


The Supreme Court of India delivers its verdict regarding the 1993 Bombay bombings and sentences Sanjay to 5 years jail term for violating the Arms Act, 1959. Tripathi, a lyricist writes a biography on Sanjay "Sanju" Dutt, comparing him with Mahatma Gandhi. It won Best Actor for Kapoor and Best Supporting Actor for Kaushal.ĭ. It earned seven nominations at the 64th Filmfare Awards including Best Film and Best Director for Hirani. With a worldwide gross of over ₹586.86 crore (US$78 million), Sanju emerged as the highest grossing Bollywood film of 2018, the second highest-earning Hindi film in India of all time, and one of the highest-grossing Indian films. It registered the highest opening for any film released in India in 2018, and on its third day, it had the highest single-day collection ever for a Hindi film in India. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised Kapoor’s performance as well as Hirani's direction some criticized its supposed image-cleansing of its protagonist. Sanju was released worldwide on 29 June 2018.

Fox Star Studios acquired the distribution rights of the film. The film's soundtrack was composed by Rohan-Rohan and Vikram Montrose, with A. Principal photography began in January 2017 and the shoot wrapped up in January 2018.

It was titled Sanju after the nickname Dutt's mother Nargis used to call him. In a conversation with Hirani, Dutt shared anecdotes from his life, which the former found intriguing and prompted him to make a film based on Dutt's life. Ranbir Kapoor stars as the title character, along with an ensemble cast which features Anushka Sharma, Vicky Kaushal, Manisha Koirala, Dia Mirza, Sonam K Ahuja, Paresh Rawal and Jim Sarbh. The film follows the life of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, his addiction with drugs, arrest for his association with the 1993 Bombay bombings, relationship with his father, comeback in the industry, the eventual drop of charges from the Bombay bombings, and release after completing his jail term. It was jointly produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the banners Rajkumar Hirani Films and Vinod Chopra Films respectively. Sanju is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language biogrophical comedy drama film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi.
