As the movie Sanju becomes the fourth highest grosser of all time, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has shared his thoughts about making biopics about reel heroes. Akshay commented that he does not want a biopic of himself and believes it will be a shallow thing to do. He also commented that he would not write a book about himself. Sanju – a biopic of the actor Sanjay Dutt – has gained much praise among the audience, while it had its fair share of critics complaining about how the movie was all about praising the actor and making him look like a brave hero.

When asked about if the film industry is going overboard with creating biopics, Akshay commented, “It’s a known factor in the film industry, that if something works, everyone will go after it and if it fails they will go after something else.” While there are biopics about true heroes who faded into mere memories and were on the verge of being forgotten for good, there are biopics that were made and being made for no particular reason, but just to gave an uplift to the individual’s image. “I want to make biopics of real heroes and not reel heroes,” said Akshay.

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Mahanati moves you emotionally in many areas and the rise and downfall of Telugu cinema’s most famous actress have been shown in a very effective manner. As the film is of the biopic genre, there is a lot of drama and things get narrated in a slow pace and this might not go well with certain section of the audience who do not know much about Savitri. 

Mahanati is an odd mix of ambitious ideas and trite imagery. There is the love song that has Dulquer Salmaan and Keerthy Suresh floating to the moon, there is the clever subtle effect of 1980s film quality for the “modern day” sections, that is inventive and interesting.

Director Nag Ashwin has done an amazing job with the biopic. He stays true to the genre and does not add any unnecessary elements to the film. Nag Ashwin manages to showcase the dark side of Savitri without hesitating a bit. This is where the film clicks and the biopic becomes appealing. The young director scores heavily as he showcases every aspect of Savitri’s life in an interesting manner without making it look like an art film. Mickey J Meyer’s music is quite pleasing as the songs sit nicely in the narrative. But his background score is even better as it gives a lot of  depth to the film. Special credit should go to makeup department as they have done a stunning job in making Keerthy look exactly like Savitri. Samantha Akkineni and Vijay Devarkonda’s ’80s set up looks quite good as well.

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Dulquer is an apt choice to play Gemini Ganesan. The star actor nicely gets into the film and the way he portrays his role with negative touch is quite good.

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Samantha plays the role of a journalist and her scenes with Vijay Deverakonda have been executed quite well.

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The teaser of Rajkumar Hirani’s biopic on Sanjay Dutt titled Sanju was released on Tuesday, leaving critics and audiences in a frenzy. While the launch and the film’s tagline ‘one man..many lives’ trended all day on micro-blogging site Twitter, the teaser had garnered 16 million views in less than 24 hours on YouTube with industry experts pointing out the acute similarity between lead actor Ranbir Kapoor and Sanjay’s looks.

Here’s portrayal of  Sanjay Dutt’s epic life through Ranbir’s various styles from the teaser.

1980-1983

Sanjay Dutt made his Bollywood movie debut with the box office hit Rocky in 1981. He won hearts with  Rocky. He started using drugs after his mother died of cancer. He was 22 years old at the time. In 1982, he spent five months in jail for drug possession. Soon after, he joined a rehabilitation centre in Texas, USA.

1985-1993

After spending 5 months in jail, Sanjay came back and starred in Vidhaata. It was the highest grossing film in Hindi. Again Dutt was arrested for illegal possession of arms. He was accused of accepting a delivery of weapons and explosives from gangsters who were also implicated in the Mumbai serial blasts in 1993.

1995-1998

In 1995, Dutt was granted bail by the Supreme Court. In 90’s he saw a lot of commercial success movies like Daag, Vaasthav, Haseena Man Jaegi but the dark side ended up going to jail again.

2000-2002

The  2000’s was life-changing for Sanjay Dutt. Dutt won a Filmfare Award & a Star Screen Award in the best actor category for Vaastav: The Reality. And participated in many commercial movies.

2003-2008

In this time he achieved popularity because of his character as  Munna Bhai. He also won an award for the best comedian category for this movie.It was in the same year Dutt surrendered before a special court in Mumbai that tried cases under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act. The 23-year old trial had ended and he was sent to 5 years in Prison.

2016-present

On 25th Feb 2016, Sanjay Dutt was released from prison after nearly three years. He was out 103 days early on the grounds of “good conduct.  Not just free but also a changed man. A man who had seen it all and was determined to fix his mistakes and start a fresh life. He has become a major source of inspiration for everybody around!

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Hirani’s film claims audiences will witness everything from Dutt’s drug addiction to his imprisonment and multiple marriages. Sanju is slated to release on 29th June 2018. Trailer for the movie will be launched along with Avengers on 27 April 2018, worldwide.

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