D O B July 29,1959
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Mumbai
Known For Actor, Singer, Producer
Married Yes

Biography Sanjay Dutt born July is an Indian Hindi film actor and politician and convict Dutt is the son of Hindi film stars Sunil and Nargis Dutt Ever since his debut in the early s he has established himself as a prominent star Sanjay was educated at the leading boarding school of India the Lawrence School Sanawar Sanjay married Richa Sharma on October They have a daughter Trishala who lives in USA and a son Alykhan Dutt who studies in switzerland Then he was married to Indian model and socialite Rhea Pillai in and they divorced in Presently he is married to Manyata Dilnawaz Shaikh in Dutt made his Bollywood movie debut in Rocky The movie became a box office hit and launched his career in Bollywood He went on to act in plenty films in the s Some these films include Vidhata Jeeva Naam Taaqatwar and many more In the s Dutt acted in many successful film In these films such as Sadak and Khoon Ka Karz He also starred in the Blockbuster movie Saajan along side Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan The film earned him his first Nomination at the Filmfare under the category of Best Actor He then More acted in many other films in the upcoming year In he starred along side Madhuri Dixit and Jackie Shroff in the hit movie Khal Nayak For which he earned his second Nomination as Filmfare Best Actro In the upcoming years Dutt acted in many films he then had huge success in with the hit film Vaastav The Reality For which he won his first ever award respectively at the Filmare under the category of Best Actor In the s Dutt acted in many successful films such as Mission Kashmir Jodi No Hathyar Kaante Munna Bhai M B B S Dus Lage Raho Munna Bhai Shootout at Lokhandwala Dhamaal Blue and All The Best Fun Begins Due to terrorist interactions and supposed weapons possession on April Sanjay was arrested under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act TADA He spent months in jail as an undertrial until he was granted bail in October by the Supreme Court of India In November a -page long primary chargesheet was filed against the accused in the Mumbai bomb blasts case including Sanjay In March when framing muthar charges against extradited Abu Salem and co-accused Riyaz Siddiqui in the Mumbai bomb blasts case the prosecution said that Salem delivered AK- rifles and some hand grenades to actor Sanjay Dutt at his Bandra house in the second week of January On February the special branch of Mumbai police arrested Abdul Qayyum Abdul Karim Shaikh a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim and wanted by Mumbai Police Special Task Force for his role in the Mumbai serial blasts from Mumbai Qayuum had been named by Sanjay Dutt in his confessional statement Sanjay had said that he met Qayuum in Dubai in September and bought a pistol from him According to CBI the pistol was sold to Sanjay at the instance of Dawood's brother Anees Ibrahim On July Dutt was sentenced to six years rigorous imprisonment for illegally possessing weapons At the same time Dutt was also cleared of terrorism conspiracy charges in the blasts related to the bombings According to The Guardian The actor claimed he feared for his life after the notorious Black Friday bombings which were allegedly staged by Mumbai's Muslim-dominated mafia in retaliation for deadly Hindu-Muslim clashes a few months earlier But the judge Pramod Kode rejected this defence and also refused bail Dutt was immediately taken into custody and sent to Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail As the sentence was pronounced Dutt was visibly shocked and was seen shivering and holding back tears On August Sanjay Dutt was moved from Arthur Road jail in Mumbai to the Yeravada Jail in Pune On August Dutt appealed the sentence Later on August the Supreme Court of India granted Dutt interim bail He was released after Yeravada Jail authorities received a copy of the court's bail order The bail was valid until the time the special TADA court which sentenced Dutt on July provides a copy of its judgment to him Dutt was released from jail on August On October Dutt was back in jail but again applied for bail On November Dutt was granted bail by the Supreme Court He currently has an appeal for an acquittal pending In January Dutt announced that he would contest the Lok Sabha elections on the Samajwadi Party ticket However he withdrew his candidacy in March after the Supreme Court refused to suspend his conviction Sanjay Dutt was arrested on April for alleged involvement in the March bombings of Mumbai Mumbai was engulfed in riots as the aftermath of the destruction of the Babri Masjid complex in Ayodhya in December The resulting riots claimed hundreds of lives and it is during this time that Sanjay Dutt claims to have asked his under world friends to provide him with a fire arm for protection He however had not conveyed to police any threats to his life As per the CBI case filed in a TADA court Abu Salem and his men went to Dutt's house on January and gave him three AK- rifles hand grenades one mm pistol and cartridges He returned two AK- rifles hand grenades and cartridges to Hanif Kadawala and Samir Hingora but kept one AK- rifle with himself It is alleged that after the blasts Sanjay who was shooting in Mauritius on learning that Mumbai Police is investigating his involvement in the blasts instructed his friends to destroy the rifle On Dutt's instructions the rifle was destroyed by Yusuf Nullawalla Kersi Adjenia Rusi Mulla and Ajay Marwah The rifle and cartridges formed part of the consignment which was smuggled into India at Dighi Port on January in pursuance to the conspiracy as the CBI alleged Dutt denies the charges that he was involved with the larger conspiracy to blow up Mumbai but acknowledges that he personally knew the other accused On learning that Mumbai police was looking to question Sanjay Dutt his father Mr Sunil Dutt asked him to immediately return from Mauritius Sanjay however instructed his friends to destroy the rifle and then called the then Mumbai Police Commissioner of Police and informed him of his plans to return to India immediately where he was arrested upon landing After arrest in Sanjay Dutt spent months in the jail and was released on bail During this time Sanjay Dutt got tremendous support from arguably the entire Indian Film Industry but more surprisingly in the face of the serious allegation his fans and the people of Mumbai supported him through the ordeal in spite of a negative portrayal of the star in all forms of media The vast majority of Indians considered the charges ludicrous though their reasons varied as is evident in Shatrughan Sinha's sarcastic reaction Don't be ridiculous He doesn't even know what a stock exchange is On November Abu Salem reportedly confirmed the involvement of Sanjay Dutt On November A special TADA court held actor Sanjay Dutt guilty under the Arms Act for possessing weapons but acquitted him of terrorism and conspiracy charges During my reasoning I have not found him Sanjay to be a terrorist Judge P D Kode said in the open court Sanjay Dutt has been given bail till December when he has to surrender before the court His jail sentence will be known after that he can appeal to higher courts As nearly people are convicted the Judge P Kode did not pronounce the sentence at once Sanjay Dutt's bail has been extended till January and the actor is willing to visit his daughter Trishal during the Christmas vacation and take decision regarding his father's estate after his death However on Th January Sanjay Dutt faced another shock One Abhimanyu Altekar Filed an Intervener s Application against Sanjay Dutt and further stated that He deserves no mercy As per Abhimanyu s application Sanjay Dutt was and enough mature when he brought illegal weapons and also knowing difference between legal and illegal weapons as he was already having legal weapon s So his act can not be considered as a Mistake made due to lack of knowledge Sanjay Dutt should not get benefit of bond for his family as he was on bail for years and given a chance to earn and make provisions for his family if he gets jail sentence for his offence His career remained intact successful smooth in spite of his role of an accused in Bomb-Blast case He has minted a lot of money due to his lucrative profession So he has used his chance of bail i e mercy to make provisions for his family in advance The application filed by Abhimanyu Altekar was logical and right on merit but it was opposed by prosecution and advocate of Sanjay Dutt due to legal issue of Locus Standi However later Abhimanyu claimed that he has Locus Standi because he is an aggrieved person due to act of all of the accused in the matter of Sanjay Dutt and respondent who is State Govt of Maharashtra There was strong reaction among people due to suspicious stand of prosecution and State Govt of Maharashtra Though the intervener application filed by Abhimanyu was rejected by court it was strong enough and sufficient to the ignite issue of Suspicious Stand of prosecution and State Govt of Maharashtra Just after few days of this application relatives of convicted people from s Bomb- blast case protested against Sanjay Dutt court and also against Suspicious Stand of prosecution and State Govt of Maharashtra Therefore Abhimanyu became Virtual Intervener in the matter of Sanjay DuttAbhimanyu s application indirectly raised doubt against of prosecution and State Govt of Maharashtra and faith about Indian Judiciary On the other hand Abhimanyu was also an accused in another bomb-blast case and got Clear Acquittal In the same incident there was no any casualty due to said Bomb-blast it is much older case of December than sanjay s matter And ended after years Abhimanyu stated that he was falsely implicated as he was eye-witness of the same crime for which he was arrested But to save real culprits and to make show of prosecution and investigation he was arrested and prosecuted He also says that he has sufficient evidence against real culprits who planted a bomb in his case but State Govt of Maharashtra didn t take it It is also noticed that Abhimanyu was implicated in several criminal cases about and so far he is not convicted in a single case and still facing more criminal cases But his life was ruined due to many cases he was physically and brutally tortured His stories were published in news papers like Freedom Fighter But could not save him from loss of years defamation and physical torture There is no provision for justified compensation in India if someone proves that he was falsely implicated and prosecuted in a criminal case The Indian law can give max compensation of Indian Rs Just to such victim from concerned investigation officer Sanjay s bail is extended till Th February Other controversies In he was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate about alleged hawala deals in connection with the probe into the underworld-Bollywood nexus No charges were filed against the actor Trasnscripts Tapes proving underworld connections On the night of November Sanjay Dutt spoke on the telephone for minutes to the underworld don Chhota Shakeel in Karachi The audio tapes show Sanjay try to please shakeel with a gift and talk about several Bollywood Underworld figures In it was reported that he beat up a rickshaw driver after an altercation Apparently the latter rammed his rickshaw into the actor's car while trying to overtake at night citation needed Sanjay Dutt's bail has been extended till January and the actor is willing to visit his daughter Trishal during the X'mas vacation and take decision regarding his father's estate after his death Has a Never Give In sticker on his car from his days at Lawrence School Sanawar His fans fondly call him Sanju Baba Various sections of fans media and tabloids often refer to him as the Deadly Dutt After the success of his MunnBhai movies a section of the media and fans also have started to refer to him as Munna Bhai The ' hulking actor is the inspiration for professional wrestler Sonjay Dutt's stage name Is considered to be the Original Bad Boy of the Indian film industry Has figured in all editions of the India Today - Top List of the Most influential Bollywood personalities Has a daughter by his marriage to his first wife named Trishla who lives in New York with her grandparents No children by his marriage to socialite Rhea Pillay His sister Anju Namrata Dutt is married to Actor Kumar Gaurav son of superstar of yesteryears - Rajendra Kumar His sister Priya contested and won the election for her father's constituency and is now a Member of Parliament His peers are among his biggest fans Salman Khan Zayed Khan Fardeen Khan Abhishek Bachchan and many more look up to Dutt as an icon His ex wife Rhea Pillay is reportedly married to Indian tennis star Leander Paes the couple had a child in early He was the first choice to play the lead in Subhash Ghai's Hero but after witnessing Sanjay Dutt in his drug phase during the shooting of Vidhataa Ghai picked Jackie Shroff On December Sanjay Dutt was appointed as a goodwill ambassador for the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition IIMSAM He will be promoting the use of spirulina to help the organization's fight against malnutrition and hunger His role will a lso support the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by mainstreaming the use of spirulina About Munnabhai M B B S It's a kind of satire on the medical profession but at the same time it's a fun film though not a slapstick comedy The jokes and dialogs aren't written to evoke a forced laughter I'd say it's situational Munnabhai is comical because of the way he is But at the core it's a very emotional film It will be a really fantastic film The script is amazingly hilarious It's not an inspired story it's original Munnabhai was one role I couldn't refuse as it's in a league of its own Suddenly due to one jhatka in his life he decides to become a doctor So how a bhai enrolls in a medical college and goes to study medicine is very funny as an idea