flooded Bollywood over the past few years." Overseas Lisa Tsering of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film 3.5/5 and stated that whilst "Sanju grabs the viewer's attention and delivers performances that glow long after the film is over" felt that the film was "a glorified infomercial about the life of a Bollywood bad boy." Similarly, Mike McCahill of The Guardian criticised how "this three hour hagiography simply blames everyone else for his troubles" though praised Kapoor for being "a lightweight film’s strongest suit". Shilpa Jamkhandikar of Reuters similarly praised Kapoor stating that what is "bearable is Hirani’s leading man and his chameleon-like ability to transform himself into various avatars" and also criticized the script as it "stretches too long and resorts to melodrama over substance". Mary Gayen of The National however praised the film giving it 3.5/5 stars, stating that Hirani's "direction is very matter of fact in relation to the incidents, but very thorough with the feelings expressed by the main characters." Vikran Mathur of American Bazaar also praised the film stating that the "team has weaved Sanju’s story together beautifully as a cinematic experience". Danish Lakdawaala of Dubai Desi gave the film 3.5/5 stars praising the "very well written and entertaining screenplay packed with powerful performance" but criticized it being "like a propaganda film rather than a biopic, where audience is slapped with the key message through out which was to clear Sanjay Dutt’s name." Divesh Mirchandani of C'est Le Cinema'' writes that the "biggest takeaway from the film is that the director chooses not to give a clean chit to his long time colleague, and offers no justification for the actor's missteps" by giving the film 3/5 stars. Accolades References External links Sanju at Bollywood Hungama 2010s Hindi-language films Films scored by Vikram Montrose Films scored by Rohan-Rohan Indian biographical drama films 2018 biographical drama films Films directed by Rajkumar Hirani Films scored by A. R. Rahman Fox Star Studios films 2018 films Films about Bollywood Films about actors Cultural depictions of actors 2018 drama films 1993 Bombay bombings