Sanjay Dutt was born to actors Nargis Dutt and Sunil Dutt. He has two sisters, Priya Dutt and Namrata Gaurav (Anju). He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar, near Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh state. 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.
Nargis Dutt died a few weeks before Sanjay Dutt's first film, Rocky, was to be released. A heartbroken Dutt took to doing drugs. Sanjay Dutt sought the help from his father, and was sent to a rehab center in Texas. After attending a rehabilitation program in the United States, a sober Dutt started working in films again.
Sanjay Dutt has two sisters, Namrata, called Anju (born January 5, 1962, married to Kumar Gaurav, called Bunty; two daughters: Saachi and Siya), and Priya (born August 28, 1966, married to Owen Roncon, two sons: Siddharth and Sumair), who as Congress MP followed in her father's footsteps. Sanjay is married for the third time, after Richa Sharma and Rhea Pillai now with Dilnawaz Shaikh, called Manyata. From his first marriage he has his daughter Trishala (born August 10, 1988).
To his first wife Richa Sharma, an actress from a NRI family in the USA, Sanjay got married on October 12, 1987 in New York. Shortly after having given birth to Trishala, Richa fell ill with a brain tumor. After several operations and a long-termed chemotherapy there was hope that Richa could finally win over the cancer. But in the end of 1995, the tumor returned. After a stroke in August 1996 there was nothing left the doctors could do for her. On December 10, 1996 Richa died. Though her marriage with Sanjay Dutt had been over for quite a long time, Sanjay Dutt felt responsible for her until the end and supported her as much as he could.
As a consequence of Richa's illness Sanjay Dutt lost the custody for his little daughter. While Richa had been treated in the USA, the child had stayed with her family there in Bayside, Queens, New York. Soon the Sharma family reproached that Sanjay would spend too little time with his family, especially with his daughter. Sanjay Dutt countered indicating that he had to work at the Indian film sets to earn the money for Richa's hospital bills and that he nevertheless flew over to New York in every spare time he got. More was not possible. After Richa's death the situation sharpened. Sanjay Dutt was willing to let Trishala live with the Sharmas even though he missed her very much, but he preferred the American to the Indian school system, and what is more, he didn't want to uproot Trishala and separate her from the world she got used to live in. Sanjay Dutt only wanted to have the right to visit Trishala anytime and then also to be alone with her. When the Sharmas denied him this and sent him a legal note (July 17, 1998) divesting him of his visiting rights, a court case was inevitable which resulted in an amicable out-of-court-settlement in the beginning of 1999 (more information please find here in the essay in Stardust 4/1999). In all this time and also afterwards Sanjay and Trishala were keeping contact by telephone and e-mail. Father and daughter love each other very much and share a wonderful relationship. Nowadays Trishala is studying Forensic Science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, and Sanjay is very proud of his daughter.
Sanjay Dutt's second wife, the model Rhea Pillai, was a pillar of strength to him during his term in prison 1994/95 when he was booked under TADA and labelled a terrorist. Rhea stood by him as a rock, and to Sanjay she seemed "probably the best that ever happened to me". After Sanjay Dutt got bail and was released in October 1995 people therefore expected Sanjay Dutt to get divorced from Richa and to marry Rhea soon. But as Richa's physical condition got worse at that time Sanjay blankly refused to do so. Sanjay Dutt supported Richa until her last day, and even thereafter he concentrated on more important decisions in his life like his visiting rights for Trishala and his TADA case. In so far Rhea's and Sanjay Dutt's spontaneous marriage on Valentine's Day 1998 in Mumbai Mahalaxmi Mandir still came as a little surprise. But this marriage too was not meant to last forever. After first rumours about a crisis in 2001 Sanjay Dutt and Rhea separated in 2003. Rhea later started living together with tennis player Leander Paes (formerly linked with Mahima Choudhary) and has a daughter with him, Aiyana. Whether they are married or not; the reports are as controversial as the ones about Sanjay's divorce from Rhea which was reported already in 2005 while it definitely only happened in 2008.
Besides, Sanjay Dutt has always been linked by the media with other women, especially with his co-stars from Rati Agnihotri to Kimi Katkar and from Amrita Singh to Madhuri Dixit. These stories gave him an image as Casanova and stud he never got rid of. Sanjay Dutt always demented these affairs, and as this issue concerns nobody except the people involved I don't care a damn whether these rumours are true or not. Sanjay's and Madhuri's consequent assurances that there never was a serious affair between them. There are only a few girls he really was close to like Tina Munim in the beginning of his career and, after the separation from Rhea, Nadia Durrani.
On February 11, 2008 Sanjay Dutt tied the knot with Manyata (born as Dilnawaz Shaikh). This marriage became a court matter afterwards as Manyata's former husband Meraj Rehman filed a claim stating that Sanjay Delhi never legally divorced her. But in May 2008, the Mumbai Sessions Court declared Sanjay's and Manyata's marriage valid.
Being a son to two Hindi Cinema legends, Sanjay Dutt is often said to have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth. But he rarely ever got a celeb bonus, quite the contrary: To be son of two celebrities made life difficult for him from the very beginning. When he in 1964 was sent to Lawrence School, Sanawar in Himachal Pradesh, the teachers treated him very harshly there and Sanjay Dutt got beaten more often than any other pupils; obviously the teachers didn't want to be said to give a preferential treatment to the son of two film icons and thus chose the other extreme. Nevertheless Sanjay Dutt later was grateful to his father Sunil for having him sent to Lawrence School where, far away from tinsel town in Bombay, Sanjay Dutt had got the chance to become an independant individual. And obviously the school motto did shape him: "Never give in".
Sanjay Dutt's art studies at Elphinstone College Sanjay Dutt cancelled after one year, realising that this definitely was not his cup of tea. Instead he told his father that he wanted to become an actor. Sunil accepted his son's desire and sent him to treadmill for two years, which means classes in acting, talking, horse riding, martial arts etc, before getting him his debut film Rocky which Sunil directed himself. Rocky (1981) was ill-starred, the shooting intersecting with Nargis' ailment with cancer, and the release been just a few days after she passed away and when the familiy was in a state of shock. Rocky was no big success but it drew attention to Sanjay; the girls loved him, and Sanjay was offered more roles. Sunil Dutt was honest enough to warn the producers about a problem which just became more serious at that time: For years, Sanjay Dutt had been on drugs. Sanjay Dutt had started taking drugs because it was "in" for the young guys in Bombay, and, as he later confessed, "nine out of ten don't get addicted. I was the one." Only after eight or nine years of heroine, kokaine etc Sanjay Dutt finally managed to ask his father's help. Sunil took him to the USA where during a long-term therapy in Jackson, Mississippi, Sanjay Dutt managed to kick drugs once and forever within one year. The crucial point was, as he later often confessed, that he himself had decided to start his life afresh: Sanjay Dutt wanted to be like all the other people who happily lived normal lives with their families without drugs. Since he became clean, Sanjay Dutt has always made it a point to openly talk about this phase in his life and to support anti-drug-organisations to prevent other people, especially children, from getting on drugs and to help drug addicts kicking the habit.
After his therapy, Sanjay Dutt seriously considered staying in the USA and becoming a rancher, but his father managed to get him back to India. After his early and, because of his drug consume, mainly rather poor performances the film industry already had written off Sanjay. So they were deeply astonished when a quasi reborn and completely changed Sanjay, bursting with energy, returned to the film sets. When Mahesh Bhatt offered him the big chance with Naam (1986), Sanjay took it and, after his victory over his drug addiction, again proved to be a phoenix. Naam became a hit, and Sanjay's terrific performance triggered off his career. From now on he was to develop in every way and to become a versatile actor who can play, simply said, everything. (Even today, Sanjay refers to his role in Naam as to a key experience which opened his eyes for his true potential as an actor.)
But just shortly thereafter this career was threatened to come to an abrupt end. After his drug rehabilitation, Sanjay Dutt had started working out and pushing weights regularly to stay fit and to get in shape. Supposedly therefore he suffered from a serious lung collapse on August 10, 1987, only nine days after his engagement to Richa Sharma in New York. Such a lung collapse is a very rare ailment which usually afflicts only athlets (the doctors assured that in no way it could be linked with Sanjay's drug past) and, in the worst case, can cause the patient's death. Fortunately, as Sanjay Dutt was in New York, Sanjay could be treated and operated in time and survived the critical phase. But afterwards Sanjay Dutt wasn't allowed to work physically for months and again was forced to stay away from the film sets for quite a long time.
Sanjay Dutt started his career with Rocky produced by his father and then became Dream Boy of many girls. At initial stage of his career there were many ups and downs, but Mahesh Bhatt's Naam uplifted his career and he again started with the new image. Subhash Ghai's Vidhata and Khalnayak showed his acting talent, in one where he was child and in other a child who takes a wrong way to earn money. Lawrence D'souza's Saajan was a big hit where he protrayed a lame poet. There was a false belief that he could not dance, but he proved himself in Thaneedar where he danced to the tunes of Taama Taama with co- star Madhuri Dixit. The song was a big hit.
Sanjay Dutt's life was always in media with one or the other controversies surrounding him. There were his drug addiction, his actress wife Late Richa Sharma suffering from Tumor, his involvment with anti - social parties and many more. But tough times never lasted for him. Sanjay Dutt is back in the industry to give many hits. His latest release was Afzal Khan's Mahaanta which didn't do well at the box office. Sanjay Dutt's new releases is Ram Gopal Varma's Daud.
Call him the comeback kid. After four years of lingering in cinematic wilderness, our hero has made a grand comeback. And how! Six releases, three hits, and two commission-earners. Sanjay Dutt is the man of the hour in Bollywood. After being released on bail (from a year-and-a-half-long imprisonment on TADA charges) in 1995, Sanju baba had a few insignificant releases over the next three years - Mahaanta (with Madhuri Dixit) and Daud (with Urmila) being the only ones worth even a second's remembrance. Cruel times for a guy who was at his commercial peak when snatched away from his fans by the long arms of the law. Sanjay's personal life too was going through hell, with wife Richa dying a slow, painful death. And then came 1999. And the turn-around in the lovable guy's fortunes. Whether it was the fact that you can't keep a good guy down for long, or it was that second wife Rhea's prayers were finally answered, someone up there decided that the man had suffered enough. The courts decided to lift the ban on Sanju's going abroad, just in time to allow him to celebrate his first wedding anniversary in Europe. Then came the happy news that Trishala's grandparents had finally decided to allow her to meet her father. So much for his personal happiness. On the professional front too, 1999 proved the most satisfactory year of Sanjay Dutt's career. Sanjay Dutt's first release of the year was the Mahima Chaudhary-Chandrachur Singh co-starrer Daag-the Fire.
In spite of a slightly weird plot, Raj Kanwar's movie was a big hit, mainly because of Sanju's angst-ridden 'sensational appearance'. Then came Kartoos and Safari. While the long-delayed Safari (co-starring Juhi Chawla) deservedly delivered a turkey at the B-O, Mahesh Bhatt's Kartoos (co-starring Jackie Shroff and Manisha Koirala) drew a fantastic initial before settling down as a commission-earner. David Dhawan's Haseena Maan Jayegi had Sanju matching skills with comedy kings Govinda and Kader Khan. While Govinda did end up tops, at least Sanju had the satisfaction of not looking like a moron (which most co-stars of Chi Chi, including the Big B, end up looking)! The fantastic combo of the funnyman and the macho clown had the audience rolling in the aisles, and the moolah raked in. In October was released the dark underworld saga Vaastav, on the same day as Ram Gopal Verma's much-hyped Mast. While Mast sunk without a trace, Mahesh Manjrekar's gritty tale of crime and punishment left the audience mesmerized. The movie went on to become the biggest surprise hit of the year, and it was Sanjay Dutt's superlative performance in the lead role that packed the power punch. Sanju's histrionics left everyone breathless, including the great Dilip Kumar, who declared that no other actor, not even he himself in his prime, could have done the role better. At the fag end of the year came Khoobsurat (with Urmila), and though it is not a hit by the wildest standards, it is still running modestly at most centres. Good news for the man who stands tallest among the contemporary stars of Bollywood.
Sanjay Dutt, the star son of star parents Nargis and Sunil Dutt, was the star of the family right from the beginning. He had a dream of making it as big as his parents and his father helped him in realising his dreams. His first film 'Rocky' happened and the star was twinkling all the more brightly. 'Rocky' was not that hit a film but established Sanjay Dutt as the new star son. What followed was sheer nightmare where none of his films did well and he took to drugs. No amount of counseling was good enough till Sanjay Dutt was taken to USA. Once back from there, he became a totally new person and surprised everyone in Mahesh Bhatt's 'Naam'. This film proved to be the ultimate film for him and from here on Sanjay Dutt progressed with leaps and bounds. 'Saajan', 'Sadak' and 'Khalnayak' followed suit and there was appreciation all around. But he could not take everything in his stride that well. The TADA episode spoiled his budding career. After this, Sanjay Dutt did made a comeback but without much success. None of his movies like 'Mahanta' and 'Kartoos' have done well so far. His forthcoming film David Dhawan's 'Haseena Maan Jayegi' with Govinda should do him some good.
Sanjay Dutt grew up as the archetypal rich brat, indulged and complexed. Sanjay became a star with his debut film 'Rocky', although the film didn’t do well at the box-office. His mother Nargis died of cancer just before the release of his first film. Soon, Sanjay’s relationship with girlfriend Tina Munim ended and with the failure of his several other films he was a heart- broken man. Sanjay Dutt's illustrious father Sunil Dutt tried to draw his career chart but Sanjay gave in to the call of the wild. “The drug phase was awful,” Sanjay reminicises. “I think, I did it because of the environment. Everybody was doing it, so I too joined in. I wanted to show off but once I got into it, nothing would register and I was gone. I used to take cocaine and heroin, uppers and downers.” His father and brother-in-law Bunty tried to help him save himself but he wasn’t bothered. But it was only when he saw his image in the mirror he knew this had to stop. “I was dying. And the withdrawal symptoms, the cold turkey. It was the worst experience of my life.”
Drugs almost took Sanjay Dutt to the point of no return but finally sanity returned after a stint at a rehabilitation centre in the United States. And on his return Sanjay Dutt transposed onto the screen all his inner feelings with Mahesh Bhatt’s film 'Naam', where he played the role of the wayward but well meaning son. Sanjay Dutt married Richa Sharma and his life had reached an even keel when once again fate struck him. Richa had cancer. Sanjay Dutt fought back, plunging himself into work and wiith successful films like 'Saajan', where he played a lame poet, as a taxi driver fighting an underworld don in 'Sadak' and in 'Khalnayak', where he portrayed the character of a miscreant who is reformed in the end, Dutt jr was all set to storm the industry when the Bombay bomb blast controversy whisked him to a cell. Today, out on bail Sanjay Dutt is slowly regaining his looks but that glint in the eye is still imprisoned behind a cloud of doubt.
To make your mark in a profession where one parent has excelled in proves to be a great load of expectations for any young man. For Sanjay Dutt, the level of expectations was doubly loaded. As the only son of Sunil Dutt, the dashing heartbreaking actor of Hindi films of the 60s and the 70s, and Nargis Dutt, one of the finest actresses to be seen on the Hindi film screen, Sanjay Dutt was always burdened with the level of expectations not many young men have been exposed to, in any profession, and at any time of their professional careers.
Sanjay Dutt’s debut in films was, to say the least, was one of the most anticipated one in Hindi film history. As a strapping young 19-year-old, Sanjay was pitch forked into limelight, when his debut film, “Rocky” (1981), was announced. This slightly spoilt, heady brat, was maybe, in hindsight, was not prepared for the sudden adulation that followed. Added to this complex situation was the abrupt illness of his mother, on who he loved and doted on, and was the emotional bridge between the uneasy teenage son-concerned father relationship, shared by Sanjay Dutt and his father. “Rocky”, directed by his father, was a relative hit at the box-office, but both father and son were really not able to savour its success. Mrs. Nargis Dutt passed away, after fighting a grim battle with cancer.
The emotional upheaval tossed the Dutt household into an emotional frenzy. Sanjay Dutt was at the first crossroad of his life. His arrival at the Hindi film scene had been heralded as the coming of a new star whilst at the same time, he had lost the most important person in his life. With his father overcome with his own grief, Sanjay Dutt, as he is wont to say, went astray in trying to deal with this immense personal loss.
A topsy-turvy fast life of partying, drugs, booze etc. followed as a result of which his promising career as an actor went for a toss. Despite such super-hit films like “Vidhaata” (1982, dir. Subhash Ghai), Sanjay Dutt was on a roller coaster ride into self-destructing.
As a heavily doped-out Sanjay Dutt lost the bearings of his career, his father and family stepped in to try and provide the emotional anchor that he badly needed. After a complete rehabilitation programme, Sanjay Dutt returned to his acting vocation with a vengeance with “Naam” (1986, Dir. Mahesh Bhatt). Sanjay Dutt's career graph just took off and he quickly re-established himself as the great brown hope of the Hindi film industry.
The double whammy of “Saajan” (1991, dir. Lawrence D’Souza) and “Sadak (1991, dir. Mahesh Bhatt) catapulted him in the league of superstars. These two films also enabled him to change his image from the next angry young man (an action hero terminology which has germinated from the Amitabh Bachchan phenomena) to a versatile star-actor. Sanjay Dutt's portrayal of the lame, sacrificing poet in “Saajan”, especially, was a revelation to the industry pundits who were not inclined to admit to, in those days, of Sanjay’s ability to act. On the personal front too, things were falling in place with his romance, and eventual marriage, to the promising actress, Richa Sharma, and the birth of his daughter, Trishala.
However, tragedy struck again. Richa died young with cancer striking again. To overcome this tragedy, Sanjay, a far more matured person now, attacked his work with a vendetta, acting with his usual aplomb and gusto, in successful films like “Khalnayak” (1994, dir. Subhash Ghai). But unwarranted trouble was just waiting to strike again.
The Mumbai bomb blasts are one of the worst urban terrorist acts of the modern world history. The whole film industry, was in for a rude shock, whilst dealing with this calamity, when they opened their morning newspapers to discover that Sanjay Dutt had been implicated as one of the participants in this inhumane wanton act. A lot has been written, and analysed, about Sanjay’s role (or the lack of) in the blasts, but the final word would be to indicate that truth finally prevailed and he was absolved of the allegation.
The time Sanjay Dutt spent in jail, in his own often used words, were the worst of his life. Without the emotional anchor of his family, and his girlfriend, Rhea Pillai (his ex wife), it is doubtful whether, as he is wont to indicate, he would have survived this recent ordeal in his life. There were also the usual sceptics within the film industry, upon his release from jail, who were writing off Sanjay’s acting career by the minute. Sanjay Dutt has overcome this latest personal turmoil, to emerge triumphant professionally again. Despite the lacklustre box-office performances of some of his post-jail releases (most notable, “Daud” (1997, dir. Ram Gopal Varma)), all of them have taken a huge opening at the box-office. “Daag – The Fire” (1999, dir. Raj Kanwar) has been one of the bona fide hits of this year, and with such widely anticipated films like “Vaastav” (1999, dir. Mahesh Manjrekar) and “Khoobsurat” due for release, Sanjay Dutt has made another comeback as a star-actor.
And on his return he transposed onto the screen all his inner feelings with Mahesh Bhatt’s film Naam, where he played the role of the wayward but well meaning son. Sanjay Dutt married heroine Richa Sharma, a Dev Anand discovery and his life had reached an even keel when once again fate struck him. Richa had cancer. He fought back, plunging himself into work and wiith successful films like Saajan, where he played a lame poet, as a taxi driver fighting an underworld don in Sadak and in Khalnayak, where he portrayed the character of a miscreant who is reformed in the end, Dutt jr was all set to storm the industry when the Bombay bomb blast controversy whisked him to a cell.
Sanjay Dutt was on top ('Saajan', 'Khalnayak') when he was arrested for being in possession of AK56 gun during riots. He lost all popularity during the months he spent in jail. He has not had a single hit after he was released on bail, untill now he has struck gold with Daag - The Fire which is a hit.
Then, Sanju tried his hands on comedy and was quite successful. Films like Haseena Maan Jaayegi, Chal Mere Bhai, and recently the super-hit Jodi No.1 proved that he is an all rounder.
The success of Jodi No.1 and Haseena Maan Jaayegi made Govinda-Sanju and David team a super hit. Sanjay Dutt who danced very little in the past is now try new moves with Govinda and has been appreciated in whatever he does now. Vaastav bagged him the very well-deserved Best Actor Awards. After films like Vaastav, Kurushetra, and Pitaah, the true intensity of this versatile actor came on screen.
After lying in the cold for over half a decade since Saajan, Sanju baba has sure made a comeback, and how! He banged onto limelight with Vaastav, Haseena Maan Jayegi and Daag The Fire, while lesser successes such as Kartoos and Khoobsurat also helped the guy in his rise from oblivion. And all that, in a year when most of the big brand names bit the dust. So, what did Sanjay gain? Simply this, that the lovable hunk has jacked up his fee to an astounding 1.5 crore per film. And still, he is being flooded with films - producers are lining up in front of his bungalow, to sign up Sanju, never mind the money he wants. Vaastav mein, he's lost none of the fire, alright.
Like during his long months in prison, his family and his new girl-friend Rhea Pillai whom he married in 1998 were invaluable pillars of strength for him in these years. To cope with the tensions of his court cases, he not only worked out like a madman but also shot at the sets till he dropped. But success rewarded him for his labour, and after hits like Daag, Kartoos and Haseena Maan Jaayegi in 1999 Sanjay Dutt finally returned to the top with his fabulous and energetic performance as Raghubhai in Vaastav. Even the big Indian movie awards now not longer could neglect him as they earlier regularly did. More great performances like in Mission Kashmir, Baaghi, Kurukshetra and Pitaah confirmed the exceptional rank among the Hindi Cinema actors Sanjay Dutt had gained at the turn of the millennium.
In the meantime Sanjay Dutt also had conquered new territories, e.g. as playback singer in his movies, and had founded the production house White Feather Films together with his friend, director Sanjay Gupta. Then in 2003, purely by chance, he got the role of his life. Shahrukh Khan had had to walk out of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Munnabhai MBBS due to his back problems, and Chopra offered the title role of a loveable rogue with a heart of gold to Sanjay who originally had been to play a smaller role in the film. Munnabhai MBBS thus 
became Sanjay's lucky chance on two accounts: his ravishing performance made him the incarnation of Munnabhai and more popular than ever, and on top of that, his father Sunil Dutt returned (in spite of a broken shoulder) to the film sets after ten years to play his film father. Sunil and Sanjay shared a relationship of incredibly deep trust, Sunil had been Sanjay's pillar of strength in all those years of crisis, never lost his faith in his son and always was proud of him which means the world to Sanjay. (His father's loss in 2005 shattered Sanjay seriously, but he still feels spiritually connected with his father and communicates insides with him.) So in the scenes they shared in Munnabhai MBBS they hardly needed to act, their emotions are genuine: the expression on Munna's face when he realizes how much he has hurt his father with his lies, or the reconciliating hug of father and son in the end, all the love and gratefulness Munna puts into this hug, that's not acted by Sanjay, that's genuine (the Making Of shows clearly how Sanju cried uncontrollably while shooting this scene) because for him, it wasn't his film father standing in front of him but his real father for whom he feels this love and gratefulness in real life, too. It is simply beyond belief that this was the only time these two fabulous actors ever shared screen time together, and watching the phantastic chemistry of father and son on the silver screen just hardenes the pain as it's clear that after Sunil Dutt's death in 2005 there is no chance to make up for this default.
His father Sunil Dutt, died in May 2005. Sunil Dutt was the sports minister of India at the time of his death.
2006 became another crucial year for Sanjay. First the sequel to Munnabhai MBBS, Lage Raho Munnabhai, vaulted him to unforeseen heights of popularity. The Stardust magazine stated in its Yearbook 2007: "Who would've ever thought that the sequel to Munnabhai MBBS would end up making more money than the original? Thanks to Sanjay Dutt, a new terminology was introduced in the country - Gandhigiri. The man, who in real life was facing a charge of abetting violence, carried forward the message of peace and non-violence in his unique and inimitable way." All the more, millions of fans were praying in temples, mosques and churches in India and worldwide for Sanjay as the verdicts in the TADA trial finally were given out. Their faith in Sanjay's innocence was confirmed in the TADA acquittance on November 28, 2006, and they continue to stand by Sanjay even after his sentence from July 31, 2007.
As an actor, Sanjay Dutt has reached everything and, like Amitabh Bachchan, no longer has to prove his abilities. To quote the Stardust Yearbook 2007 once again: "His striking performances in films like Zinda and Tathastu also elevated his status as an actor of substance. No other actor of his age has been able to sweep the audiences like Sanjay and that's his biggest achievement."
In May 2008, Sanjay expressed for the first time political ambitions: "I certainly desire to continue to do what my father did as a social servant and serve people." However, for the next ten years he intends to continue acting. He has several great film projects on hand, his market price as an actor has risen, he is solidly booked for the next few years, he is busy with his own banner Sanjay Dutt Productions, and he is writing his autobiography. In December 2008, the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition (IIMSAM) appointed Sanjay Dutt as its UN Goodwill Ambassador to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for eradication of malnutrition and hunger.
On November 28, 2006, A special TADA court found actor Sanjay Dutt guilty under the Arms Act of possessing an illegal weapon. He was cleared, however, of the charges of terrorism and conspiracy.Dutt's bail has been extended a number of times since the ruling and is still in progress.While Sanjay was cleared of terrorism charges namely the TADA Act, one of his friends who transported the AK-56 guns for Sanjay namely Baba Chouhan was found guilty under TADA Act.
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 Mumbai bomb blasts. On August 20, 2007, the Supreme Court of India granted him interim bail.