Event Manager Aanjjan Srivastav as a Minister Prakash Belawadi as Kamal Kishore "KK" Arora Tabu as Award Show Host (Cameo appearance) Arshad Warsi as Sarkeshwar "Circuit" Sharma of Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (archive footage) Anil Charanjeet in the song "Main Badiya Tu Bhi Badiya" (special appearance) Sanjay Dutt as Himself in the end credits for the titular song "Baba Bolta Hai Bas Ho Gaya"<ref name="auto1">{{cite web Deepak Rai as "'"Barber of " |last1=Shiksha |first1=Shruti |title=Sanju: Sanjay Dutt's Role In Ranbir Kapoor's Film Revealed. Details Here |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/sanju-sanjay-dutts-role-in-ranbir-kapoors-film-revealed-details-here-1870287 |website=ndtv.com |publisher=NDTV |access-date=21 June 2018 |date=20 June 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620082150/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/sanju-sanjay-dutts-role-in-ranbir-kapoors-film-revealed-details-here-1870287 |archive-date=20 June 2018 }}</ref> Production Development Director Rajkumar Hirani was first prompted to create a film based on Sanjay Dutt's life by the latter's wife Manyata Dutt in a casual conversation, an offer he refused, reasoning that "Sanju’s world is very different from my world". In an interview with Daily News & Analysis, Hirani revealed what eventually prompted him to create a film based on Sanjay Dutt's life: "He was lonely. Manyata (I think) was in the hospital and he used to go there (sometimes) and then come home to an empty house. So, he was just venting, speaking straight from the heart. And, he started giving me anecdotes that were just gems for a filmmaker". In regards to gaining resources in constructing the film, Hirani said, "...we sat for a crazy amount of time and recorded everything ... I also met others who knew him — journalists, cops, relatives and friends. I felt there was a movie that should be told." In an interview with DNA After Hrs, Hirani confirmed that the film was named Sanju after a lot of deliberation as Nargis, Sanjay's mother, used to call him ‘Sanju’. Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra was not a part of the project when Hirani initially approached him to produce the film. At first, Chopra was of the opinion that "it was hogwash... but when we started researching all that he’s said — from the 308 girlfriends he had to how he begged on the streets of US for the money to buy a bus ticket — we realised that everything he had told us was true!". Hirani had a pre-condition with Dutt that if the latter requested to change any lines or scenes, he "would not make it", upon which Dutt allowed Hirani to make the film in his accord. He was okay with Hirani