This Article is From Jan 07, 2016

Vidhu Vinod Chopra Has 'Many Scripts' For Sanjay Dutt

Vidhu Vinod Chopra Has 'Many Scripts' For Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt and Vidhu Vinod Chopra photographed in Mumbai.

Mumbai: Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who shares a close bond with actor Sanjay Dutt and also cast him in the highly successful Munna Bhai franchise, is "more than happy" to hear about the news regarding the actor's expected release date from jail. The filmmaker said that he has many scripts for him.

The 56-year-old actor was jailed for five years in the March 1993 Mumbai serial blasts for illegally keeping an AK-47 assault rifle.

Sanjay Dutt's lawyer Hitesh Jain claimed the actor will walk free on February 27, Maharashtra's Minister of State for Home Ranjit Patil said "no decision has been taken in the matter so far".

"We will be more than happy when he returns from his jail term. He committed a mistake and paid for that. Now it's his new birth and we are with him," he said at the special screening of his film Wazir, which releases on January 8. (Also Read: Happy Sanjay Dutt Will be a Free Man Again, Say Bollywood Celebs)

"We has have been writing scripts for him for the last few years and right now we have many scripts for him," he added and hinted on many collaborations with the actor in the near future.

He also shared that the pre-production of the third part of Munna Bhai franchise is in full swing "As of now we are in the writing stage. In fact, Abhijat Joshi and I were writing the script for Munna Bhai on the flight," he said.
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