Published 13:26 IST, October 1st 2019

Sanjay Dutt: Interesting facts about the Prassthanam actor

Sanjay Dutt aka Sanju Baba or Munna Bhai has studied at The Lawrence School in Sanawar near Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh. Soon after, he returned back to Mumbai.

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Sanjay Dutt, popularly kwn as Sanju Baba or Munna Bhai, has recently starred in a new political family drama film named Prassthanam. It is remake of original Telugu film, Prasthanam that was released in 2010. flamboyant actor me his debut in Hindi film industry with Rocky in 1981. In his four-dece-long career, Sanjay Dutt has appeared in 150 films so far. 

Here are lesser-kwn facts about Sanjay Dutt

  • Sanjay Dutt was born on July 29, 1951, and has often stated in interviews that his alma mater is Lawrence School in Sanawar, near Kasauli, Himachal Presh. 
  • It has been widely reported that just three days before release of his debut, his mor died after a long-suffering battle with pancreatic cancer.
  • It has been reported that he changed his name spelling from ‘Sunjay’ to ‘Sanjay’ in order to start a new life after completing his drug rehabilitation.

In late 1980s, Dutt appeared in many multi-starrer films alongside actors Govinda, Mithun, Dharmendra, Jackie Shroff and Sunny Deol. He went on to star in some of most era-defining movies like Sak, Saajan and Khalnayak. He was minated for Filmfare Best Actor Award for Saajan and earned his second Filmfare Best Actor mination for Khalnayak.

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As dece wore on, he continued to play many le roles which gained popularity, like in movie Munna Bhai his character was of a soft-hearted gangster. After winning many hearts in first film, its sequel Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. also became one of most loved movies of all time.

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Sanjay Dutt’s upcoming projects

Sanjay Dutt is currently working on his upcoming 2020 projects. se include Ashutosh Gowarikar’s historic periodic drama Panipat, Mahesh Bhatt’s Sak 2 which is sequel of 1991 Sak. Sanjay Dutt himself was le actor in Sak alongside Pooja Bhatt. He is also set to come up with one more action-venture movie called Shamshera, directed by Karan Malhotra.

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10:10 IST, October 1st 2019