Sanjay Dutt - Plans and Projects
Released - to be added to my reviews soon
Kal Kissne Dekha (Guest Appearance) (released on June 12, 2009)
Like many other celebs of the Hindi Cinema, Sanjay does a guest appearance in Vashu Bhagnani's Kal Kissne Dekha with Jacky Bhagnani and Vaishali Desai. Vivek Sharma directs this romantic thriller. Sanjay appears as a DJ in a song, his part (Sharma: "a good luck gesture from him") was shot during his stay in Cape Town, and he didn't charge any fee for it.
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In Production
Aladin (release on October 16, 2009)
Sujoy Ghosh is producer and director of a modern Aladin version with Amitabh Bachchan as the genie and Sanjay Dutt in a "flamboyant role" as his villaineous antagonist, the mighty tyrant Ringmaster. Also in the cast are Riteish Deshmukh as Aladin and Jackie Fernandez, Miss Sri Lanka 2006, who is going to make her film debut as princess Jasmine (probably Juhi Chawla will lend her her voice). Sanjay already has recorded his own song for this movie. Sujoy Ghosh: "Sanju will sport this impish devil-like smile all through the film. There's a mischievous kid in him who spoils the show for others. Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt are surely going to light up the screen. While I have grown up on Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt is the rockstar I have always adored. Dutt is going to be the surprise package." Sanjay's Ringmaster was already compared to Amrish Puri villains like Mogambo. Originally to be released on Christmas 2008, the release had to be delayed, among other things because of Amitji's illness in the end of 2008.
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Boundscript's Aladin Blog (Part 5)
All The Best - Fun Begins (in production)
In the end of December 2008, it was announced that Ajay Devgan is going tp produce a film under his banner Devgan Entertainment starring him and Sanjay. Rohit Shetty is to direct this action comedy: "No Golmaal this time. I'm putting together a far more sensible and far less slapstick comedy for Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan. The project was finalised in two weeks. The script was ready for a while and when I narrated it to Ajay, he immediately wanted to produce it. He met Sanjay, who also liked the film." The plot will hark back to the '70s comedies of Hrishikesh Mukherjee. It's based on the play Uncle Samjha Karo (2003) by Paritosh Painter and Balwinder Singh Suri, the Hindi version of Dinyar Contractor's English play Whose Wife Is It Anyway? that was staged over a decade ago. Sanjay is to play the elder brother to good-for-nothing Fardeen Khan, Ajay will play Fardeen's friend whose wife (Bipasha Basu) is mistaken by Sanjay to be Fardeen's better half. The film will also star Mugdha Godse, Mallika Sherawat and Asrani and shall roll mostly in Goa and South Africa. Shooting started in March 2009.
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Blue (release on October 16, 2009)
In the end of 2007 a new Shree Ashtavinayak project titled Blue was announced - an action movie with Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan and Kabir Bedi. The big budget film is directed by debutant Tony (Anthony D'Souza). The film was shot in the Bahamas and in Bangkok/Phuket. International pop star Kylie Minogue will do an item number. In February 2009, the last indoor scenes and two songs will be shot in India. According to D'Souza, Blue will be inspired by several Hollywood underwater movies like The Deep. Sanjay and Akshay are playing fishermen in the Bahamas who team up with a flamboyant guy (Zayed) in the hunt for a treasure sunk in the ocean. They have to face 40 sharks guarding the treasure as well as cheating and betrayal, also among themselves.
As several Hollywood profis are working behind the camera, Hollywood producer Michael Bay heard about the project and was impressed by the rushes from the Bahamas schedule. He suggested to Ashtavinayak to jointly produce a sequel with the same cast in English and for a worldwide release. Ashtavinayak is exploring the possibilities.
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Cast and Crew / First Look / The shark story / Action Director James Bomalick / The press conference (video)
Chatur Singh - Two Star (to be released)
Ajay Chandok, director of Nehlle Pe Dehlla, directs this comedy about a bungling two star police inspector with Sanjay Dutt and Ameesha Patel. Most of the film was shooted in July/August 2008 in Cape Town. Sanjay has sung two song for the soundtrack again (here). The story was inspired by Pink Panther.
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Ciné-Blitz 6/2009
Lamhaa (to be released)
Rahul Dholakia who directed the film Parzania, did cast Sanjay Dutt for the lead role in GS Entertainment's film Lamha, a thriller taking place in Jammu and Kashmir: "It is through Sanjay that we will see the valley and what is happening there." Dholakia plans to steer clear of the troubled region's politics or militancy and focus on its people instead. "It is a film that would project how people are living in Kashmir and how people are living with multiple identities. It is a thriller for sure and I don't intend to use the popular song and dance sequences in the movie, which will have a serious theme." Bunty Walia is going to produce the film, A R Rahman will score the music, and Sanjay's co-stars will be Kunal Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Anupam Kher, Vipin Sharma and Shernaz Patel. Shooting started in October 2008. Lamha will be pictured in Srinagar, Manali, Naggar, on the 13,050-feet high Rohtang Pass, the gateway to Lahaul-Spiti, Solang Nullah, Patlikul and in Mumbai. Sanjay plays an undercover cop with a new raw, rough, tough and stunning look: a salt-and-pepper beard and his hair dyed in the same colour...
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Luck (release on July 24, 2009)
Soham Shah's next film is an action thriller produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision (which will be the third one of Ashtavinayak's 3-movie-deal with Sanjay after Kidnap and Blue). Some years ago, Soham Shah wrote a mafia story titled Luck for Sanjay. After his separation from Karan Johar's banner, Shah offered the script to White Feather Films (at that time still with Sanjay as chair man) and was allegedly signed to do the film, but nothing happened. In April 2008 Bollywood Hungama published the news that Ashtavinayak is now producing Soham Shah's action thriller Luck, with Sanjay Dutt, Danny Denzongpa, Mithun Chakraborty, Imran Khan, Ravi Kishan, Shruti Hasaan, Neha Oberoi, Chitrashi Rawal and Rati Agnihotri. The film was shot in South Africa.
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Mr Fraud (in production)
Directors Abbas-Mustan casted for this film Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu and Ajay Devgan (produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd). Sanjay plays a "fraudster" (and is joined in this by Anuj Sawhney), but especially due to the last phase of his TADA process (2006) the project was delayed for years. In February 2009, however, Shree Ashtavinayak annunced that Mr Fraud finally is going to be completed - and major portions will be re-shot.
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No Problem (in production)
The Singh Is Kinng director Anees Bazmee is going to dircet an action comedy, produced by Anil Kapoor. Besides Anil Kapoor himself, Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Sushmita Sen, Kangana Ranaut, Neetu Chandra, Amrita Rao, Paresh Rawal and Sunil Shetty will act in No Problem. The film is to go on floors in July 2009 and will be shot in South Africa, Singapore and Bangkok.
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Shortkut - The Con is On (item number; release on July 10, 2009)
Sanjay does the item number "Mareez-E-Mohabbat" in Anil Kapoor's home production Shortkut... the con is on together with Amrita Rao and with Anil who does a guest appearance in his own film. Sanju postponed his trip to South Afrika in July 2008 for a day to complete this song (he had rushed back from the Bahamas to shoot it but it wasn't complete in time) and even refused to take a fee though Anil insisted on paying him.
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Sanjay Dutt in Pitaah
Plans / Rumours
21 Battle of Saragarhi - From Ashes to Glory (planned)
Sanjay Dutt Productions and G S Entertainment will produce a period film based on the battle of Saragarhi which was fought during the Tirah Campaign on 12 September 1897 between 21 Sikhs of a Sikh Regiment of British India, defending an army post, and 10,000 Afghan and Orakzai tribesmen in a last stand; all the Sikh soldiers fell. Rohit Jugraj will direct the film; Sanjay as the lead actor will play Havildar Ishar Singh, who led the Sikh onslaught in that battle. Bunty Walia from G S Entertainment, who is a Sikh, had been dreaming of making a film on this event for a long time; when Rohit Jugraj appraoched him with the same idea, they talked to Sanjay about it as they wanted him to play the Sikh leader. Sanjay liked the story and was even wiling to produce the film. It will have many special effects, and a lot of technicians from abroad are on board, some of them having assisted on the Hollywood film 300; Rohit is in talks with special effects supervisor Chris Watts and cinematographer Christopher Doyle. With a budget is estimated to be around Rs 200 crore (Bunty: "We have to pay 21 actors for this film!") this might become one of Hindi Cinema's most expensive films. The shooting will be in Morocco as the topography of Morocco is quite similar to the topography of the North West Province where the Battle of Saragarhi took place. As a lot of pre-production is required, it will take some time before shooting starts.
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72 Hours (rumour)
It says that Sanjay accepted this script by film maker Abhishek Tandon.
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Aladin Sequel (rumour)
Before Aladin and the Mystery of the Lamp is even released, Eros is said to consider a sequel with the same cast.
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Anil Kapoor Project (rumour)
Sources say that Anil Kapoor wants to make an international project for Sanjay and himself and that also the name of Danny Boyle was mentioned.
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Another Shootout (planned)
Produced by Sohail Maklai/Ashtavinayak, this film by Apoorva Lakhia will be a movie on the cops who battled Khalistani extremism. The terror situation in Punjab during the 1970s and 80s will be recreated through rigorous research on that period and is to occupy the same gritty real-time-real-space as Shootout At Lokhandwala. Sanjay will be playing a real-life cop, one among a group who fought terror and extremism in Punjab. Amitabh Bachchan is also likely to play a real-life cop in this “period’ sharp shooter which will be in the same genre as Shootout At Lokhandwala with a similar gritty brutal and violent route.
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Arasangam Remake (planned)
Sanjay Dutt produces the Hindi remake of the Tamil movie Arasangam and will play Vijaykanth's part in it. Obviously Madhesh will direct the remake of his film too as he is said to be looking forward to working for Sanjay Dutt Productions.
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Bihaad... Outlawed (planned)
Sanjay Dutt and Kumar Gaurav present together the Action Thriller Bihaad. Bunty Walia, Kumar Gaurav, Jassi Walia and Parag Sanghavi are the producers, Milan Luthria is the director. Sanjay himself has given the plot to Luthria and developed the story with him. It's going to be a true story, a realistic and harsh, but not a dark film. It will be shot in a rural area, planned are the jungles in Madhya Pradesh. A first poster has already been published, but obviously Ajay Devgan has opted out of the film since that. With this project Sanjay and his brother-in-law Kumar also want to revive their fathers' production banners Ajanta Arts and Aryan Films.
Edit: Bihaad is now planned as a Sanjay Dutt production.
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Bond (planned)
Sanjay and Anthony D'Souza will work together again after Blue. They are planning a big budget action thriller with Sanjay as a character à la James Bond ("quite a lady-killer"). Tony wants to both pen and direct the project. It will be co-produced by Sanjay Dutt Productions and Shree Ashtavinayak. Dhilin Mehta, managing director of Ashtavinayak, confirmed that Ashtavinayak will work together with Sanjay Dutt Productions for the Bond project.
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Charge Sheet (in production; rumours about Sanjay's appearance)
Some media reported in March 2009 that Sanjay has promised to make an appearance in Dev Anand's film Charge Sheet. By doing so, he wants to thank the man who once encouraged Sunil Dutt to change from radio to film work.
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Charles and I (planned)
Sanjay Dutt will star in People Pictures' forthcoming racy thriller, Charles and I. The movie will be directed by Darna Mana Hai director Prawaal Raman and is allegedly based on the life of notorious criminal, Charles Sobhraj. Charles and I is said to tell the story of an enigmatic criminal who sends the police forces in half a dozen countries on a wild goose chase. Talking about the choice of Sanjay Dutt for the lead role, writer and director of Charles & I, Prawaal Raman says, "Charles is a complex character - a charming man with a dangerous mind and dangerous intentions. Finding the right actor who has the ability to exude all these qualities at the same time was a tough call. We were looking for an actor who radiates star power coupled with the finest acting prowess to portray Charles. The only actor in my opinion who fit that profile was Sanjay Dutt". Aditya Shastri, CEO People Pictures (who meanwhile, however, backed out), commenting on the choice of the leading man says, "Sanjay Dutt is a terrific human being and a gifted actor who has the versatility to play diverse roles with unbeatable flair." Sanjay Dutt says, "It's a great role and I look forward to working on the film." Charles and I is a story about two men. One who kills and cons people for pleasure and the glory of being world famous and the other who will stop at nothing to bring the killer down. While it is obvious that Sanjay has been chosen for the first role, the actor for the second role is yet to be finalised. After Sobhraj from Nepal where he presently serves a jail term filed a case against the project, Raman declared that Charles And I has nothing to do with the life of Charles Sobhraj. (Now you could ask why Herman Knippenberg, the Dutch diplomat who investigated Sobhraj's case, has been roped in as consultant for this film - but maybe his task is to de-sobhrajize the script... *g*)
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David Dhawan Project (planned)
First Dhawan was said to direct a film with Sanjay, Govinda and Ritesh Deshmukh for Sanjay's banner. Now obviously the cast changed to Sanjay and Ranbir Kapoor. The film shall go on floors in September 2009.
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Dedh (Ek Full Ek Half) (planned)
Ashwani Dheer will do a film with Kumar Mangat and afterwards Dedh (1 1/2), a film with a comic flavour, with Suniel Shetty's Popcorn Entertainment. Suniel Shetty: "It is a story with a small child and Sanjay in it." The child shall allegedly be played by Darsheel Safary. But due to date problems, the film will not go on floors before 2010.
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Double Dhamaal (planned)
Producer Ashok Thakeria and director Indra Kumar are planning a sequel to their successful comedy Dhamaal. This time all the heroes shall get their heroines. The script is being worked out - and Indra Kumar insists that Sanjay will be a part of it again: "...one thing is for sure, Dhamaal won't happen without Sanjay Dutt. In spite of his troubles he makes people fall of their chairs in Dhamaal. I don't know how he does it. I call him super-human. There's no question of Dhamaal 2 without Sanju." The film shall go on floors in the second half of 2009.
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Gangs Of London (planned)
Gangs Of London is part of a 3-film deal between producer Bunty Walia and Sanjay Dutt. The other two movies are Lamha and Just Punjabi. Sanjay will play a ganglord in the film. Talking about the project, Bunty says, “Bhupinder Singh has penned the script, which is about the various gangs Punjabi, Pakistani, Bangladeshi that operate in London. I liked the idea of Indian gangs operating in foreign country with their own ideas and principles. Sanju’s gang doesn’t allow prostitution and drugs in their area.” Originally, ad filmmaker Shamin Desai was to direct Gangs Of London but he was replaced by the producer's brother Jassi Walia who studied filmmaking in New York. Sanjay Dutt leads a Punjabi gang in the heart of London. It will to be a huge production with six heroes and will be shooted in a start-to-finish 75-day schedule in London. Foreign technicians, Pakistani actors, two heroines and a lot of Indians settled in London will be part of the cast and crew. Vishal-Shekhar will score the music. Says Sanjay Dutt, “It’s an interesting film emotional with an high acting quotient, and is set in one of my favourite cities London... I won’t be wearing a turban. The beard will be stylised like the ones the youth in London sport.” Gangs of London is a story of two brothers and their friends who get into problems with other gangs because they protect people from drugs and prostitution. Sanjay's brother will supposedly be played by Bobby Deol, other members of his gang "Khalsa" are Suniel Shetty, Shaad Randhawa, Dino Morea and Tusshar Kapoor. And Arjun Khanna has already created an all-leather chains-and-boots look for Sanjay!
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3 Idiots (Item Number) (planned)
Rajkumar Hirani's film with Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor will take a scathing look at the present education system in India. As Hirani considers Sanjay his lucky mascot and doesn't want to make a film without him, he plans to integrate Sanjay somehow; ZoomTV reported in May 2008 that Sanjay will do an item number which will be used to promote the film.
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India (planned)
Soham Shah is to direct the first film for Sanjay's banner SDP. It will be about outdoor sports (mountain-climbing). Shooting is to start in the end of 2008 wirh Amitabh Bachchan and Zayed Khan; whether Sanjay will act himself in his first home production is not sure yet. (And Imran Khan would love to act in it...)
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Jewel Of India (rumour)
Rob Cohen is planning a Bollywood Hollywood project, produced by Feroz Nadiadwala. Rumours say that, besides stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay also is to act in it.
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Johnny Johnny Yes Papa (planned)
A comedy on the lines of the Munnabhai series, directed by Rohit Shetty, was planned to reunite the endearing Munnabhai-Circuit pair Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi. However, after a fall-out between Shetty and Warsi, it seems unlikely that the film will be made in this constellation.
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Just Punjabi (planned)
Producer Bunty Walia revived 2007 his film project Just Punjabi (a Hindi version of My Big Fat Greek Wedding) which was announced a few years ago and later nearly forgotten. At that time Apoorva Lakhia was to direct the film but after the Ek Ajnabee flop Lakhia turned to Shootout at Lokhandwala. Now first-timer Jaspreet Walia is to direct the film. Back then, it was reported that Sanjay Dutt had been signed for the lead role while Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai were in talks to act in the film. While Sanjay is still said to be a part of the project, Walia has reportedly approached Ash and Abhi for other main roles in the film, and both are said to be interested. Walia hopes to start the film in 2010.
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Kaante II (rumour)
When Sanjay still was a part of White Feather Films, he had a skript idea for a Kaante sequel (information about it you can find here - scroll down to "Saath"). In the beginning of 2009, both Sanjay Gupta and Pritish Nandy (coproducer of the original Kaante) announced to plan their sequel each - and Nandy maintains that he will make it with Sanjay Dutt...
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Maamu I Love You (planned)
Sanjay's Man Friday Mohammad who has been working for him for 28 years (and showed admirable loyalty when he didn't search for another job during the 16 months Sanjay spent in jail as an undertrial between 1993 and 1995 but loyally waited for his release) turned producer and now signed Sanjay for his first Hindi film, a musical comedy directed by Ajay Chandok. Sanjay will play a lovable uncle called Prasad with three nephews who are always up to some mischief. Besides Sanjay, the film will also star Arshad Warsi, Suniel Shetty and Riteish Deshmukh. Praveen Talreja, Shagun Wagh and Mohammad are producing the film under their banner, S Class Film Production. Sanjay: "I was so proud of Mohammad when he told me he was producing a film and wanted me to act in it. Mohammad's never asked for anything in his life. He's produced three Bhojpuri films but never asked me to act in them. He came to me with a cheque this time and said I want to sign you for a film. I had tears in my eyes… I wanted to produce the film for him but he was very clear that he wanted to do it on his own."
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Mukti (planned)
K Sera Sera's film Mukti was announced in the end of 2007, to be directed Ajay Phansekar and starring Sunil Shetty, Jaya Bachchan and Rimi Sen. In August 2008, however, it was to be read that Shabana Azmi had replaced Jaya Bachchan and that now also Vinod Khanna, Jackie Shroff and Sanjay Dutt would act in Mukti. It's about a cop who shoots a child in an encounter. Ravi Kishen, another actor in this film, mentions in an interview that he would do this film for Popcorn Entertainment. Maybe Sunil is coproducing this film and Sanjay thus became a part of the project...
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Munnabhai Chale Amerika (planned)
Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani started working on part 3 of the Munnabhai series. This time Munnabhai (Sanjay Dutt) and Circuit (Arshad Warsi) are going to the USA (where most of the film will be shot) to teach Gandhigiri to George W. Bush & Co. The film is planned to go on floors in 2009. A first trailer was already shot and screened at the release of Eklavya.
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Padosan (Remake) (planned)
For a long time, a remake of this successful comedy from 1968 failed because of the rights; Sanjay Dutt tried in vain to get them. Now as Shemaroo finally bought the rights, Neeraj Vora is to direct the film with Sanjay Dutt, Paresh Rawal and Riteish Deshmukh in the roles initially played by Kishore Kumar, Mehmood and Sunil Dutt (originally Govinda was planned instead of Paresh). Saira Banu's role will be played by Katrina Kaif, and the makers plan to use the same songs as in the original movie. However, shooting will not commence before 2010.
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Qurbani (Remake) (rumour)
Rumours say that Sanjay wants to produce the remake of Feroz Khan's blockbuster Qurbani - a plan Feroz wasn't able to carry out before he passed away and which now his son Fardeen wants to make, playing his father's role. Sanjay is said to have chosen the role of the cop Amjad Khan had played in the original movie.
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Rajkumar Hirani Project (planned)
Among other informations about the plans of Sanjay Dutt Productions, a Hirani film with Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Tusshar Kapoor was named.
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Raj Kumar Santoshi Project (planned)
Raj Kumar Santoshi, who always wanted to work with Sanjay Dutt, has finally signed him for his next. The film is based on Asghar Wajahat's play Jis Lahore Ni Vekhya O Jammiya Nahin... (One who hasn't seen Lahore hasn't been really born as yet). The play is about the Partition and its fallout on relationships. The film will go on the floors in 2009 and will be shot in Hyderabad. Santoshi narrated the story to Sanjay on the sets of Anil Kapoor's Shortkut, and Sanjay agreed immediately as he loved the story. According to Santoshi, Sanjay will play a Muslim, a "very powerful role". His co-stars will be Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vidya Balan and Neha Uberoi - and maybe Salman Khan...
(In November 2008 the Mid-Day wrote about a Santoshi project for SDP with Neha Uberoi and Akshaye Khanna - is this the same one or another?)
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Revolver (planned)
Milan Luthria's film Revolver with Sanjay Dutt, Nana Patekar und Ritesh Deshmukh was originally planned for Adlabs. Now it will be made for Sanjay Dutt Productions. The new cast is not known yet.
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Sankee (planned)
Till now, only the title is known - and that Sanjay is to shoot for it in the second half of 2009. I wonder whether this project is the action movie Sankee Sajid Nadiadwala has been planning for quite a time now...
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Saurav Kabra Project (planned)
Director Saurav Kabra is full of praise for Sanjay Dutt after having worked with him for EMI and wants to do his next film with him, too. Probably it will be a film for Sanjay Dutt Productions.
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Subah Ho Gayi Mamu (rumour)
Rumours said in November 2008 that Sanjay plans to produce a film which shall sort of carry on Munnabhai's legacy. Ajay Chandok is to direct it, and Sanjay wants to cast Vidya Balan, Neha Uberoi and Zayed Khan.
(I just wonder whether these plans mean that Sanjay is getting impatient because Raju Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra are busy with other projects and he doesn't want to wait any longer for a revival of his Munnabhai fame? But will this work without Hirani? I'm very curious/anxious to learn more about this project.)
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Sunil-Sanjay Project (planned)
In October 2008, a big-budget project of Popcorn Entertainment was announced in which Sanjay and Sunil are to play warriors in a dramatic conflict.
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Talismaan (planned)
Vinod Chopra Films' Talismaan will star Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt (in a pivotal, negative role). Talismaan is a romantic fantasy adventure inspired by epic novel, Chandrakanta, written in 1892 by Babu Devaki Nandan Khatri. It interweaves and mixes elements of magic, fantasy and war. Director Ram Madhvani says, "Vinod gave me a book to read Chandrakanta, written 50 years before Lord Of The Rings and 100 years before Harry Potter. I was amazed at its ideas and fantasy elements. He set me off on a journey. Talismaan is a love story, a fantasy and uses magic. It has a unique Indianness and yet is modern and contemporary. It's time we had a fantasy film we can call our own and one we can be proud off. Talismaan is my attempt to do just that. The film is very heavy on special effects etc and therefore a lot of time is being spent on pre-production. The storyboarding, concept art etc, requires detailing and research. It's not a film you write the script for and then go on the floors to shoot it straightaway." Sanjay Dutt says, "Vinod sir and Ram narrated the script to me and I was blown away. Talismaan is a journey I am looking forward to." The film is said to go on floors in the end of 2009. Shooting will be in Bhutan and in Mumbai.
Chandrakanta is the story of prince Virendra Singh, who is in love with the princess of a rival kingdom, Chandrakanta. Thrown into this love story is a magical maze in an old abandoned fort which guards a huge treasure trove. Virendra Singh and Chandrakanta have to ensure that their love wins against evil villains like King Shivdutt of another kingdom, who wants to capture the treasure. Also after the treasure are 'aiyyars' or super-spies who have the magical powers of transforming themselves into another person, and are experts in all modes of warfare.
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The Final Call (rumour)
Surya Pratap plans a film called The Final Call. It's going to be about an emotional father-son relationship, and both characters are to be played by the same actor. Sanjay was offered the script and he liked it. If he gives his nod, he will also be seen in a music video together with Punjabi singer Daler Mehndi and with Shakira as both of them shall join in the USA for a groovy English-Punjabi song for this film. AR Rahman is in talks to compose the music. Surya Pratap who has earlier made South Indian films wrote the story himself; Wilson Tong, known from The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, will be in charge for cinematography and action.
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More movie rumours which I consider not very believeable, and projects which probably are already stalled, please find here.
Bio-Pic (planned)
Rohit Jugraj plans a bio-pic with Sanjay which, however, will not be shot before 2011.
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Other Projects
Munnabhai Comic Books
Munnabhai and Circuit are going to become heroes in a comic book series (even animation films are possible). They will be marketed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra Productions itself. Arshad Warsi is delighted by the idea: 'Wow! To actually feature in comic books, like Superman or Spiderman! Imagine what my son Zeke will have to tell his friends in school: 'My father the superhero!'"
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Biography
Initially, Sanjay Gupta has commissioned a Sanjay Dutt biography in three parts, published by White Feather Films and written by journalist Nilesh Mishra. According to Gupta the first volume will be of Sanjay's rehabilitation from drugs. The second will delve into his marriage with Richa Sharma and her tragic death. The third volume will deal with his TADA court proceedings in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast case and beyond.
After Sanjay Dutt's resignation from White Feather Films, however, he wants his biography to be produced by his own production house SDP (Sanjay Dutt Productions). And he wants to write it himself. It will be titled "The Roar of a Lion".
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