Paresh Rawal delivers a charismatic and authoritative performance as Dutt’s estranged father, movie icon Sunil Dutt and Anushka Sharma conveys warmth and intelligence as a biographer who’s not sure if she wants the job. More important, Kapoor captures the bad-boy charm that served Dutt’s public image so well - until it didn’t.

Ranbir Kapoor’s lead performance is nothing less than dazzling - the young star of Barfi! and Tamasha nails Dutt’s booming voice and hulking physicality with uncanny accuracy. A dime-store wig on a leading actress and obvious Australian accents and locations in America-set scenes are jarring distractions, while the background score is intrusive and cringe-inducing.ĭespite the filmmaker’s missteps, he coaxes beautiful performances from his cast. Hirani also squanders moviegoers’ trust with his choice to cut corners with technical details. This big-screen version of Dutt’s life leaves out two of his marriages, blurs his own published admission of his involvement with the terrorists, and seemingly blames his years of drug abuse on his bad choice of companions.

Seen through Hirani’s lens, the whole scenario comes across like a big misunderstanding, perpetuated by ratings-hungry media. 1 spot on YouTube for more than 48 hours where more than 1 lac conversations were recorded across social platforms on Father’s day this year.Bollywood Star Sanjay Dutt Released from Jail #JaaduKiJhappi campaign on Father’s Day: The iconic Munna Bhai jhappi scene of Sunil Dutt and Sanjay Dutt was recreated by Ranbir Kapoor & Paresh Rawal. The trailer now has 47 million views on Youtube. Trailer: Released a couple of days before the release of Veerey Di Wedding and Ranbir won millions of hearts for his acting and resemblance to Sanjay Dutt. Posters: Several looks of Ranbir with difference characters were released in the week leading upto the trailer. The teaser had also triggered over 2 lacs Google searches in 24 hours. Teaser: Launched in the middle of this year's IPL season on Hotstar, followed by a roadblock across 80 channels on STAR network, Sanju garnered a reach of 100 million+ in a single day. Let’s analyse the movie marketing campaign to understand better. Call it Ranbir Kapoor’s brilliance or Rajkumar Hirani’s intelligence, we have to agree that the marketing team of Sanju has gone all out and literally re-defined the way movies should be marketed in India. Released in 4,000 screens (approx) in India and 1300+ screens in other countries, Sanju has hit the right chord with its target audience. Sanju has collected 72.5 crores net at the box office in just 2 days.

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