How did he get the movie after being in jail?
How did he get the movie after being in jail? The film Munnabhai MBBS, made under the banner of vidhu vinod chopra and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, was a superhit. Many actors were approached for the film but sanjay dutt got the film. sanjay dutt created more characters than SK through bollywood films but no other character became popular like Munnabhai. sanjay dutt was in jail when the casting of the film was taking place. According to BollywoodShaadi, vidhu vinod chopra gave an interview in defeat. In which he told sanjay dutt about getting the film Munnabhai MBBS. Also tell why sanjay dutt was jailed?How did sanjay dutt get 'Munnabhai MBBS'?Film producer-director vidhu vinod chopra told during an interview how he gave 'Munnabhai' to Sanjay Dutt. He told that sunil Dutt's role was already finalized but sanjay dutt was banned by the entire industry. The makers first offered this role to Shahrukh Khan, aamir khan and many other actors but no one got the date. Later, when Vidhu went to meet sunil dutt at his house, he was upset. He had earlier refused to do the film but Vidhu Vinod told the details of what happened next. According to media reports, Vidhu had said, 'Whenever I met sunil Sahab, his aura was different. He was as simple a person as he was a great artist. He made me sit and after offering me tea, he said that he could not do the film because he was very upset. I talked to him and then he expressed his wish that he wanted to work with his son Sanju in this film.Vidhu further said, 'I kept listening to him and said that now only Sanju will be in our film. He said but the industry has banned him, so I said I don't know, I am just signing Sanju. After some time he came out of jail and I talked to him. At first Sanju did not agree but then sunil Sahab and I sat down and explained to him and he agreed. This film gave a new turn to Sanjay Dutt's career.