

It received positive reviews from critics, who praised Kapoor’s performance as well as Hirani's direction some criticized its supposed image-cleansing of its protagonist. Sanju was released worldwide on 29 June 2018. Fox Star Studios acquired the distribution rights of the film.

The film's soundtrack was composed by Rohan-Rohan and Vikram Montrose, with A. Principal photography began in January 2017 and the shoot wrapped up in January 2018. It was titled Sanju after the nickname Dutt's mother Nargis used to call him. In a conversation with Hirani, Dutt shared anecdotes from his life, which the former found intriguing and prompted him to make a film based on Dutt's life. Ranbir Kapoor stars as the title character, along with an ensemble cast which features Paresh Rawal, Vicky Kaushal, Anushka Sharma, Manisha Koirala, Dia Mirza, Sonam K Ahuja, and Jim Sarbh. The film follows the life of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, his addiction with drugs, arrest for his association with the 1993 Bombay bombings, relationship with his father, comeback in the industry, the eventual drop of charges from the Bombay bombings, and release after completing his jail term. It was jointly produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the banners Rajkumar Hirani Films and Vinod Chopra Films respectively. It received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised Kapoor's performance as Dutt but were divided on the performances of the rest of the cast and the film's accuracy.Sanju is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language biogrophical comedy drama film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi.

The film's soundtrack was composed by Rohan-Rohan and Vikram Montrose with A. Principal photography began in January 2017 and was completed by January 2018. The film features an ensemble cast with Paresh Rawal, Vicky Kaushal, Manisha Koirala, Dia Mirza, Sonam Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Jim Sarbh playing pivotal roles. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor as Indian actor Sanjay Dutt, and the story follows through various stages of Dutt's life. Sanju (Hindi pronunciation a 2018 Indian biographical film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi.
