Before signing Sujoy Ghosh directed Aladin, Sanjay Dutt had alone one condition. He capital the beard to break complete for the appearance of 'Ringmaster' that he plays in the film. Remembers Sujoy, "It was year 2006 if I showed Dutt saab all my appointment on 'Ringmaster' and a cartoon of a Ringmaster sequence.

He looked at aggregate and abnormally his accoutrement and gave me his accord in four words. I bethink these four words verbatim. He said - 'Keep the beard Bro'. He was absolutely absorbed by the absolute storyboarding, abnormally the way his appearance looked."

In actuality Sujoy was in for a affable abruptness if he realised that it was Amitabh Bachchan himself who got in blow with Sanjay Dutt and articulate him about the allotment of 'Ringmaster' that was clothier fabricated for him. "I still bethink the three hour account that I had with Sir (Bachchan). After the account the aboriginal affair Sir said was - 'It's traveling to be a daydream to accomplish this blur but let's accomplish it. But who will play Ringmaster? Who 'CAN' play Ringmaster?' Thankfully I was absolutely bright about the man who could do that. I told Sir that the alone being who could play 'Ringmaster' was either Sir himself or Sanjay Dutt", narrates Sujoy in an activated tone.

Apparently, Amitabh Bachchan too was absolutely kicked about Sujoy's best and was in acceding with Sanjay Dutt arena the part. He instructed Sujoy to ability out to Sanjay Dutt and characterize the Software to him.

"I able myself to allocution to Duttsaab in the gym that evening. However, brainstorm my abruptness if my adaptable rung and it was Dutt saab himself on the call. He told me that Sir had already accustomed him a alarm and was aural absolutely aflame about the film. He capital all data about the cine there and then. In apish anger, he aswell pulled me in for not talking to him aboriginal about the movie. I had to again explain to him that I was traveling to do that and had no abstraction that Sir was traveling to call", smiles Sujoy as he remembers the chat from the past.

Nevertheless, the chat did appear and Sanjay Dutt was on lath immediately. However, things weren't as bland for Sujoy and his aggregation even as his arch brilliant casting was in place. It was year 2007 and things weren't affective advanced at the affectionate of acceleration that the filmmaker would accept expected.

"Preparations were on abounding force for Aladin and we were about there. However, Dutt saab took a breather and things were unclear. Honestly, there were choices laid out in foreground of me but I was consistently actual bright about my choice", says Sujoy, "If at all Aladin had to about-face into accurate reality, it was to be fabricated with Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Riteish Deshmukh. I appropriately waited for things to abatement aback in abode and today, I accept it all!" An EROS production, Aladin has music by Vishal & Shekhar and is all set for a 24th July release.