After his turn as gentle goon Munnabhai, Sanjay Dutt is returning as large-hearted Gandhian, Sattarbhai, in the upcoming film, EMI.

EMI stands for Easy Monthly Installments and is all about the financial problems of people like in this time of recession and crashing stock markets.

Sattarbhai, played by Sanjay Dutt in the film, is a loan recovery agent who works for various banks and other multinationals.

“Munnabhai and Sattarbhai are the same from their hearts. Even their characters could be similar, only the get-up is different. I do ‘Gandhigiri’ in this film also. I keep helping all the characters in the film,” says actor Sanjay Dutt.

Saurabh Kabra, the director of the film also agrees, “Both Munnabhai and Sattarbhai have common traits. They have a similar nature. You will fall in love with the character”.

But Suniel Shetty, who is the producer of the film, says he cannot compare Munnabhai with Sattarbhai.

“Munnabhai is a legendary film and as a producer I cannot compare Sattarbhai and Munnabhai. It’s not fair. But after seeing the film if people compare Sattarbhai with Munnabhai, it will be an honour for the producer, the director and all of us,” he says.

Elaborating on his role, Dutt says Sattarbhai’s job is to wisely advise borrowers. The story is about how he eventually helps out all the characters in the film to repay their debts.

Does the movie laugh at the financial problems of people?- “No it’ does not. The promos the film might look not so serious and the viewer might think there is a lot of humor to it. Sanju plays Sattarbhai who initially tries to recover the money by bashing up people but slowly understands that there is a whole lot of a serious issue to it than what it looks from the outside. When you get into the house, you realize the problems that a particular family is having and if there could be a solution offered to their problem it could help them. So more than the bank, it is Sattarbhai who understands them and comes out with an answer to it. The film has a very happy ending too,” explains Suneil Shetty.

What is the message to people who are caught in an EMI mess this Diwali?” Watch EMI very closely because somewhere down the line each and every one of us will relate to the eight or ten characters we have in the film. So rather than getting depressed, if we realize our mistakes through this film and get the message right, you’ll enjoy the film.” quips Suniel Shetty.