Karan Johar confirms Sanjay Dutt not part of ‘Shuddhi’

Karan Johar has confirmed that Sanjay Dutt was never actually offered ‘Shuddhi’ despite rumours linking him to the project.

The filmmaker told Mumbai Mirror, “The role of the antagonist in Shuddhi is by far one of the best written anatagonist roles. We have never offered the role to Sanjay. We have yet to cast anyone.”

However, a source said that Dutt was offered the part but the senior actor was not willing to play a negative role straight after coming out of prison. “He doesn’t want to do a negative role immediately after coming out. He will start with OMG-Oh My God! director Umesh Shukla’s film in which he plays a hero,” a source told Mumbai Mirror.

Dutt is expected to be signed up by Umesh Shukla after he leaves prison.