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Rajkumar Hirani's Sanju is still making money almost a month after its release. While the film has been loved by the audience, it has been criticized by critics for whitewashing Dutt's image.

Apparently, Ram Gopal Varma is also not happy with the film and has decided to make another film based on the actor's life. According to a daily, Verma does not want to whitewash Dutt in his film. "Varma's film will focus only on his possession of the AK-56 rifle by the 59-year-old actor," said a source to the daily. 

RGV, himself, has also confirmed the news. "Yes, I'm making the film," he said.

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The source claims that RGV liked 'Sanju' but was disappointed with the manner in which it dealt with Dutt's struggle with drugs and his brush with the law.

"That Dutt was doing drugs, was traumatised by his mother's battle with cancer [she died just three days before the release of his first film Rocky], had multiple flings, many of them one-night stands, is all well documented," says the source. 

RGV's film is likely to explore the other side of the story and talk about those who threatened Dutt's family, and what made him keep the rifle at home which eventually got him into trouble, and how the firearms were delivered to him.

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For now, the research on the film has begun with RGV meeting Dutt's associates, and cops involved in his arrest and investigation.

Varma has directed Dutt in two films, 'Daud' and 'Department'.