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Ranbir Kapoor plays Sanjay Dutt in the hit hit
The Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is one of India's most controversial celebrities. His addiction to alcohol and drugs, his alleged affairs and, more seriously, his conviction in a case of terror have all been eagerly documented. But a recently published biopic has been accused of "bleaching" its past, writes Aparna Alluri.
A week after its release, the Sanju film was featured as one of Bollywood's most successful films. But movie critics have described it as "dishonest" and "misleading", while some of those who viewed it described it as a "hagiography" and a "public relations campaign" on Twitter .
Ranbir Kapoor, who plays Dutt, received rave reviews for a raw and immersive performance, and the film was hailed for his touching portrayal of Dutt's relationship with his loyally loyal father. Otherwise, Sanju is "anything but honest" in the words of one critic. Another says that the film is "a largely sanitized version of star life" and simply "a dear and endearing gift from a filmmaker to his friend". A third said it was a lost opportunity to delve deeper into Dutt's personality because "when the film is winding down, the real Sanju is still … a question mark" [19659009] Skip Twitter post by @Jawadweets
the 3-hour public relations campaign disguised as a film. How ridiculous #Sanju whitewashes Sanjay Dutt's crimes, actions and foolishness and leaves out mbadive pieces of his life. And what is happening with the media? The media did not buy and stock the AK 56 or the grenades. Crap.
Sanju is an abbreviation of Sanjay and as the captive-title-title nickname suggests, Is indulgent tale. It is said with affection and sympathy for Dutt, now 58, who appears as a victim of wrong choices. Sanjay Dutt, the eldest of three children, was born to Nargis and Sunil Dutt, two of the most famous and well-known actors in Indian cinema. Since his debut in 1981, he has starred in more than 100 films, from novels to action movies full of burlesque comedies.
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The film is from the outset on the point of view of Dutt – it unfolds through his search for a biographer who will do justice to his story , which he believes to have been distorted by the "media", the film's worst villain.
The film begins before the release of Dutt's first film, when the clumsy 22-year-old man struggles with the weight of his father's expectations while learning that his mother has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. By the time his mother died, Dutt was a hooker – "there are no drugs in the world that I have not done," he said in a public speech in 2017. [19659017] Image copyright Getty Images
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Sanjay Dutt has appeared in more than 100 films since its inception in 1981
The film is unapologetic in its first hour. He shows an intoxicated Dutt, staggering stumble through life as he disappoints his father and breaks his girlfriend's heart. He was taking heroin into her mother's hospital room when she awoke from her coma, before dying a few moments later.
The sequel to the film follows the criminal case against Dutt, who was convicted in 2006 for firearms offenses related to the 1993 Mumbai explosions that killed 257 people and injured 713. Dutt was charged with possessing three AK-56 rifles (badault rifles) and their ammunition, a 9mm pistol and his cartridges, and hand grenades.
He bought the firearms from the bombers, but he said the weapons were needed to defend his family during the Hindu-Muslim riots of 1993. The weapons were part of the main shipment used in the explosions but Dutt was cleared of all conspiracy. charges. He was released from prison in 2016 after spending about three years behind bars. His early release sparked outrage, critics saying that he had already obtained unreasonable parole and that he was leaving because of his celebrity status.
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Dunkirk Christopher Nolan ignores the role of While the film traces these general facts, it seems to hide the supposed links of Dutt (and Bollywood) with the underground world, as when an audio cbadette made its appearance in the media in 2001, where he would have been in conversation with a character from the underworld. Chotta Shakeel, based in Pakistan. Bollywood stars and film producers have long been accused of having close ties to the underworld and some would have used these links to get roles.
But the film does not stop there. According to one critic, scenes related to the Bombay Bombings in 1993 are quickly and quickly handled. (Any self-conscious film would have at least asked about the relationship between the AK-56 and "self-defense".) Critics also questioned the ease with which the media was labeled "bad guys" . While admitting that the news cycle can be ruthless and often unforgivable, one critic wrote, "This point is magnified to infinity, as if to suggest that Sanju would not have suffered if newspapers had been more Responsible. "
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For a biopic, the film also leaves much to be desired – two of his three weddings, one of his children, his seemingly tense relationship with his sisters, and his alleged love affairs with partners are not mentioned.
"When you try to condense a person's life in two and a half hours, you have to choose what is relevant," director Rajkumar Hirani told Haroon Rashid of the BBC Asia Network.
He also stated that his version of the film was based on months of research and interviews. "I met the police officer who arrested him, and then I met with all the lawyers who had fought for him, I met a lot of journalists, I met between 40 and 50 people, I heard the story of everyone "
Most people have welcomed the film, comfortable with the # 39 idea that it is a unilateral story. But this has raised an inevitable question: Can Bollywood make a genuine and unbiased biopic on one of his own?
