Sanjay Dutt made this SPECIAL request to Rajkumar Hirani for the Dutt biopic!

Sanjay Dutt has been in news for his upcoming film Bhoomi that is being shot in Agra. Veteran director Rajkumar Hirani is also filming a biopic on the actor.

The biopic on the actor has been in the process of being shot wherein Ranbir Kapoor will be seen playing Sanjay Dutt. Although very few people are aware of the fact that Dutt made a special request to the director.

Sanjay Dutt, only had one request to Raju for the biopic, more than his own casting in the film, it was the actor’s father Sunil Dutt’s casting that was most crucial to him. The actor wanted someone really capable to play his father on screen and so he expressed his thoughts to friend and director Rajkumar Hirani.

Hence, the casting of the actor’s father was a vital decision. Now we know it's veteran actor Paresh Rawal who will be seen essaying the role of father to Ranbir Kapoor on screen! Sanjay Dutt remembers his father Sunil Dutt a lot and was very close to him. Today, Sanjay feels he understands his father a lot more than before.