Text Credits: Shibul Pavithran 

Director Rajkumar Hirani’s biopic , Sanju based on actor Sanjay Dutt’s real life story, has entered the Rs 300 crore club at the Indian box office, and now competing with lifetime collections of Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Tiger Zinda Hai and Hirani’s own PK. The film has already broken the record of Deepika Padukone’s massive hit of the this year- Padmaavat, which made a business of 215 Crore at the Indian box office. Currently, Sanju has made a box office collection of 316.64 Crore in India and over 500 crore worldwide.

Rave reviews and a strong word of mouth have worked entirely in favour for Rajkumar Hirani’s film, as it continues to have 30% occupancy rate across 2,000 screens in its third week of release.  Sanju is presently facing some competition from the recently released movies Soorma and the Marvel movie Ant-Man and the Wasp. However, despite their fresh start at the box office, the two films have failed to gross the kind of awe-inspiring numbers the Sanjay Dutt biopic has.

Trade analyst and and Indian film critic Taran Adarsh tweeted the figures on Sunday and wrote that the film is one of only eight to cross the Rs 300 crore mark in India, following PK, Dangal, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Tiger Zinda Hai, Sultan, Padmaavat and Bahubali 2, which also holds the record for being the only film to make more than Rs 500 crore in India.

#Sanju benchmarks…
Crossed ₹ 50 cr: Day 2
₹ 100 cr: Day 3
₹ 150 cr: Day 5
₹ 200 cr: Day 7
₹ 250 cr: Day 10
₹ 300 cr: Day 16
India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 15, 2018

₹ 300 cr Club and its members…#PK [2014]#BajrangiBhaijaan [2015]#Sultan [2016]#Dangal [2016]#TigerZindaHai [2017]#Padmaavat [2018]#Sanju [2018]
NOTE: #Baahubali2 [Hindi; 2017] is the ONLY film in ₹ 500 cr Club.
NettBOC. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 15, 2018

#Sanju crosses ₹ 300 cr mark… Remained ROCK-STEADY in Weekend 3, despite new films eating into the market share… Is now the 6TH HIGHEST GROSSING *Hindi* film… [Week 3] Fri 4.42 cr, Sat 7.75 cr, Sun 9.29 cr. Total: ₹ 316.64 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 16, 2018

Sanju has broken quite a few records since the day of its release. From being the highest single-day earner, the highest weekend opener to being the only movie to have churned cash despite having a non-holiday release, Sanju has truly broken some barriers. The Sanjay Dutt biopic is one of the most successful Hindi film of the year 2018, and the movie is expected to cross more milestones in the coming days.

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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!

A post shared by Ranbir Kapoor (@ranbirkapoor) on Apr 24, 2018 at 12:53pm PDT

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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