Rajkumar Hirani on Sanjay Dutt biopic: Certain subjects are engaging if done in fiction format

Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani is currently busy with the post-production of his upcoming next Sanjay Dutt. The filmmaker expresses that in fictional format, it is often expected that the story should be sugar coated. The filmmaker also stated that there are more things which he wanted to discuss through ‘PK’.


Rajkumar Hirani said, “In a fictional format, it is expected that you have to sugarcoat your story, entertain the audience and still manage to say what you want to say. So, at some stage, I do want to make a documentary. There are still unsaid or undiscussed issues that I haven’t been able to show in ‘PK’, so I want to do a documentary where you can say what you want to say. But in a film like ‘Sanju’, I think it’s more engaging as a fictional film where you see another actor doing it.”


Talking about Sanjay Dutt biopic the filmmaker said, “Certain subjects will be more engaging if they are done in a fiction format and certain subjects would probably be more interesting in a documentary format. ‘PK’ was the only film which I started with the reverse where I wanted to talk about God and religion, but in the journey of making that film, I realised that I am ending up talking very little about it. There is so much to talk about God and religion that you cannot actually say enough in a fictional format.”


The filmmaker added, “If you would simply pick up a mike (microphone) and say, ‘Okay, there is a man who did drugs, who had a gun and did other things then’, it’s boring. I feel biopics are more interesting when you see it in a fictional format. Otherwise, it gets boring. Subjects where you want to say something else like as I said, if I want to talk about God, then I will probably go for documentary but not a biopic.”


Ranbir Kapoor will essay the role of the rockstar. The film will be based on Sanjay’s life. The film set for release on June 29.