Ranbir Kapoor to play Sanjay Dutt in biopic by Rajkumar Hirani

Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani, who worked with Sanjay Dutt in the Munna Bhai franchise, is planning a biopic on the 54-year-old.

Ranbir Kapoor has reportedly been roped in to play Dutt. A film on India’s victory in the 1983 cricket World Cup is also ­underway, and Kapil Dev (R), India’s captain for the winning team, is set to advise the writers for the film.