Rajkumar Hirani reveals why Aamir Khan refused ‘Sanju’

Earlier this week it was reported that Aamir Khan had refused to play Sunil Dutt in the Sanjay Dutt biopic. Talking about this, Rajkumar Hirani revealed at the film’s trailer event, the reason why Khan had refused to play Sanjay’s father.

He was cited in Deccan Chronicle saying, “Aamir is a friend and whenever I write a script, I narrate it to him to get a reaction. I had narrated this to him as well, not with the intention of casting him but because he reacted very interestingly to the script. Out of greed I asked him if he would play Sunil Dutt’s role.”

“He took it seriously and gave it a thought. When I met him again, he showed me Dangal and said, ‘I am already playing an older role. If my next after this will again be an older role, people will stop giving me younger roles.’ Which was a valid argument,” he added.

Previously, Khan spoke too about turning down the role. He said, “Arre yaar Sanjay Dutt ka role itne kamaal ka hai that it has won my heart. In this film I can’t do any other role but Sanjay Dutt’s, which I can’t do because Ranbir is already doing it. So I told the director to not offer me any other role as I will not be able to do it.”