Sanju

Sanju poster for sale.

Featured here is an actual surviving original Bollywood poster of the old 2018 autobiographical Hindi film edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani that starred Ranbir Kapoor in the titular role.

Produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani jointly under the banners of Vinod Chopra Films and Rajkumar Hirani Films, Sanju (2018) also starred Paresh Rawal, Vicky Kaushal, Manisha Koirala, Anushka Sharma, Dia Mirza, Jim Sarbh, Karishma Tanna, Sayaji Shinde, Piyush Mishra and Anjan Srivastav in supporting roles. Tabu and Mahesh Manjrekar made guest appearances, while Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani appeared in footage scenes towards the end of this biopic.

The film was based on the real life story of Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, highlighting in particular his battle with drug abuse and his incarceration on terrorism charges.

Sanju was the highest grossing Bollywood film of 2018. Thanks to their stellar performances in the film, Ranbir Kapoor won Best Actor, while Vicky Kaushal won Best Supporting Actor at the 64th Filmfare Awards.

At the time of it’s release, Sanju (2018) received the highest opening for any film released in India, making this original Bollywood poster, highly collectible!

Printed and circulated during the first release of the film in theaters (somewhere in 2018), this original Sanju poster was printed for publicity of the film but never ended up being used.

Superstar Ranbir Kapoor is seen in five different strikings full length photographs, each representing a different timeline in actor Sanjay Dutt’s real life. A faded prison wall is seen in the background.

The actor pays a befitting tribute to legendary actor Sanjay Dutt, imitating his walk and mannerisms to perfection in the film, which comes out very strongly in this Bollywood poster.

Typography used in this original Sanju poster is entirely in Devanagari Hindi. The title appears in a stunning paintbrush font on the top, while the tagline, “One Man … Many Lives” appearas at the bottom along with 29th June, i.e. the release date of the film.

The soundtrack album of the film was composed by legendary music director A. R. Rahman along with others, while lyrics were written by Irshad Kamil. One of the songs from the album, “Kar Har Maidan Fateh” sung by Sukhwinder Singh and Shreya Ghoshal became a rage throughout the nation at the time of the film’s release and is fondly remembered and played till today.