Ranbir Kapoor starrer Sanju was the highest grossing film of 2018 and also won several accolades. Now it has added one more feather on its cap. The film has won the highest grossing foreign language film award at Australian International Movie Convention.
The film was competing with other foreign language films from a number of countries including China and France.
Film trade analyst and critic Taran Adarsh took to social media to share the news. He wrote, “#Sanju wins Highest Grossing Foreign Language Film Award at Australian International Movie Convention #AIMC… #Sanju was competing with #French, #Chinese and other international cinema… Mind Blowing Films have won this prestigious award four times in last ten years.”
#Sanju wins Highest Grossing Foreign Language Film Award at Australian International Movie Convention #AIMC… #Sanju was competing with #French, #Chinese and other international cinema… Mind Blowing Films have won this prestigious award four times in last ten years. pic.twitter.com/IQGMbkkbPJ
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 22, 2019
The biographical drama was directed by Rajkumar Hirani and written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi. It was jointly produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra under the banners Rajkumar Hirani Films and Vinod Chopra Films respectively.
The film follows the life of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, his addiction with drugs, arrest for alleged association with the 1993 Bombay bombings, relationship with his father, comeback in the industry, the eventual drop of charges from bombay blasts, and release after completing his jail term.
Ranbir Kapoor stars as Dutt, along with an ensemble cast which features Paresh Rawal as Sunil Dutt, Vicky Kaushal, Manisha Koirala as Nargis, Dia Mirza as Manyata Dutt, Sonam Kapoor, Anushka Sharma and Jim Sarbh.