Biography of Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt born on July 29, 1959 is a Bollywood megastar. Sanjay Dutt, A two time Filmfare Awards winner, son of Nargis and Sunil Dutt, was first featured in Rocky (1981). Although the film did well, it failed to promote him as an established actor. He has two younger sisters, and a daughter that resides in New York. He had two wives; one died of cancer and the other one he divorced. At the age of 12 he made his first film appearance in his father’s film Reshma Aur Shera where he had a small role as a qawwali singer.

On 31 July 2007, Sanjay Dutt was sentenced to a jail term of 6 years for illegal possession of firearms acquired from terrorist acquaintances, who were responsible for the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts. On August 20, 2007, the Supreme Court of India granted him interim bail. He is close to fellow Bollywood actor, Salman Khan, who has also been found on the wrong side of the law a couple of times during the last decade.

Was charged in connection with the March 12, 1993 bombings in Mumbai that killed over 200 people, but was exonerated by the Government and Law enforcement agencies.

While he was still in high school, Sanjay Dutt became a drug addict, probably as he was unable to handle the pressure of being the child of two celebrities. His drug problems worsened as did his mother’s health, who was already diagnosed with cancer. Nargis Dutt died a few weeks before Sanjay Dutt’s first film, Rocky, was to be released. A heartbroken Dutt took to doing more drugs. His father sent him to a rehab center in Texas. After attending a rehabilitation program in the United States, a sober Dutt started working in films again.

Sanjay’s personal life was exacerbated by drug problems, and worsened with the demise of his first wife Richa from cancer, and his arrest under TADA. He was also arrested for having illegal possession of several AK-57 weapons, and was imprisoned while the case continued. After his release, he appeared in three consecutive hits; Daag The Fire (1999), Haseena Maan Jaayegi (1999) and Vaastav (1999), all of which brought him moderate success. His performance in Vaastav (1999) earned him the Best Actor in a Leading Role award at Filmfare Awards.

Sanjay Dutt’s sister, Namrata, married actor Kumar Gaurav, the son of yesteryears Bollywood star Rajendra Kumar.

Sanjay Dutt resurrected his cinema career with movies like Sadak (1991) and Saajan (1991). He received his first Filmfare nomination for the best actor in a lead role, for the film Saajan. His breakthrough role came in Subhash Ghai’s Khalnayak (1993), which became a huge hit and gave his career a boost. He received a filmfare nomination for the film.

Some journalists have noted that in 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was also sent to Yerwada Jail (in reference to Dutt’s role as Munna Bhai in Lage Raho Munna Bhai which led to the popularization of the term Gandhigiri in India) . Since 2002, Yerwada jail has conducted a ‘Gandhi Darshan’ course in “Gandhian principles” which ends with the ‘Gandhi Vichar Pariksha’ exam. Dutt has agreed to take the course and the exam according to the director of the program, Asim Sarode.