdotal in nature and I left it," he said.
The director moved on to writing other scripts but somehow he would keep getting drawn to the story.
"One day, I thought what would happen if a gangster with a golden heart wanted to become a doctor. It opened up a lot of possibilities. These are the ideas that you get every day while going through life. Sometimes something clicks and connects with another story," he said.