There was no way a movie being made on one of the most controversial actors in Indian cinema, was going to escape several forms of controversies itself.
Ever since Rajkumar Hiarani’s ‘Sanju’ has been mentioned or showcased in the public forum, it has landed itself into one controversy or another – be it the choice of actors to play the pivotal role, including the title role played by Ranbir, or the ‘clogged-toilet’ scene from the trailer, which apparently irked jail officers.
Now as the movie continues to shatter box-office records and majority of the people seem to be going gaga over Ranbir’s performance and Hirani’s direction, there are also those who have expressed their concern with the flick for allegedly ‘whitewashing’ Sanjay Dutt’s image to make him look like merely a ‘victim of circumstances.’
While people still praise Ranbir for her performance, they are quick to point out a number of alleged inaccuracies, claiming the movie presents flat-out lies as facts – in an attempt to clean Sanjay Dutt’s image.
Here are a few instances of those reactions that are not too happy with the supposed “agenda” of the flick:
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#Sanju has to be @RajkumarHirani’s weakest work but it’s still one of the best movies in recent times.As a FILM it is 👍 but as a BIOPIC I don’t think it is honest / a complete one.
Never imagined Hirani would make a propoganda piece.
— Benergy (@NTRovert_Ni) June 30, 2018
No matter what #RajkumarHirani says, but #Sanju is a propaganda film, they’ve tried to whitewash Sanjay Dutt. Those who are expecting an honest ‘biopic’ can be disappointed.— beyond that.. (@ThisIsSumana) June 30, 2018
Good act by Ranbir Kapoor and @vickykaushal09. But throughout the movie, I felt like it is not an honest attempt for a biopic, but just made to criticize media for Sanjay Dutt downfall and cases around him. Feels like @RajkumarHirani is just trying to glorify Sanjay Dutt #Sanju— Alok Kumar Hota (@alokhota) June 29, 2018
Sadly, you cannot call Sanju a biopic. It’s just a PR movie to improve the image of Sanjay Dutt. They justified all his actions and blamed them all of on the circumstances. A biopic isn’t meant to glorify a character, it’s meant to show the reality. This movie didn’t.— Minhal Raza (@Minhal512) June 30, 2018
The problem with Sanju isn’t that they’re making a movie about a terrorist or showing terrorism. The problem is that it’s a blatant attempt to whitewash a terrorist’s image.It’s really not that hard to understand.
— rohan (@asvpxrohxn) June 29, 2018
Sanju is easily Ranbir Kapoor’s best performance to date. The movie does glorify Sanjay Dutt a lot & goes out of it’s way to show that he was a naive guy who made mistakes. As a movie it was good as a biopic it wasn’t.— Clive (@vanillawallah) June 29, 2018
#Ranbir is outstanding in #Sanju and the film works brilliantly as a fictional narrative NOT as a #biopic. Completely whitewashes ‘Saint Sanju’.
1993 case against him was just a media creation ‘?’ Really?
Proved again that authorised biopics/biographies peddle half-truths!— Yasser Usman (@yasser_aks) June 29, 2018
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Other countries : I will appeal in court and I will prove that I’m not a terrorist.India : Best director ko lekar Meri biopic film banaunga aur sabit kar dunga ki I’m not a terrorist. #Sanju
— R E B E L (@Gadhvilaxman) June 29, 2018
#sanju
After whitewashing Sanju, its time to whitewash the great Shakti Kapoor jiMain contenders to play Shakti will be:
1. Ranveer Singh (the chichora)
2. Emraan Hashmi (the Chu…)
3. Ajay Devgnd (the gutka)
4. Vivek Oberoi (the nothing)
5. Kareena Kapoor (the she mail)— Gaurav Fan (@BHAKTKRKka) June 30, 2018
When you whitewash and normalise a womanising, arrogant, criminal; you are as guilty yourself.
Don’t matter if u r Hirani, Chopra or Ranbir. #sanju pic.twitter.com/eJXEWuRHtK— Anuraag Saxena (@anuraag_saxena) June 30, 2018
Saw #Sanju its not a biopic, its a highlight package of Sanju’s controversial life, but over all as a “FILM” I Loved it…
Mindblowing Acting by Ranbir & vicky kaushal… sachin sehwag ki tarah batting ki hai dono ne SIXER pe SIXER well played… 1/2— Sushant (@i_Sushant10) June 30, 2018
Once an ad man always an ad man.. Raj Kumar Hirani returns to his first love and makes his longest ad film #Sanju to whitewash/cleanse Sanjay Dutt’s image.
One Film.. Many LIES !!— Amod Mehra (@MehraAmod) June 30, 2018
@RajkumarHirani if that wasn’t a hagiography then I don’t know what is. It was dishonest to claim otherwise for six months in all interviews! Though great direction and great acting by Ranbir! #sanju— Anirudh Iyer (@AnirudhKIyer) June 30, 2018
Watched ‘Sanju’ last night… Thoroughly unimpressed and disgusted… One movie, many lies !!! #Sanju— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) July 1, 2018
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What are your take on this?
Do you think Hirani’s attempt to tell Sanjay Dutt’s story is filled with honesty, or is it another attempt clean a beloved star’s maligned image?
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