

It shows how friendships can make or mar lives depending on good or bad company. The movie reveals the difficulties of living up to a famous father’s achievements and expectations. Why Should Sunny Leone Be Trolled For Using Kaur In Her Biopic? They are ably supported by other performances by Manisha Koirala, Diya Mirza and Anushka Sharma. Paresh Rawal as Sunil Dutt is, as always brilliant, adding another feather to his cap of diverse performance over his 35 year long career. His equal ease with comedy and serious drama makes him convincing and proves his versatility. In the supporting cast, Vicky Kaushal (recently seen in Raazi), essaying the role of a Gujarati friend gives a memorable performance. His physical transformation and emotional intensity provides an immersive performance. He has successfully adopted Sanjay Dutt’s mannerisms, talking and walking style, dialogue delivery, even replicating the bulky body and the sunken eyes. It is hard to distinguish the two demonstrating how Ranbir has got into the flesh of the character.

Ranbir Kapoor portraying the onscreen Sanjay Dutt is outstanding. The director has eschewed controversy and steered clear of any references to other Bollywood stars or their involvement in Sanju baba’s life. The focus is the relationship between father and son and deals with this in a tender way. For most parts, the narrative is tight and balances heavy emotion with light comic relief. Sanju comes from the stables of Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Chopra who, in the past have come together to deliver big Bollywood hits like PK, 3 Idiots and the Munna Bhai series.
