Ranbir Kapoor puts on weight to play Sanjay Dutt

Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor, who will play Sanjay Dutt in a Hindi biopic on the controversial actor’s life, has put on quite a bit of weight.

“It has been an inspiring journey for me to be playing Sanjay Dutt for the silver screen. I have never put on so much weight before and now plan to reduce some weight for the next phase of shooting,” said Kapoor on Monday.

The yet untitled film, being directed by Rajkumar Hirani, will portray seven different phases of Dutt’s life, beginning from when he was a 22-year-old.

“It’s amazing to be working with a director like Rajkumar Hirani,” said Kapoor.