Akshaye Khanna out, Paresh Rawal in as Sunil Dutt in Sanjay Dutt’s Biopic

Almost a month back we had confirmed that Akshaye Khanna will be playing the role of Late Sunil Dutt in the biopic of Sanjay Dutt, helmed by Rajkumar Hirani. However, seems like that is not going to be the case after all. The role has now landed in the kitty of Paresh Rawal and here we are going to tell you why.


The makers were very keen to cast Akshaye as his camaraderie looked good with Ranbir, who will be playing the titular role of Sanjay Dutt. But, no matter how much they tried, they could not make Akshaye look even remotely like Sunil Dutt, and hence, after many exasperating trials, he was dropped amicably from the movie.

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