MUMBAI: Sanjay Dutt is a prominent Indian actor and the son of iconic actor-politicians Sunil Dutt and Nargis.
Known for diverse roles across four decades of Hindi cinema, he achieved superstardom with hits like Saajan, Khalnayak, and the Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. franchise.
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His life story was chronicled in the 2018 biopic Sanju, and he continues to feature in major Hindi and South Indian films, including K.G.F: Chapter 2.
Sanjay Dutt was convicted of breaking the Arms Act and sentenced to five years in prison.
He was eventually released in 2016 despite being granted bail several times while serving his term.
The biopic Sanju, which starred Ranbir Kapoor and was directed by renowned filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani, Sanjay's long-time friend, also portrayed this challenging period of his life.
However, the actor himself has mainly remained silent on the matter, rarely addressing it.
Sanjay spoke candidly about his experience in jail in a recent show.
He went back to the 1993 events that followed the destruction of the Babri Masjid.
Talking about what happened that led to his jail time, he said: “My father was being threatened, my sisters were being threatened.
They claimed to have a gun, but they were unable to provide any evidence. So I don’t know what it was that actually got me inside there.
All I can say is that it shouldn’t have taken them 25 years to understand that I was not in the TADA Act or in the bomb blast case.
I'm not sure why it took them 25 years to understand that, and then accuse me in the Arms Act case, even though I didn't have a gun.
Sanjay Dutt shared how he transformed a challenging phase of his life into an opportunity for growth and learning. The actor stated:
"I take it as a part of my life, and I take it as a learning. I learned a lot. I learned the laws of the land. I learned to be a prosecutor, and I learned to be a defence lawyer. I learned many things. I read a lot of books on law. I faced my jail time with dignity."
He also revealed how he used the time for profound spiritual study, "When I was there, I read a lot of books. I prayed a lot, I chanted, I meditated. I read the Shiv Puran, the Ganesh Puran, the Bhagavad Gita, the Ramayana, and the Mahabharata. I had that time in jail to read about my religion, about all the great gods."
He further highlighted that throughout those years, he never gave up.
“I had to come out after five years, but all my requests were to the great, honourable judges, and even the public prosecutors in the court were to please expedite the case and finish it, whatever it was. Because I have seen so many individuals just suffering there in jail.”
Sanjay Dutt said on The Kapil Sharma Show that he offered fascinating insights into how he maintained productivity and creativity during his time in prison.
The actor shared that he earned wages through work initiatives, "I earned wages there. Whether I made chairs or paper bags, I got paid. Then I even started a radio station, called Radio YCP. It used to be played only inside the jail.
I got paid for that as well. I did the radio program. We had topics to talk about, and we also did some comedy. Three or four other prisoners would write the script for the programme."Sanjay Dutt also highlighted his creative initiatives within the prison walls, revealing that he formed a dramatic group.
He recounted, "I even started a theatre group, and I was the director and murder convicts were my actors," detailing the unique structure of his theatrical enterprise.
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