Rajkumar Hirani shared that he was once asked whether he made 'Sanju' to whitewash Sanjay Dutt's image. He said, "I was like, 'What's your problem with him?'" he added. "He said, 'He kept gun with him.' I was like, 'So, we've shown [it]...We also showed he was...drug addict...We even showed he slept with his best friend's girlfriend'," Hirani further said.