India, June 20 -- Rajkumar Hirani took a chance with Munna Bhai MBBS to show the softer side of Bollywood's Khalnayak, Sanjay Dutt, and it worked like magic. However, the film did not have only supporters from the beginning. In a recent interaction, Hirani shared how a director declared the film a 'disaster' after watching its trial show.

While speaking to Sanjay Arora, Rajkumar said that the director questioned his choice of putting a full-fledged action hero like Sanjay Dutt in a hospital, wearing a uniform. He recalled, "I remember when the film was completed and we were holding a trial show. A few people had come to watch it, including a director. After seeing it, he told me, 'What have you done? You've made a disaster. Sanjay Dutt i...