Ranbir Kapoor plans to gain weight for Sanjay Dutt biopic

Sanjay Dutt and Ranbir Kapoor. - Photo courtesy: Santabanta.com

Ranbir Kapoor who has been roped in to portray Sanjay Dutt in a biopic based on the legendary star's life, plans to put on weight for the venture.

According to Hindustan Times, Ranbir will be bulking up considerably for an accurate portrayal.
Director Rajkumar Hirani said: "Ranbir is a great actor and I am sure he will be able to do full justice to the role. For the film, he wants to put on weight, so that he can take up the journey (of the character) effectively. We have already told Ranbir what are we doing, and how we are going to approach the story. And he is excited."

Is it really important to just look like the person you are embodying on screen?

Hirani reportedly conveyed that it is not vital since once the audience is captivated by the movie, looks will only matter so much.

He clarifies that he can't have "someone who looks like Sanju (Sanjay Dutt), but is a bad actor. I would rather have it the other way round."

"It wasn’t necessary that we have to find an actor who resembles Sanju. Still, you look at Sanju’s picture from Rocky days and Ranbir’s. They both have a similar ‘stardom’ on their face.

"Also, if you look at Ben Kingsley (who played Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi), he has no real resemblance with Gandhiji. Unlike Gandhiji, Kingsley is tall."

Hirani, who has been working on the script for the past several months, shares that it is not so simple as Dutt has led a seemingly notorious life: "It’s a challenge — how do you do it, what do you say in it? People shouldn’t get hurt, but still, you should tell the story."

North Korea berates Obama over The Interview release

The Interview was released on Christmas Day, despite threats to movie-goers

North Korea has condemned US President Barack Obama over the release of the film The Interview, about a fictional plot to kill its leader Kim Jong-un.

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The National Defence Commission (NDC) also accused the US of shutting down North Korea's internet - and described Mr Obama as "reckless" and "a monkey".


Another internet shut-down was observed hours later, Chinese state media said.

Sony Pictures originally pulled the film after a cyber-attack and threats - a move criticised by Mr Obama.

He joined critics who had warned that freedom of expression was under threat if the movie was shelved.
Sony later reconsidered and released The Interview on Christmas Day.

The controversial film was shown in some US cinemas and is available online, with several hundred independent cinemas coming forward and offering to screen it.

However, larger theatres decided not to show the film.

'Righteous deed'

In a statement issued on Saturday, North Korea's NDC spokesman denounced the US for screening the "dishonest and reactionary movie hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK [North Korea] and agitating terrorism".

President Obama, the statement said, "is the chief culprit who forced the Sony Pictures Entertainment to indiscriminately distribute the movie", blackmailing cinemas in the US.

It added: "Obama always goes reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest."
The NDC also accused also Washington of "groundlessly linking the unheard of hacking at the Sony Pictures Entertainment to the DPRK".

The Interview is a classic Hollywood romp involving two lads who go to a strange place and get seduced (in several senses).

And it is very funny. That's partly because it is also a very good political satire.
It is powerful because it depicts Kim Jong-un as a vain, buffoonish despot, alternating between threats and weeping that he's been misunderstood. The people around him have all the signs of fear you might expect with a despot - they second-guess his likes and dislikes.

Maybe he - and they - were right to fear the film. North Korean defectors sometimes smuggle USB sticks with films and soaps into the closed-off country, and there is a view in the south that these are a particularly powerful means of undermining the regime in Pyongyang. If that's so, The Interview might be a good candidate for inclusion.

That fear may explain the North Korean leadership's intemperate, deeply racist language. It's not the first time, it has called President Obama a monkey.

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