Is it Salman Khan versus Sanjay Dutt in ‘Shuddhi’?

If things go as planned, we might see presently jailed actor Sanjay Dutt taking on Salman Khan in Karan Johar’s production Shuddhi.

Reports suggest that Dharma Productions has approached Sanjay Dutt to play a significant role with negative shades in director Karan Malhotra’s film 'Shuddhi'. Dutt had played the menacing and evil Kancha Cheena in Malhotra’s first film Agneepath as well.

'Shuddhi' has seen much shuffling in its cast ensemble. Originally, it was slated to have Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor in leading roles. But Kareena bowed out last year, followed by Hrithik. Later on, Karan reportedly approached Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone for the same roles, but they too chose Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani over 'Shuddhi'.

Finally, Karan Johar sealed the deal with Salman Khan.

Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt are very good friends in real life and have even hosted one season of ‘Bigg Boss’ together. But if Sanjay is indeed roped in as the film’s villain, it will be interesting to see them taking on each other on screen.

Another thing that might be bothersome to the producer is the fact that Dutt is presently doing time in Yerawada Prison in Pune. He’s been sentenced to five-year imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case for illegal possession of arms. Since he had already served one-and-a-half years behind bars before the Supreme Court judgment in March 2013, he’ll now serve the remaining three-and-a-half years in Yerawada Jail. Which means that Dutt won’t be a free man before the end of 2016.

So the question is: when will Dutt’s scenes be shot as 'Shuddhi' is slated to release on Diwali 2016? Will they be shot during the furlough? 

Source:http://www.apunkachoice.com/content/article/sid100023590-is_it_salman_khan_versus_sanjay_dutt_in_shuddhi/